It was my birthday this month. While I attend more funerals than parties at this age, (77) I vowed to celebrate my birthday as a week long festa of lunches, events, excursions and frolicking. It was an action packed week; plays, lunches, exhibitions, new bars, family times, bookshops, coffee with…

This article explores the topic of suicide by older adults and may be distressing to some readers. ” Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” Victor Hugo Three people I know have chosen to suicide in their later years. I’m not talking about Voluntary Assisted Dying…

Had my brain just screamed chocolate today, it would have been a good day! But today my brain screamed chocolate, cake, ice-cream, wine, cashews, more wine, cheese and large helpings of everything! ” You need a treat. You’ve been eating so well, limiting alcohol and you’ve lost 4 kg. Great…

Mention Wegovy, Ozempic, Mounjaro and Oprah in the same sentence and the mind goes into overdrive. The judgement noise around the use of injectable weight-loss drugs is LOUD. Taking away drugs from those who really need it ie Diabetics, was probably the first judgement call. Then there’s- only people with…

I’m often asked what does Positive Ageing look like? It all sounds as if surround sound, continual happiness is the goal. In Fairyland maybe..but not in this world! Leonard Cohen, in one of his songs says something like- “There’s a crack, there’s a crack in everything. That’s how the light…

” It’s beginning to cost a lot like Christmas!” A saw a pale face look back at me in the mirror this morning. Lady, you need a day off! It’s the pre-Christmas season and catching up with friends, family adventures, shopping, packing, cooking, decorating, planning, cleaning, more planning and negotiating …

“People with strong connections to family and friends have a 50% greater chance of outliving those with fewer social ties. Friends can strengthen our immune system, help us recover more quickly from illness, sharpen our memory and even help us live longer.” So writes Bonnie Vengrow, a New York based…

Take a moment. A cup of tea and a sit down. Enjoy these images and quotes. They may speak to you. We shall not cease from exploration and the end of our exploring, will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. T.S. Eliot…

Would you like to live to 100 and have a healthy life? With diets, cosmetics, medical research and pharmaceutical industries hell bent on prolonging quality lives, the broad response seems to be a resounding ” Yes!” Some years ago, I came across the Blue Zones research which began in 2004…..that’s…