Labrador Retrievers are good medicine

Almost every day, we see a black Lab and her Dad in Princes Street Gardens. Her personality reminds me so much of one of our dear, departed Labs. This Lab and her Dad almost never agree about when it’s time to end the game of fetch. The first time we saw them,...

A new adventure begins — retirement!

For more than a decade I have delivered wellness workshops to a variety of businesses and organisations, including one on pre-retirement planning. Did you know that in a 2005 survey done by Investors Group in the US, something like 43% of participants said they had...
From Cottage to Home

From Cottage to Home

When we fall in love, we don’t see faults or flaws. At the very least, we might see ‘charming quirks’ that could be changed. But usually, we’re so besotted, we either don’t see these, or we ignore them – at our peril. Regardless of whether the object of our love is a...