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Want real change in 2024?

January again. Start to a fresh year. A blank page. I don´t know about you, but I ditched resolutions many years ago. They never seemed to work that long and ended up being another way to beat myself up about myself, my willpower, anything really. Now people talk more about a word for the year […]

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Conquer Procrastination: Empowering Midlife Women to Overcome Our Productivity Roadblocks

I suspect that we all know that procrastination is a sneaky thief that robs us of our time, energy, and productivity. Yet it happens to us all.  It is totally normal.  It affects people from all walks of life, including women in ´midlife´ who often face unique challenges and responsibilities. Whether it’s managing a career, […]

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Konenki: A totally different and empowered approach to Menopause!!

When you think of menopause what does it bring up for you? Change? Health? Unknown? Beginnings? Endings? Not sure? Help?! Menopause is generally understood in the west to a phase of life that brings about significant changes in a woman’s body, both physically and emotionally. It’s a subject that has been widely discussed in Western […]

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When the universe tests you…

At the start of the year I set the intention to listen to my body more. I spend a lot of time in my mind (as most of us do), but wanted to start really listening to me. Listening to what I wanted and needed, rather than my kids or anyone else – whether it […]

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Self Care: Setting Boundaries

So I haven’t written the blog for quite some time now and decided that today was the day to start getting back into the rhythm of it again.  The past several weeks have been hectic as we have bought a house (yippee after renting for 10+ years!) and had quite a lot of stuff to […]

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Finding Life Purpose. Finding ‘It’, Finding me

As an expat mum over the last 13 ½ years I have been fortunate enough to explore the possibilities of how to use my own time.  I have been a mum of two too, so it has not all been lunches out and sipping cocktails by the pool, but there has been a degree of […]

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The fear of Settling down

So, we have just put down a deposit to buy a house here in Spain.  For us – the husband, two kids, dog and I to live in.  Forever (as much as forever can be).  How exciting, you might say, especially after renting and living abroad as an expat for so many years.  Finally being […]

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Where is the best place to live in Spain?

In 2018 we decided we wanted to live and work in Spain, to be back living in Europe, closer to family in the UK and settle for the long term.  We were fortunate that we could choose where we wanted to live in Spain due to my husband working remotely so our main priorities were […]

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Blog name – my epic fail.

Here is my story: how to totally screw up your blog name. So, when choosing this expat blog name I did the usual, brainstorming, asking friends and family, thinking about my audience, the topics etc.   I read articles like this one to help me get creative, used a thesaurus, etc etc.   You get the […]

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New Habits, New Start, New Year

One of the things that I have loved about starting a new life in a different country or location as an expat is that opportunity it presents.  A chance of a new start to do things differently.  Granted it is a little extreme to do that just for the sake of starting something new, but […]

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