It may surprise some, but the truth is I'm not much of a runner. I've always found running as an activity to be utterly pointless unless...

One of the advantages of being an indolent slob in your early fifties is that a lifetime of experience being inert has prevented any form...

The first week of dieting is mainly a period of mourning. Mourning the good times, the self-indulgence, and the friends you've left...

Committed to the diet challenge publicly today by posting the objective on LinkedIn. Received a few positive messages encouraging support...

Standing on the scales on the first day of your diet is a sobering experience. And even worse if you can't actually see what the scales...

Being described as morbidly obese really hammers home the message of 'you are a dangerously fat blob and you're going to die soon'. I can...

They say the hardest step to take is the first one. But whoever 'they' are, (and I bet they're self-righteously skinny) they're talking...

Whether you call it Christmas, the winter break, or happy holidays, the time off from work presents the opportunity to have a think about...

Recently I spent a day in Rome with my two teenage kids and was faced with the challenge of making the Renaissance interesting for a pair...

I've just realised that sounds way worse that I meant it to. I don't mean 'adult things' like stripshows or brothels and such like....

That's the expression we used in our family whenever I'd get into a disagreement with my dad. I guess it means that there's only room for...

Pretty much every consulting bid now has a requirement to demonstrate that it is fulfilling the target client's diversity and inclusion...

The UK newspaper the Guardian published a survey recently that showed that girls aged between 7 - 21 in the UK felt more miserable in the...

Particularly if you have kids. I look at Loki with his beautiful toddler innocence and enthusiasm for everything and wonder to myself...

It was the same with Loki's older brother Finn when he was a late toddler in the early noughties. Always questioning stuff and wanting to...

The outside world will say 'don't be deceived into thinking anything else. Building trust in society, solving complex problems for the...

Our neighbours suddenly started being nice to us. Inviting us over, giving us gifts, and generally being very communicative. Despite the...

No amount of paternal love generated by those beautiful 2 and half year old innocent blue eyes staring longingly into mine can hide the...

When you've got a lot wrong with you, it seems to be an invitation for a lot of other things to hop along for the ride. Some of them are...

I sit firmly on the side of those who argue that people should have the right to choose the time of their own death. I guess where I...