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To test or not to test?

To test or not to test?

So off you go to give blood or off to the doctor for a bladder infection, or bronchitis or a pain that won’t resolve and while you’re there the nurse takes your blood pressure. Perhaps they test your sugar while you’re there. They might even suggest a slew of other...
Old age is a privilege…

Old age is a privilege…

Old age is a privilege denied to many. Growing old is NOT a medicatable (SP) disease. It’s unheard of for people today to approach their 60’s and not be on drugs of some sort – blood pressure meds, cholesterol, thyroid, hormones, bone density pills, and the list goes...
Change…

Change…

Running your own business is not easy; besides anything, people who work for themselves have the toughest bosses! This week I’ve stumbled into a business conundrum that’s reflected in daily life – when you’ve been doing something one way for a long time, and realise...
Take the time to do what’s important…

Take the time to do what’s important…

Well, it’s half way through Tuesday and I forgot all about my blog, and it’s not the 1st time… people in general are so busy; we have a finger in a dozen pies, and we have to think for everyone in the house or office. How much of the day are we reminding other people...
Why are we so cruel to ourselves?

Why are we so cruel to ourselves?

Today my blog is about cruelty.  Especially about how cruel we are to ourselves…  and this is something we see in the shop over and over, but I’ll use today’s customer as an example. ….a woman in her 60’s, she suffers from fibromyalgia, which means she is in constant...
… Am I lazy?

… Am I lazy?

My blog today is about being lazy. We, especially women and even more especially, mothers, we have this mindset that if we are not doing something we are being lazy. Or if we are at gym, or an art class or reading in the bath, that we are being selfish. Did we get...