School holidays can be fun, but can also be challenging for parents and children. Back from our travels a little earlier than initially planned – we enjoyed a great sunny bank holiday weekend with friends and family. I’m itching to dive 100%, into my work yet I’ve still got my kids for a bit longer. [...]
'Finding a tribe' - a sense of belonging - can be important. While sometimes it’s great to forge ahead on your own, following your own path, it can also be comforting to know you’re not totally barking up the wrong tree. For the first year after I launched Age Life Balance, I was in a [...]
Age Life Balance celebrates 2 year anniversary! I’m proud to announce that Age Life Balance is celebrating its 2-year anniversary this week! I’ve successfully posted 104 weekly blogs on a variety of different topics, and as well as different initiatives such as Words of Wisdom, Top Tips for Successful Ageing, and Foods to Help You [...]
Community – How to survive and even love networking! April is not yet over, but it’ll probably go down in my personal history as a top month for networking. On balance though, I reckon I probably do a lot more than most in this area. When I mention my networking quests to friends and colleagues, [...]
Communities – Age Life Balance connections We’ve already learned about the benefits of being part of communities. I’m fortunate enough to belong to a number of communities. I suppose I always have been if I look across different phases of my life: it’s just something I’ve had a habit and a history of doing. I [...]
Community – social interaction I’ve already touched on the importance of social interaction for positive ageing within the community intro and well as in my Words of Wisdom article. Age UK also reports this in their recent wellbeing research. In this article, I’m going to look at some of the different types of interaction, how [...]
Community – let’s get together for successful ageing The definition of the community has widened over time. It has historically referred to groups of people living in the same place, but has expanded to encompass those having a particular interest or characteristic in common. With the explosion of internet connections over the last twenty years, [...]
