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I loved ‘7 Habits of Highly Effective People’ by Stephen Covey. It’s not that what he was saying was groundbreaking, but more that he had a way of putting it in such simple terms that the messages really hit home. And to this day I still use a number of his ‘stories’. My favourite has […]

Pueblo Inglés offers free holidays to those Anglo Teens who fancy a two-week summer stay talking English to Spanish teenagers   APPLY HERE   Pueblo Inglés, an English immersion course for Spanish students, invites 13 to 19-year-old English speakers to live and converse with Spaniards in charming villages in Spain. In exchange they receive new international friends,

Having a home-based business has tremendous perks.  You are in charge of your own time, activities, projects, tasks, delegation, and you don’t have to drive much to see clients or meet with vendors.  However, one of the down sides is that if you are not circulating and networking in your community, and brainstorming on-line with

OK not the kind we can eat, however the European Union have now issued a directive which encourages websites to share in-depth details about the “cookies” they deposit on a user’s machine when that user visits a website.  Cookies we use When someone visits this site, certain standard Internet information and details of visitor behaviour are

I had a great afternoon yesterday with a group of interesting women who love reading.  La Rosilla Bookclub invited me to join them on their first anniversary, which they celebrated with an English-style tea and homemade cakes.  The celebration took place in Solano, a tiny village tucked deep in the mountains of Málaga.  I drove

Confirming what the world already knows, Málaga – Capital of the Costa del Sol – has been crowned ‘all-round holiday destination’ by members of the public asked why they’re visiting the city by Spain’s television news channel, Noticias Cuatro. Overwhelming responses from people gathered at the airport, hotel reception desks, in the city centre, at

Laujar de Andarax, the capital of the Alpujarra de Almería, is a village in a valley between the Sierra Nevada and the Sierra de Gador. Laujar has lots of water, because of the rainfall and the number of fountains and the Rio Andarax, which springs up there. The landscape of Laujar is full with woodland

Do check out my latest guest post at Barcelona Women’s Network http://www.bcnwomensnetwork.com/index.php/site/bwn_blog_article/2390

Abundance: Have you activated your ALLOW button? You might say that you want abundance, you might even believe that you really, really want it… But is every part of you on board? It’s a great idea to start by checking the status of your ALLOW button.  Are you allowing yourself to be abundant? Are you

Lately I have been reading a lot of posts about expats and what they consider home.  In these difficult times which we are living, there is big migration.  Some people going back to their home country while others are leaving in search of ‘shelter’ from this economic storm.  Once a person decides to expatriate their