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If You Loved Me, You Would ….

I wonder what the person saying something along those lines actually means? Learning to communicate clearly is a key skill in all relationships. Let’s face it, how can doing *that* equal love?  Even if we don’t know what *that* is, I’m sure we can all agree that whatever it is, it isn’t love.  What isn’t [...]

Why horses can teach us so much about love

She trotted over to me and stood quietly, untied, while my fingers disappeared into the long, winter-thick fur. I scrubbed out a few patches of dried mud, breaking it into powder. I massaged her back, her neck, her mane, her ears. Checked her feet for stones and her long, feathered heels for bugs and skin [...]

Toyboy or Tried and Tested?

In recent weeks it has been hard not to miss the events in certain celebrities’ lives. Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher splitting up, Heidi Klum and Seal divorcing and Harry Styles and Caroline Flack dating. My question is: which is better, a younger model or an older man. Each appears to bring its own qualities [...]

Financial Squeeze puts paid to Affectionate Squeeze

It always strikes me as sad that just when we need hugs and to talk about the things that worry us some individuals shut themselves off from any form of intimacy. At this time of the year, and in the current financial climate in particular, the pressure on some families and couples is immense.  January [...]

In Her Shoes

In her shoes: My descent in entrepreneurial hell

In her shoes is a series  of anonymous posts from women in business, sharing their experience. In your comments you are asked to answer the question – What would you do in her shoes? My story began 9 months ago; it is a story of self-realisation, friendship, love and betrayal. After 11 years at home [...]

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