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If you are going to live a LOT longer than you think, it needs to change a lot of your life choices and goals. If you might be married...

One of the biggest societal implications of people living longer is that the ratio of grandparents to grandchildren is now higher than...

In 2021, a Dutch supermarket chain, Jumbo, created a special checkout line - it was designed to be slower and give people the opportunity...

Sometime very soon, we need to change our view of what "old age" looks like, and especially change what type of facilities we think older...

Imagine a future where grandparents are younger (or at least appear younger because they're healthier and living longer), where they get...

In March, the acclaimed Italian novelist Francesca Melandri wrote a letter to fellow Europeans “from your future”, describing experiences...

I had a webinar conversation with good friend and mindfulness expert, Helen Nicholson this afternoon. It was exactly what I needed. 1...

I think the people who are struggling the most at the moment are parents of school-going children. There is just so much uncertainty...

We all have difficult choices lying ahead of us in the next few days and weeks. Do I go back to work or not? Do I send the kids to school...

It’s my youngest daughter’s birthday tomorrow. She turns 15. She is a teenager with special needs (autism), and has struggled this whole...

Some families have been dealing with the impact of a deadly disease on their lives for many years. I met one such family a number of...

To all the mothers and all those who are mothering: thank you. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. To those who’s best efforts don’t...

Rhythms and Rituals are necessary

In our kitchen at home we have a digital photo frame. 24/7 it scrolls through hundreds of pictures of our family, going back decades. As...

Rachel Held Evans passed away a year ago today. After a very short illness, this young mother of two small children, and wife to Dan,...

Don't fight the Covid-19 riptide. Thanks, Mandy Collins.

I have been hearing from many parents with school aged children that they are struggling with home schooling. So much so, that I recorded...

I am truly grateful that I really like the people I love - especially my immediate family with whom I am in lockdown. I believe that...

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A day in my life... not necessarily that novel for me to work from home, be virtual and do webinars. It’s nice that now so many other...