Enrichment Lesson It’s my garden and I will cultivate it any way I like. I consider myself a modern woman; well educated, sexually liberated and socially aware. However I recently suffered a rude awakening. A few days after we first got naked, my latest sexual encounter asked, “So have...
Enrichment Lesson Nothing inspires more than learning that you have inspired others. Went into Lorna Jane at Coolie and was served by the gorgeous Lindy. We were chatting away when she said, 'Oh my God you're that girl! I heard you on the radio this morning. I couldn't...
Enrichment Lesson The most attractive quality of all is being comfortable with who I am. After my bi-lateral mastectomy, I thought I was no longer a woman. My sexuality disappeared in the operating theatre along with my breasts. I decided that it was a “good” thing that I...
Enrichment Lesson Beauty isn't just about the skin. To ease my angst as a first date with seriously hot guy approached, who else would I seek advice from but my good friend and beauty therapist (BT)? The date in question had emailed me some rather artistic but nude...
Enrichment Lesson Love is an action not a feeling. What is romantic love? Infatuation? Passion? Chemistry? A meeting of the heart, mind and soul. A combination of all those elements that instinctively draws us to one person over another. I rather like Dr G’s definition of love “a commitment to nurturing...
Enrichment Lesson “Nothing kills the taste of peanut butter quite like unrequited love,” Charlie Brown. For too long now I have lusted and desired after someone who is emotionally available to me. “Why can’t you see me as I truly am?” My heart cries, unwilling, or unable to accept that...
Enrichment Lesson Personal growth is empowering but difficult to accomplish without some heartache. Is it possible to be friends with an ex? I have segued several times from friendship to romantic relationship but to date a successful transition in the other direction has eluded me. I recently...
Enrichment Lesson When bad things happen, the most useful question to ask is not “Why” but “What am I going to do about it.” I have a good friend who despite being a single mum was there for me every step of the way through my journey with cancer. She...
Enrichment Lesson Seduce my mind and you can have my body. Find my soul and I am yours for ever. Women are romantic creatures at heart. Sure we are attracted to the physical. I would be hard pressed to name one of my friends that hasn't at...
Enrichment Lesson Patience is the essence of a healthy relationship. Patience is a virtue. Alas it is one (of the few), that I am sadly lacking in. I wasn’t sure whether I to be relieved or dismayed when the good Dr G recently put it to me...