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A plain has crashed, a school has been attacked, a boat has sunk. No chance to find anybody alive. The hope is gone.In front of such a tragedy, what we feel is grief, fear, despair. How to cope with that? Is there any way of getting through it? The disaster may not touch us directly, but […]

The menopause is a difficult period of women’s lives, with a wide range of frustrating and embarrassing symptoms including hot flushes, anxiety, difficulty sleeping and more.  These symptoms are simply a sign that your hormones are out of balance, with too much of some and not enough of others. By replacing your missing hormones, the

Meditation is about feeling and allowing these feelings to be as they are even if they are uncomfortable. But we don’t like discomfort and we turn to our intelligent mind for remedies to remove this poking feeling away. Sometimes we spend decades hoping that the mind, science or reasoning will take away that unpleasant feeling.

A sunny peaceful day in Benalmadena Costa It is all happening now… quiet tranquil days of sunshine, feeling peaceful, calm and having lots of sleep… followed by stormy and wet days, feeling boundaries being crossed, stripped naked of comfort and familiarity and finding no rest or sleep. Pounding heads and hearts, painful joints and organs, weakness, skin irritations, indigestion and

I had a cold recently; a common, unpleasant cold. I know the story of it, how it starts, the first symptoms, how it develops and all its stages. I do not like it, I get upset, irritated and angry that it is happening again. I am so careful avoiding draughts, freezing and lack of sleep.

I wanted to share with you ladies my experience of the Costa del Sol, for anyone who is thinking of moving here but maybe is put off by some of the stereotypes and some of the recent horrendous TV shows which highlighted a side of the area which we never see! My experience is of

Mindfulness-“I FEEL therefore I AM”. The state of not thinking, as if there were no memories, no words, no ideas; the state from before language, concepts, repetition of behavior. The only thing you know is what you feel, what you experience with your senses. It is very beneficial to your system. I can compare it to resetting a computer.

My husband and I retired July 2013, sold our home and possessions and began traveling. We’ve been to Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America. This September we begin our first trip to Europe focusing on the Mediterranean countries. We have a house secured through the end of October. After that we are looking for house

Practice of meditation is changing my outlook on life and reality. The reality is something out there; it resists my plans, my expectations and intentions. I collide with it and am full of bruises. I always wanted to be safe and I was taught to believe that if I control the reality I will be safe. It

I love living on the Costa del Sol, but it’s very hard making life abroad work when you’re away from friends and family in a new place, with a different language and an alien culture. However I believe that you can make it work and the secret to that is learning the language. I have