This year Mental Health Awareness Week brings even greater focus on our mental wellbeing. With many people finding lockdown hard for a number of reasons – fear, loneliness, anxiety, illness – we’re dealing with even...
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The Tonic
Our divorce caused us more than sorrow. It cost us our futures
Divorce completely ruined everything. I thought we had it all worked out – my husband and I. Our 60+ years were looking pretty rosy. Not any more. We had the house equity, we had our state pensions and we had a private...
Some fast hacks for saving money – and how to make a few quid too!
Interested in saving money? Whilst many of us have got extra time on our hands at the moment – and possibly also less income – it’s a great time for a money audit. Let’s reboot! Whether you’re paying subscriptions...
My mother is a cougar, and I hate it!
Jane and Julie have always been close – Jane was a single mother, Julie her only daughter. It’s a strong bond. They’re now 64 and 38 respectively and finding for the first time that there’s a situation threatening their...
Yoga breathing exercises to combat snoring
Suffer with snoring? Yoga teacher Lindsey could have a solution to your problem. Watch as she runs through two simple breathing exercises that help strengthen the throat muscles that could be the cause of snoring. ...