Every language has words that don't have an English equivalent and describe a situation or feeling better than one singular English word. A classic is the German 'Schadenfreude - delight at the misfortune of others'. Recently I've been...

Blog: In the late 80s, I was incredibly fortunate to spend two years living, studying and working in Japan. I was backpacking through South-East Asia and got as far as Japan where I fell in love with the culture and lifestyle and everything about t...

I'm a bit of a happy chappy today as I've just had a weigh and a measure and I've lost 2 kilos and 7 centimetres in two and half weeks! A little while ago Flourish received an invitation to experience 10 Bailine sessions and find out more about what...

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I was lucky enough in my backpacking days eons ago to get my PADI scuba diving certificate on the island of Guam in Micronesia.                                                A beautiful place and an amaz...

                    The other evening I found myself meticulously repairing the kids' jigsaw and games' boxes.  The kind of job that has needed doing for ages, and is an ongoing one (little toddler feet aren't adept at stepping NEXT to th...

By Emma O'Donoghue A Happy Boot Camper Fitness and I have always had a strained relationship. When I say strained I mean non-existent for the most part. If I’m going to be very honest it was a casual fling that consisted o...

First Impressions by Emma O'Donoghue So here I am, it has just gone midnight and I’m walking through customs with my giant, over-stuffed luggage trailing behind me.   Almost twenty four hours ago I tentatively boarded a plane in Dublin and now, s...

It's 3 and a half months or so until Christmas Day, and if you're thinking about making gifts for friends, family and work mates, now is the time to get started! We'll be sourcing and sharing lots of easy and not so easy festive season craft ideas wi...

A girlfriend and I were having a quiet catch up over champers a couple of months ago, and she was talking about wanting to have a little 'bit of work' done on her face to 'pull everything up, just a little'.  I told her she so didn't need anything c...

I started a new hobby on the weekend.    We're babysitting a family member's wave ski for at least the next 12 months and I've been itching to take it out on the river for a paddle.  I can't remember having been on a wave ski befo...

It's all over Twitter that liver transplant recipient Claire Murray has died in the Singapore hospital where she received the new liver - her second. Regardless of one's personal beliefs about drug addiction, whether she should have had a second chan...

Hello all, I've been doing a little online reading about blogging and apparently when one starts a blog, the thing to do is to have at least 3 blog posts ready to go for the first week...oops.  Since the new site launched , and the first eNewsletter...

Monday Morning, and wishing everyone a flourishing week. Fri 3pm 39 deg.Jeesh!  Who would have thought a newsletter could take such a long time to do?  Off to school pick up then back to press 'Send!'.  Sign up if you haven't already. Have 20 movi...