First Impressions Count

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How often do you back yourself and follow your own advice? Last week I took a deep breath, and made a big decision about my life. I attended the BNI National Conference in Christchurch with a question that if truthful, I already knew the answer to. Over the two days time and again this answer … Read more

(Not) Lashing Out

It’s been a funny week. Actually That’s not true, it’s been anything but funny in a witty kind of way, but rather it has been unsettling. It started off pretty well, recording new stuff with Emma, learning tai chi, then descended into seriously unpleasant behaviour from someone in my networking sphere. It left me thinking … Read more

Menopause Be Damned

image shows kitty in a pink dress jumping up on a path in a park

I have made myself a promise. Menopause be damned, I’m going to lose some of my excess weight. Though I’m finding out it’s an easier thing to say than to do. Like most things we want in life, the things we really, really crave are fiendishly difficult to achieve. I’ve been on a plateau for … Read more