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2012 has been filled with wonderful ingredients, aromas, tastes and flavours that go into making the multicultural community of Women that IS Costa Women.  Looking back over 2012 I wanted to share with you the Costa Women achievements in which you have all played a part.    Putting the recipe together Since 1st January 2012 we […]

physical spiritual and mental wellbeing is the answer for women breadwinners This weekend I went for a twilight spa with my best girlfriends at Aqua Sana atCentre Parcs.  So much organising needed to be done to make sure it happened, sorting child-care, family commitments, times and locations, who was going to drive, but it was so worth

On a Personal Note:   Gratitude is everything.  I am always pleasantly surprised as to how far a grateful heart can go, and there is always a sense of awe in watching how much generosity is actually going on around our world, despite of what gets disseminated in the news.   We hear a lot

As expats we have probably done our fair share of reinvention – living in a completely new country, surrounded by new sights, sounds and smells, new language(s), culture and even food that can bring about change both in our lifestyle and our attitude to living.   People choose to reinvent themselves for all manner of

This year has not been the best for me, especially not since the latter part of the year, but still life goes on and we deal with everything that falls in our path the best way we know how. This year I started an interesting project where I decided to collate and put together a

When Kermit sang “It’s not easy being green,” Brussels sprouts the world over identified with his predicament. Because sprouts, like frogs, have had a bad rap. They are the most unappreciated food crop that ever came out of the soil; more scorned than the swede, less tolerated than the turnip, more reviled than the runner

Take the Stress Out of the Holidays With Y-age Aeon! The holidays are wonderful, but can also be hectic. It can be so easy to get wrapped up with all the decorating, family visits, gift shopping, hosting parties, and of course, the kids being out of school! The Y-Age Aeon patch is a unique, one-of-a-kind

Last week I did the most random book signing at the Jaguar plant in Birmingham – I thought it was going to be easy to get a few of the 2500 men who work there to part with £7.99 for a stocking filler for their wives – wrong! Whether it’s a sign of the times

Yes it’s 2012 and most of us, have stood up for CHANGE in some form or another during the last 2 thousand years… We have said NO to discrimination.. colour, race, age, male/female and sexual orientation… and YES to equality… So why oh why is ‘The Church/Religion’ wanting to be different… to be excluded from

What a night of fun, laughter, Christmas songs and fund raising!  On Tuesday we held the Costa Women Christmas Party at Poco Loco Beach in Costabella (El Rosario)  Here’s some photos to share from Danisa Poppleton and also from FOTOGRAFITI here Thanks to the generosity of sponsors* and the Ladies who joined us on the night we raised 330€