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ACHIEVING A BALANCED DIET CAN BE DIFFICULT - Click To Read Article
A well balanced diet is essential for good health. Healthy nutrition requires the appropriate dietary intake of macronutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats and proteins, as well as all micronutrients including vitamins and minerals. An improved understanding of the importance of diet and a general rise in the standard of living has brought substantial improvements to the nutritional status of Europe’s citizens, wide spread malnutrition is a thing of the past.

Sex in the City or Sex in Quesada City? - Click To Read Article
Carrie Bradshaw and Sex in the City in New York, does not have quite the same ring as Linda Sage and Sex in the City of Quesada….but there again who knows! That probably sounds as exciting to somebody in rain drenched down town Glasgow or Margate (not that I have anything personal against these two places or people from there, but all things are relative)

Thank You for the Music and Giving it to me - Click To Read Article
Abraham, Martin and John…mmmmmm as the sounds of this song drift out of my computer (my techno skills are improving!!) and sink into my head, I am transported back many years to a dingy room (not that I thought that then), at the back of a pub, my introduction to discos, then I had to be home when everybody else was coming out, I lived in the middle of nowhere (so I thought) and the last bus went at 10pm. Can you imagine saying that to a youngster today!!!!

The Choices of Lif - Click To Read Article
Just as you start to think that your life is progressing nicely and going smoothly along a certain path, a big rock jumps up into the road and knocks the wheels right out from under you., but as Nelson Mandela said “it is not how many times you fall down that counts, it is the times that you get back up again that are important”; so here I go again along my merry way.

You Can’t Buy Experience - Click To Read Article
We are often told we need the sad, or down side of life to grow as a person and develop our inner strength to appreciate the good times, but some people seem to be “luckier” than others!

Time and Tide Waits for no Man or Woman - Click To Read Article
As the glimmer of morning sun shines through the blinds and I start to uncurl under the duvet, one eye opens then the second, the brain links into gear what day is it??? The start of a new day, new challenges and new mountains to climb. As I make my way to the bathroom and meet myself in the mirror, but all I see is my mum looking back at me!!! Where did all those wrinkles come from? The bags under the eyes have turned into suitcases!!! Even the jowls have started to form; I don’t remember getting this old. Somebody must have put a curse on me overnight and when I find my magic wand everything will be back to normal.

Some Say Romance is Dead - Click To Read Article
In these days of crisis, and with the word recession on many lips, tightening the belt and reassessing the budget, along with the daily demands of a home, kids work, the spouse or significant other gets put way, way down the list of priorities. The days of sitting gazing into each others eyes and sitting quietly are a luxury that usually gets buried under the washing and ironing!!!!!

Step Right up & Take a Chance! - Click To Read Article
Step right up & take a chance, no I am not urging you to buy a lottery ticket or play roulette. I am urging you to give yourself the chance to take a chance. How many times have you heard somebody say, “Well, I would have done it, but I never got the chance.” Or maybe “nobody would give me the chance to show what I could do.”

Today is the Day - Click To Read Article
How many days do we wake up and say “today is the day I am going to …..start a diet, stop drinking, stop smoking,” getting out of bed with the best resolve, we start on a mission, but by 11am the cravings, or the little voice in the head is saying just one cigarette or a biscuit won’t hurt. But with great willpower some of us get over this hurdle and get to lunchtime, meeting friends it is hard not to indulge in a glass or two of vino, so our resolve weakens and we say to ourselves, never mind I will start tomorrow!! Then when tomorrow comes we go through the same or similar routine; until our promises to ourselves don’t come to mean much to us, they don’t have much value and we don’t mind breaking them.

How Good do You Feel? - Click To Read Article
Sitting on the side of my pool with my feet dangling in the water, bright blue sky over head with whispy white clouds like tiny puffs of smoke drifting along; the sun making my skin feel alive and tingling. As I peel an orange picked off of my tree, I think to myself “How bad is life?” On a scale of things, between this and sitting hours on the M25, yeah not much competition really!

How many decisions do you make a day? - Click To Read Article
How many decisions do you make a day? It’s something that few of us rarely think about. But in fact, life is made up of decisions, small and large. How well you make your decisions, or not even making a decision at all, can greatly affect your life. The ability to make good decisions is the hallmark of the successful person. Good decision making helps you achieve your goals and avoid mistakes. You can live out your dreams when you are able to make sound decisions and act upon them.

Looking for Love - Click To Read Article
From a very early age we are all looking for affection and approval, as the baby cries it knows somebody will come, to feed, clean or soothe. The child learns to smile sweetly, dance, draw, give hugs and kisses to get their own needs met. The teenager, when coming from their private planet their favorite phrase is “mum you know I love you” or “mum you know you love me very much”, usually followed by a request for money or a lift somewhere!

Network Marketing - Click To Read Article
Mine and a couple of generations around me were brought up with work hard at school, go to college, get all the qualifications you can, get a good job, you will be set for life, with a good pension.

New Eras - Click To Read Article
Not so long ago I was a nervous wreck when even the idea of meeting somebody new arose, then came dashing along my fabled White Knight, only to ride off into the sunset, as Knights do with not so very much more than a glance and a smile in reality, but in my mind ………….well perhaps we will not go there!

“Nobody’s Perfect!” - Click To Read Article
How often have you heard the phrase “Nobody’s perfect”, or even said it to yourself? This phrase brings to mind some unspoken judgment that you should be perfect, that you should be able to do and have it all. This unrealistic sense of perfection actually gets in the way of achieving our dreams/goals.

I’m Looking for a Hero - Click To Read Article
The sound of laughter ringing out from the dining room where some friends are having dinner together, a simple thing, but something that has been a long time coming back into my life, only because the barriers I put up to keep the pain out, also kept the joy out as well. Simple conversation and general chit-chat mixed with good feelings, comfortable surroundings and the odd vino or two made a Friday eve not just the end of yet another week, into something great and memorable.

Life’s Highway - Click To Read Article
Continuing along life’s highway, we come into contact with many obstacles, all of which are said to enhance us a people. I have had some very “enhancing” people in my life so far. Just when I was starting to think that I was learning from all my previous lessons, yet another new “enhancement” comes along!!! I know – it is just to keep me on my toes, not to get bored or complacent, maybe “quiet” for a while would be a nice option, but clearly not yet….

I Blame….. - Click To Read Article
Here I am, sitting at home with the sun streaming through the windows and it is gone 7pm, what would I be doing now if I was in the UK???? Probably grappling with the traffic on the M25, or hunched over reports that had taken over my dining room table as well as my office room, the breeze is warm heralding the coming months of summer, the only blot on the idyllic picture is my green pool!!!! But hey life is not perfect is it??? Or should we be expecting life to give us happiness, and then we can also blame the Government, the neighbours, the children, the economy, our partner for all the things that are wrong in our lives too!! Great cop out,

Reflections - Click To Read Article
Waking up every morning and looking out to see the sun shining, still sends a tingle through me, the odd grey day makes me relish the others even more. It is a known fact that sunshine lifts your spirits and helps your system work well. But how quickly the days, turn into weeks, then months and hey yes another year gone!!!! I am sure that they are speeding up, or maybe it is that I am appreciating time more now.

Eat, Drink & Be Merry - Click To Read Article
Henry VIII was often heard to say Eat, Drink & Be Merry, but when he over indulged in any of these things and his mood changed it may well have been another of his favorite sayings “Off with his/her Head”. Luckily for us times have changed for the better, no beheadings and no thirty course banquets, washed down by gallons of mead, wine and port. Thankfully many of the illnesses that went along with that time in history such as scurvy, plagues, and typhoid are a thing of the past, but unfortunately gout is still very much present in our modern day world.

Food Pleasure or Pain? - Click To Read Article
Whenever January comes along we start the year with renewed vigour and optimism that this year we will stick to our resolutions and will do better than before!!!! That is fine until the first birthday, wedding, or celebration comes along and we have to face the fear of choosing to keep our best laid plans or choose the wine, starter, main course and pud!!!! The balance of the scales is there for just a moment…..then temptation, and our self talk kicks in, one night is not going to hurt…..I will be good tomorrow, how many times have we said that!!!!!

Formula for Success! - Click To Read Article
Albert Einstein had a formula for success. Can you believe that? One of the greatest minds of all time developed a math formula for success! I suggest you read this carefully -- this may be the most important math equation that you will ever see.

Don Quixote v Superman - Click To Read Article
In this world of fast food, fast cars, and speed dating, when did romance with Mr Darcy and tilting windmills with Don Quixote, gestures like opening doors, buying flowers, paying compliments fade into the background?

Are We What We See? - Click To Read Article
So many of us think we look into a mirror, but looking and seeing are two very different things. How many times do we hold our tummy’s in when walking past a shop window? Or walk around a table in a bar or restaurant because we don’t think that we will be able to pass between chairs on a more direct route? Most people do not have an accurate idea of their own body shape and size; this is because we tend to focus on the areas we are particularly unhappy with.

Friendship - Click To Read Article
Friendship Good morning my name is Linda & I am an alcoholic…..ooooppps wrong meeting!!!! These things happen when I am trying to be in 3 places at the same time, or rushing from here to there, this seems normal for my life and probably for a lot of others.

All in the Minds Eye - Click To Read Article
I was laying on the top deck of a luxury liner, on a sun bed big enough for a family, with the warmth of the sun making my body feel relaxed (mind you it was aided by the odd vino or two!!), trying to read a book, but the lids on my eyes had a mind of their own. As I was drifting off to that world that is not quite asleep but neither quite conscious, a great feeling of contentment and wellbeing came over me, how lucky am I….what a great place I live in……my work is a dream-so enjoyable…..great friends and romance.

Dust off Your Goals, Air Your Dreams - Click To Read Article
Recently I was going through some old boxes in my garage and came across one of my first courses that I did in psychology, which was the one that turned a corner in my life. As you can imagine that was a few (well ok many) years ago. As I sat on the floor with papers and bits all around me, I started reading what I had written about my dreams, hopes, worries and life at the time.

Beliefs - Click To Read Article
We find as we travel through life’s highways and byways that the unexpected usually happens, but through this we learn about ourselves and our own strengths, when life is good and calm we tend to take this for granted rather than thinking of it as part of the overall journey. We have a tendency to expect life to be good and when it is not, the question we ask ourselves is very often ”why me?” and the longer we dwell on it, the longer it seems to last. Learning to take the lessons out of life and believe that we are learning and growing as a person, helps to make these situations much easier to bear.

The Comfort of Memories - Click To Read Article
Abraham, Martin and John...mmmmmm as the sounds of this song drift out of my computer (my techno skills are improving!!) and sink into my head, I am transported back many years to a dingy room (not that I thought that then), at the back of a pub, my introduction to discos, then I had to be home when everybody else was coming out, I lived in the middle of nowhere (so I thought) and the last bus went at 10pm. Can you imagine saying that to a youngster today!!!!

Wellness Revolution - Click To Read Article
Most of the adult population, and increasingly the younger generations, certainly of the more developed countries of the world have an enhanced idea of what 'good nutrition' is. Mostly we can understand the equation of eating more food, provides more calories, using less energy to burn off calories, leaves us with a surplus, usually somewhere around the middle of our bodies. We can accept the concept of reducing the intake and even a slight increase of the use of calories, has the reverse effect. So, if we can understand the concept why is it so hard to put into practice?

Smile and the Whole World Smiles with You, Cry and You Cry Alone - Click To Read Article
Smile! Did you ever have a stranger come up to you and say that? Well, I did. I was waiting in line at the bank the other day (which is not unusual), and someone said that to me. She also added, "Things can't be that bad, can they?" I wasn't feeling bad about anything - just thinking something through. I guess I must have had a serious expression on my face.

Highs and Lows of Living - Click To Read Article
Carrie Bradshaw and Sex in the City in New York, does not have quite the same ring as Linda Sage and Sex in the City of Quesada....but there again who knows! That probably sounds as exciting to somebody in rain drenched down town Glasgow or Margate (not that I have anything personal against these two places or people from there) but all things are relative!

Choices for Life - Click To Read Article
As time passes our waist seems to thicken and our hair thins, nails are not so strong and teeth are more often in the glass by the bed then they are chomping into a thick juicy steak. By the time we think about what nutrition or a lack of it has done to our lives, we are at an age we maybe thinking "what the hell, it has not killed me yet".

A Big Fat Issue - Click To Read Article
The whole "fat" issue is almost a trillion dollar industry. One pound of fat means so many things, to so many people. For some a fleeting thought, to others a cause for suicide. The actual fat itself is not the problem, but the reality to ourselves of what it makes us feel; reality like beauty is in the eye of the beholder

To Dream the Impossible Dream - Click To Read Article
"To dream the impossible dream, to right the unrightable wrong that is my quest" What happens when your dream is somebody else's nightmare? Having made my debut into the Costa Blanca Social Scene, (quite successfully - I felt), well I did end up at home, in one piece, (maybe a bit wobbly), I was enthused to participate more. So, during these two weeks I have made a concentrated effort: 1 party, 2 Business Meetings, 5 bars (not all with vino), 1 tarot reading (I need all the help I can get) and a meal out with a friend (not male).

Eyes Across the Room - Click To Read Article
Having tried the new fangled thing of internet dating, with less than great success, undeterred I decided to go back to tried and tested measures, a bar! Spending time going through the wardrobe, trying everything on before even looking into the mirror, with the odd slurp of vino to help my judgment! Just knowing "it does not feel right", my debut into a bar with music and full of strangers, is like preparing for the opening of the Olympics. Some kind friends have said "come out with us", (all couples of course, but I am very grateful for their invitation).

Life is a Rollercoaster - Click To Read Article
As we pass through the various stages of our lives we all hit highs and dips, we chugg on the tracks and focus on an end result of a better times to come, do we have any guarantees of the time in the future? So what about taking the most out of the here and now, let that work to a better future.

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