by Gill Mathias | Mar 30, 2026 | 5 Pillars of resilience, Blog, Emotional Resilience, physical resilience
Working with my accountability buddy An accountability buddy helps the other person to keep to their commitments, supplies feedback, and ensures that both parties stay on track to take action. Have a regular time to talk. My phone call is on a Friday at 5pm. Establish...
by Gill Mathias | Jan 7, 2026 | Emotional Resilience, self belief, top tips
The Easiest Way to Silence your Negative Thoughts. Here are ways to quieten your inner critic The private conversations you have with yourself can be either a powerful stepping stone or a major obstacle to reaching your goals. If your inner monologue repeats things...
by Gill Mathias | Nov 10, 2025 | Blog, Emotional Resilience
Whatever the reasons, divorce in the third age is becoming more common. There are several reasons for this growing trend of divorce after 60 plus years of age: We are healthier and living longer. We are less willing to “settle” and stay in a bad marriage. We are more...
by Gill Mathias | Mar 17, 2024 | Blog, Emotional Resilience, retirement
As most of you now know, I CHOOSE to take the month of August/early September away from work to re-energize and to re-assess ME. I examine my own sense of purpose and where I am planning my life for the foreseeable future. It is mostly a month for ME but shared with...
by Gill Mathias | Mar 8, 2023 | Blog, Emotional Resilience, self belief, top tips
“What’s on your mind?” People usually ask us this question in moments of silence while driving down the highway. Typically, we respond with a one word answer. “Nothing.” It’s never true. We have lots on our mind. At that moment, we were thinking of a project we needed...
by Gill Mathias | Nov 21, 2022 | Blog, celebration, Emotional Resilience
It was “World Kindness Day” a few days ago and I have recently had much to be grateful from acts of kindness to me. Kindness is both mentally and physically beneficial both for the giver and receiver. Kindness is a positive action whatever the circumstances and...
