Until now, I haven't given ageing a second thought. Why should I when the world around me hasn't paid it any attention for a while? Long ago, ageing meant relinquishing one's youth after retirement, if not before. Elderly ladies became automatic members of the Blue Rinse Brigade, reflected not only...

Women athletes have come a long way since the first modern Olympics in 1896 in Athens, Greece. Then, no girls were allowed, but now they are competing in every sport, including boxing. All I can say is go girls.

Still, why? Why do men still catch the...

Psychologists often refer to our 'inner child' (IC), the link to specific childhood experiences that somehow drive some of our adult experiences. Yada yada yada...We've all heard about the IC, albeit directly or indirectly, particularly when we've been misbehaving.

Although I'm not sure I buy into it totally, I...

A wise man once said that it's none of our business what other people think of us. I can't recall his name or even his face, but I do remember that this gem came from the mouth of a celebrity during a television interview.

Where he got the quote...

I have a confession. When I was single, I didn't want to be single. I can't say I consciously aspired to be married; I got on with my career, my friendships, my life, but I knew full well that I aspired not to be single. So, I kept one eye...

'You can have anything you want...just not everything.'

As a young writer/PR type in the early 1990s, I first heard this phrase at a training/development course in New York City. Catchy and impressionable, isn't it? I'd say so. After all, I intuitively adopted these very words as my mantra...

During the holiday season, joy, gratifying joy, is ubiquitous, both night and day. Don't you just love it - the magic of Christmas: the carols; the decorations; the lights - particularly if you are a child. But you probably aren't, if you're reading this blog.

Adults tend to experience...

A fan of author and journalist Malcolm Gladwell, I'm always noticing tipping points; moments in history when a little idea, concept, mundane thing or specific behaviour becomes big and spreads like an epidemic.

In this case, the epidemic is pregnancy. What with the most glamorous of celebrities...