Author: Barbara Scogings

I think that social media makes the world a smaller place, far easier to navigate and connect with people and information that wouldn’t normally be so accessible. The interweb...

  A drug is any substance that is used to prevent, diagnose, treat, or relieve symptoms of a disease or abnormal condition. Drugs can affect how the brain and...

WIDOWS DAY Having been prompted by an elderly woman I met by chance on my daily walk, I want to acknowledge Widows Day. She looked like she could do...

Remember that calling your doctor when you’re feeling unwell or out of balance, may prevent your early death. Is that melodramatic? You tell me. You choose. Your doctor may...

QUESTIONS AROUND OLD AGE: How many of you fear old age and death? Why? Have you been present when someone has died? What does old age mean to you?...

I want to introduce insight into something that happens far too frequently for my personal comfort – abuse and bullying – of the emotional/mental kind. Generally people don’t realize...

Are You ‘Too Open’ – ‘Too Honest’ – ‘Too Kind’ Carry on reading if you are one of those people who are often told that you are ‘too open’,...

I want to talk today about the importance of the colour GREY! Yes – it does have a place. Yes – it does have value. It is a word...

There are two camps of people in the world; the RESPONSIBLE and the IRRESPONSIBLE. It is difficult to enter into and maintain any kind of healthy partnership – at...

Our world is riddled with greed, aggression, war, conflict, materialism. The imbalance therein has led to poverty, lack of empathy, lack of spiritual and emotional maturity and a vast...