His mother's engagement ring is a problem, who'd want to live Liz Taylor's life, heartbreak...
On my weekly iVillage.co.uk blog today I've tackled a sensitive and tricky dilemma: a woman's just got engaged and her fiance gave her his late mother's ring... the problem is she doesn't like the ring! Now that Prince William has set a precedent giving Kate his mother's ring this may be happening more frequently.
Have just posted a new article on 'beauty being in the eye of the beholder' - check out "hot off the press" on my homepage.
Speaking of looks Elizabeth Taylor was a phenomenal beauty - and great actress - few receive two Oscars - but who also suffered unbelievably - pain, loneliness, addiction. Yet some of the commentary I've read makes people seem envious of - or somehow glorifying of - her life. I'd rather have an ordinary life than live a lonely life in a gilded palace as she seems to have done...be thankful for some ordinariness.
Had a lively chat with the lovely Joe at BBC radio Surrey and Sussex yesterday – covered issues from how you can physically feel the pain of a breakup and how you can’t separate what goes on in your mind from what goes on in your body.
Also a few steps to take when you've been hurt and how to decide if the depression you quite naturally feel after a breakup is becoming chronic depression.
TODAY’S THOUGHT: if you've had your heart broken and you're not starting to have the occasional "ok" day after a few weeks then you need to take action to start healing.
It's to be expected - you will be completely devastated for a few weeks - and that sense of devastation might return - becoming an unwanted visitor to your emotions over the coming months - but you should also be having some better times too.
Definitely get support from those who care about you - you don't have to suffer on your own!
Russell Brand does seem to be a changed man - apologising to his mother today in the Sun newspaper (now he needs to properly apologised to Andrew Sachs) - cynics will ask why he didn't just do it in private - my guess is he already has 1 million times over.
Can’t get the flippin Vaccines tunes out of my head - they're so old school punk influenced - so simple yet get in your head and go around and around!
Happy Wednesday, Pamx