The Essence Portfolio

I’ve heard this said a lot lately by women of a certain age or beyond “Once I became fifty I became invisible to the rest of the world”. I cannot recall hearing these thoughts before and wonder if it is just one of the current ‘buzz quotes’. Or is it because I have in the last few years passed this …

“Oh essence, essence, wherefore art thou essence?” All joking aside, what is our essence? What is essence? What the heck am I going on about? My children ask me this too often. According to the dictionary, essence is:- ‘The intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, especially something …

Do we always need a map? Yes, this is a serious question! My answer is no! Do I hear you shriek, cry out in surprise. Some of you may probably class me as mad, insane or at least a little loopy. OK, you probably are right with the last one but I’ll embrace that happily. So before I delve a little …

Welcome to 2022, Though I hadn’t planned any great resolutions or such like because I am way past that and I know that they rarely come to fruition anyway. However I had decided to take back control over all the things that I can after the crap of the last few years. My first failure was a planned …