If you were to be asked what the true meaning of Christmas was, what would you say? Family? Food? Presents? Charity? Giving? Or maybe love? Love is possibly the word that would most often be used to describe Christmas. Love pretty much covers all the bases with the aforementioned meanings. We love many things that…
It’s one of those words that gets aired at Christmas time. Peace. Peace on earth and goodwill to all men. It’s certainly something that we are reminded of each year. But do we ever actually embrace true peace? Does it ever last? The Christmas Story is of course the reason we talk about peace at…
One of the best-known Christmas carols is of course Joy to the world. It describes all the ways that Christmas brought joy into the world through the Christ child. But what does joy mean for us today? It’s a word that is often mistaken for its weaker counterpart happiness, a feeling that many of us…
It’s January. The start of a new year. How’s yours going so far? Has it been busy? A struggle to get going? Or has it been positive and encouraging? We are all different with our own situations so it’s possibly been a mixture of the above. My year has started not too badly. A mixed…
How are you today? Good? Bad? Tired? Lost? Inspired? We are so many things in life at different times that we can feel stuck. Sometimes we’re up, other times we’re down and it can feel almost impossible to get anywhere in life. We long to find some sort of stability whereby we can progress, pursue…
I love food! I love eating food, watching programs about food, reading about food…you name it. If it’s food-related, I’m there! Food is a wonderful thing. It brings people together, informs you about different cultures, expands your horizons, and induces wonderful memories from days gone by. We cannot live without food; our bodies require so…
This week, all the changes of the past two years have presented a challenge to me that I hadn’t been expecting. Usually, when we think of big changes, we automatically think of the really big things that we will have to adjust to. Coping without someone, a new job, moving house, an illness, having a…
So last week I blogged about going on holiday for the first time in over two years and how it had brought up some unexpected anxieties. Well, we had a wonderful time and in the end, I actually overpacked. The weather, however, did not live up to expectations and it poured the whole weekend nearly….
It’s one of those things that we get bombarded with information on from a very young age: health. It will primarily have been condensed into two categories: how to eat well, and how to exercise enough to maintain a healthy body. Both of these aspects of health are important, but we know that our health…
How confident do you feel right now? Very? A little? Not at all? I think it’s fair to say that through the course of our life we feel confident at different levels and in varying situations. I know that I am more confident in places or with people that are familiar to me. I’m more…