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How can I forgive? Especially how can I forgive, if what you did to me was so awful? I mean, anyone whom I tell it to, says I am right and that you were simply awful to me. So how can I forgive you? What you did was really dreadful. I suffered so much. If […]

Apples, olives, lettuce, red cabbage, beans, flax seeds, basil, thyme, camomile, cumin, bay leaf, sunflower oil… you could be forgiven for thinking it’s a list of the world’s healthiest foods. But actually it’s a list of the foods my partner David is currently intolerant to!   I am passionate about food – eating fresh, organic

I attended the excellent evening presentation last night by Leila Youssef  on how we can use our monthly cycles to harness energy in our lives.   It certainly gave me food for thought , thank you Leila, and reminded me of my journey in understanding my body and how to “tune in” for maximum benefit

So you are thinking of moving to Spain? There are a number of things to consider before making the big move, work being the most important aspect, unless of course you are retired.Unless you have your own business already that you can move with you wherever you go, or you work for an international company

You had a really great idea. You told someone about it. They found a really good reason why it would never work. You killed your idea. But a short while later someone else made your idea work. You tell a friend about how much you are looking forward to your vacation. He smiles and tells

This is not a post about world peace. It’s just about peace between you and whomever you do not have peace with. A friend, a spouse, a child, a parent, a neighbour, a colleague. You may be right or the other person may be right in whatever it is that is causing strife between you two,

I’ve been a Costa Women member for nearly a year now without having written a thing. That’s pretty disgraceful for someone who writes for a living. But maybe understandable? In my defence, anything digital gives me ‘cybertrauma’ (I just went to Preview this post and it vanished. Luckily I copied it first – I know

What do you fear more than anything? What do those dreams that jolt you back into consciousness consist of? Is it losing a child? Is it being alone? Is it not having enough money? Is it not being ‘anybody’? Is it being ill and not having anyone to care for you? Is it growing old?

My name is Ali Meehan and I’m an expat-aholic. Over the last 15 years I have lived in Australia, Spain, Dubai, Thailand and back to Spain, which is now where I call “home”. My expat story really started with photos, memories and friends sharing my parents’ life in Libya during the 1950s. Exotic lands and

Nausea, hot flashes, night sweats reduced One in every eight women in the UK will develop breast cancer at some point in her life – more than 48,000 new cases were diagnosed in 2009. It has become the most common cancer in the UK, and is the leading cause of death for women aged 34