The stars of my second Fabulous Females Interview series are mother and daughter, Marilyn and Jacynth Bassett. Ahead of a weekend when mothers take centre stage it seems only appropriate to put the spotlight on a very special mother-daughter relationship which lies at the heart of Jacynth’s online…
What does the term “femininity” mean to you? The quality of being female is the concise definition but its interpretation is of course far from concise. A femininity storm has erupted in our house on the back of an innocent comment to my youngest teen from a friend…
In a year synonymous with celebrating the achievements of women, today I am launching a new series on my blog which will feature interviews with Fabulous Females on their motivations, their challenges and of course all the fabulous bits in between. First on the pedestal is 60 year…
Do you have any online friends? Have you met any of them in the flesh or is it all just cyber chat? How do your virtual friendships rate against your real time ones? I, like many others of my midlife generation, am to coin a phrase a “digital…
Every cancer diagnosis and treatment plan is unique. There is no one size fits all solution, but where possible surgery is invariably the first port of call whatever your type. Cancer is after all a disease and left untended will grow and spread like a predatory weed. This…
A cancer diagnosis over Christmas and New Year has turned my world upside down and it will never be the same again. This time last year I was in party planning overdrive preparing for my 50th birthday celebrations and flying the platinum flag for being fifty and fabulous.…
When a teenager leaves home for the first time the impact of their absence on a household is generally focussed on the emotions of the parents and particularly the mothers. But what about the brothers and sisters left behind? How does the sudden absence of a sibling affect…
Have you had or are you due a midlife health check? It’s so easy to forget what we need to do to safeguard our long term well-being but midlife is an important time for reviewing our health and particularly as a woman. The NHS offers free health checks every…
