How to save your life

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It’s simple – all you have to do is take responsibility for yourself. A rediscovered poem got me thinking about [...]

The small things

The small things

Richard Burton showered Elizabeth Taylor with some spectacular gifts during their tempestuous romance – jewellery, yachts, cars, furs and of [...]

Are you communicating clearly enough?

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My cousin’s wife was competing in a final tennis match last week, so he and I decided to have a [...]

Mending broken plates

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Wow – what a few months I’ve had! My dad died at the end of January and I’ve had to [...]

Slow down, you’re moving too fast

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I’ve had friends comment that they think I have 48 hours in my day or else I live in a [...]

Child contact centres are here to help

Child contact centres

We’ve just had child contact centre awareness week and another successful drop-in day to promote our centre so I feel [...]

Love yourself and the rest will follow

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I’ve just come out of a post-marital-break-up love affair. To be honest: I’ve been dumped. It hurt like hell at [...]

Postnatal depression, Victoria Beckham and early parenting

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I just about fell over when I saw the front of OK! Magazine this week. A fab photo of Victoria [...]

Caramel Granny

Caramel Granny

I have just recently lost my Granny who passed away last week. Now we are all sharing memories of her [...]

The best of both

The best of both

Children who are looked after by their grandparents rather than attending private nurseries develop better and are more emotionally secure, [...]

Patsie Nielsen

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Having been in teaching for about 100 years, I was beginning to feel that my post as faculty head of [...]

Want to be a more organised parent?

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For most mums and dads, especially in the early days of parenting, life is full on and sometimes too much. [...]

I love Paris in the Springtime

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We’ve been on holiday in Paris, my boy and me. It was our first holiday as a family of two [...]

The family team

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When you start out on this great journey we call parenthood it is easy to forget about teamwork. You see, [...]

Bye bye, baby

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It’s now been five months since I tearfully waved my elder son off to London. He has gone with his [...]

Sayings to live your life by

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Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. James [...]

Tim McConville

I never know how to introduce myself. I find it difficult because I am a private person and do not [...]

Andrew Storey

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My name is Andrew Storey and I am a 48-year-old social entrepreneur. I have been my dad’s carer for five [...]

Yvonne Mackay

My name is Yvonne and I live with my husband in the East Neuk of Fife, which is a lovely [...]

What am I doing here?

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This thought crossed my mind recently during a particularly difficult and frustrating mediation. Observing was a new trainee mediator and [...]

Feeling my way through

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I am a mum, a wife and a friend. I am 32, going on 33, and currently a stay-at-home mum [...]

Sonya Murray

Sonya Murray

I am Sonya Murray, a mum of three, enjoying the daily juggle of life/work/parenting. I also have a dog called [...]

Sitting in the back row

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I can’t remember the last time I had a night out with my husband. You know, a proper one where [...]

All change for 2012

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The start of a new year is traditionally a time for change and a fresh start. The slate is wiped [...]

Chief Executive – Stuart Valentine

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For the past 4 years I have been the Chief Executive of Relationships Scotland, having previously been the Chief Executive [...]