Author: Barbara Scogings

With the world population on the decline, we are faced with the problem of caring for many more old people in the years to come. Most people prefer to...

There are many forms of dementia, and they all present very differently in the individual. Dementia is different from senility in that it can present as: loss of social...

Evaluating your daily life is part Spring Clean – what stays and what goes – and part checking off a list of ‘things to do’. It’s a process of...

Not all Palliative care is Hospice, but all Hospice is Palliative care. Educate yourself about end of life and avoid unnecessary trauma at an already difficult time. There needs...

Celebrating National Child Health Day. Teach and guide your children well and teach them from a very young age that they are made up of four basic parts: physical,...

You know, people keep telling me that I must forgive people for many reasons. I have an innate problem with this concept because forgiveness means different things to different...

Understanding the personality of an emotional bully’s victim:  The person most likely affected by the emotional abuser will tend to be naïve, innocent, too trusting, and gullible. They believe...

Bullying is deliberately hurtful behaviour which is repeated over a period of time. Its difficult for those being bullied to stop the process. Emotional bullying can be challenging to identify...

The thing about being a parent is that there is no rule book, no real guide to be that person who gives birth to or raises a child.  It’s...

In liberating women, we have unleashed more masculine energy than ever before. Women have taken on masculine qualities to fight for their rights but have remained stuck in that...