Family I am extremely fortunate and proud to come from a family of seven children and although we have faced our share of tragedy and individual challenges over the years, we remain solid in our connections with each other.   Our mother, particularly, accepted us all as individuals and encouraged and supported us to accept each other, warts and … [Read more...]

Why does it feel like everyone is getting at me? One of the most common issues we have to deal with as human beings living in communities is "How to respect our own and others boundaries!" It seems so simple and logical that we would just know how to be respectful of boundaries. However, it is one of the most common recurring themes for many of … [Read more...]

Senior New Zealanders feel nearly 20 years younger than their age and most believe others see them as younger than they are, a survey has found. The study, by senior housing charity Abbeyfield and AUT University, marks the United Nations' International Day of Older Persons today. It surveyed 611 people aged over 50 and found they felt, on … [Read more...]

This BLOG is the second is a series to share some tools to get you started on creating your Life Design. The processes and tools that I have learnt and used over the last ten years, not only for myself but also with my clients will enable you to discover the crucial parts of you that are vital to incorporate into YOUR Life Design.   Join me as I … [Read more...]

I have never been a great fan of the phrase work/life balance!  Firstly, because it puts work first and secondly, because the expression gives one the impression that balance is something that is static and once achieved remains with us forever in that form.  So a number of years ago when I started exploring my own life purpose, I reframed the … [Read more...]

I met a woman recently, Sally, who was telling me about the business she and her husband has created over the last ten years.   Sally is 62 years and her husband is 65 years.  They started this business in their garage as a hobby at the weekends and it has now turned into a very successful full time business for them both.    The business grew out … [Read more...]

I have been travelling with my partner and mother in law through England over the last week.  We have just left Liverpool, more famously know for the birth of the Beatles and Billy Fury!  Less famously but none the less inspiring to me, because of my mother in law who was born and raised there.  This trip to Liverpool has been a bit of a pilgrimage … [Read more...]

I am currently living my refirement holidaying in a gorgeous town in South Wales called Ludlow.  We have travelled here with my 88 year old mother in law to give her the opportunity to catch up with many old friends she left behind when she and her husband moved to New Zealand over 15 years ago.  We had a wonderful day yesterday seeing Ludlow … [Read more...]

I live in a beautiful area of New Zealand, 35 minutes from central Auckland and a million miles away from noise, traffic and frenetic lifestyle that was once my ‘home’.  So to truly appreciate this wonderful country vista and to exercise our two miniature schnauzer dogs,  my partner and I try to walk the country roads at least three times a … [Read more...]