Christmas cancelled! That was the headline of an email I received today from a media source. It’s easy for me to discuss making Christmas happen in 2020 because I’m in the enviable position of not living with tight restrictions due to COVID-19. My heart goes out to all of you who have been affected and will not be able to spend Christmas with your families in the physical sense. Whether it is because of COVID or because you have lost…
As you would have read, I’ve been taking a break from blogging whilst supporting my husband after the loss of my dear mother-in-law in late October. It has been a difficult time not only for our loss and adjusting to life without this delightful…
World Mental Health Day is October 10. According to Mental Health Australia, 1 in 5 Australians are affected by mental illness. This year Mental Health Australia is encouraging all Australians to make a personal promise to improve their own mental health. #lookafteryourmentalhealthaustralia Too often…
The effect of being unorganized and surrounded by clutter also has an effect on our minds and bodies. It can also affect other areas of our lives without us realising it. Have you ever walked into a room and wanted to walk right out? The…
Do you have times when you feel that there is just too much going on in your life? I felt this way last Monday. I looked at my calendar and every day had several appointments or commitments and I just felt overwhelmed. Also, during…
Gratitude and Self-care, two words that I feel are losing their impact yet are so important to living well. Over the last six months in particular as COVID-19 has affected our lives, it has tested our ability and strength to find things to be…
When the isolation and social distancing guidelines were enforced I observed that many of us, and I include myself here, went to the extreme to fill our days with activities to beat boredom and hopefully reduce stress. We discovered the wonders of technology, joining…
COVID-19 has certainly taken over our lives and I can feel that after quite a few weeks in isolation many of us are feeling a little edgy. I heard on the radio yesterday, that online shopping in the areas of arts, crafts, active wear,…
Staying connected to maintain our mental health and well-being is important especially as we age. Keeping in touch with friends and family gives us the opportunity to talk, share our problems, enjoy a laugh or take the focus off our problems and we can…
Life can be serendipitous at times can’t it? My next guest in the Ageing Well, Living Well series is my very good blogging friend, Debbie Harris from Deb’s World. When Deb sent her post to me a few weeks ago I had it scheduled…
