Ange DoveThere comes a point in life when perfection begins to lose its appeal. Not because standards no longer matter, but because experience teaches us how expensive perfection can be. Perfection is demanding. It asks for constant improvement.
Ange DoveFor something that occupies so much of our attention, happiness can be surprisingly difficult to define. Ask people what they want from life and happiness usually appears somewhere near the top of the list. It sits comfortably alongside health, mean
Ange DoveFor years, I thought resilient people were somehow different from everybody else. I imagined they possessed unusual levels of determination, emotional strength and optimism.
Ange DoveA friend of mine recently confessed that she didn't think of herself as particularly resilient. At first, this seemed like an unusual statement coming from somebody who had successfully navigated raising children, and caring for ageing parents.