Jill Worth speaks to David Oliver about regaining the missing passion for our work. David Oliver and his family were walking around Birdworld when they saw, shrinking away in the conifers, a golden eagle. “If it’s possible for birds to get depressed,” says David, “then this one certainly was. The…
Marriage… How to make it work is an open and honest discussion about married life with Stephen Cardy, Heather Walsh and Life FM’s Anna Daly. In June 2010 this special programme was recorded before a live studio audience. Topics covered include: Preparing for marriage The challenges of keeping love alive Keeping tenderness in…
It takes a lot to mess up a marriage, just as it takes a lot to make a marriage work. In my professional experience as a relationship counsellor and my 29 years of marriage, I believe that most of us enter into this most important relationship with high hopes and…
by Michelle LaRowe You walk into creche, toddler Emma in tow, and you can already tell that drop-off isn’t going to be smooth. In fact, you’d like to drop off the planet right about now. The teacher greets you in her robe and slippers, and just as you start to…
When daily failures become life lessons by Laura Polk If there were a midterm exam in motherhood, I’d fail it. My lecturers? Three too-intelligent-for-their-own-good mini-versions of my husband and myself. That’s right, our three school-age children. Surely, they would enjoy poring over the long list of mummy mess-ups that translate…
