I spend so much time telling other people to put boundaries in place, and then recently I realised I wasn’t even doing it myself. I think as mothers especially, we get so used to being needed that after a while it almost becomes part of who we are. We fix problems, calm people down and carry everyone else’s emotions whilst quietly ignoring our own. Before you know it, you feel emotionally exhausted and you can’t work out why your own anxiety is through the roof. I really noti

I’ve just turned 54, and two weeks ago I did something that still surprises me when I say it out loud. I completed a three-day scuba diving course with Koh Tao Scuba Diving . This was a big deal. I’ve never been someone who loved swimming in the sea, and going underwater was firmly in the “not for me” category. Fear, comfort zones, excuses, I’ve used them all at different points in my life. But something has shifted over the years. My courage has grown, my appetite for life h

Our retreat couldn’t come any sooner, as it was a relief to escape the clutches of the dismal rain back in the UK and bask once more in the welcoming arms of our beautiful Moroccan villa, El Goute, where the sun always shines! The Moroccan dishes were nothing short of divine; we dabbled in light lunches but went all out for our evening meals with huge tagines and puddings. And yes, the staff—always the paragons of hospitality—went above and beyond, bending over backwards as i