We all look forward to our holidays, time spent with family relaxing or simply getting away and recharging the batteries, lazing around getting a tan before getting back to the everyday grind of the workplace. Sounds like the perfect break to me, or does it? With today's focus being on healthier lifestyles and exercise it makes me think why not look for a change?

Having kept in a comfort zone of beach holidays and sticking to what I know it was a challenge to find something a little different bearing in mind it had to be family orientated, something that will appeal to my children too? Only having one holiday abroad per year like most families we would want something that we would all enjoy and remember.

We are all familiar with the old adage 'it's not what you know, but who you know'. In business, it's equally true that it's not what you know, but how you put it across that counts. Few people are born with a natural talent for presentation skills and good business communication. The good news is that presentation skills can be learnt.

Business is about winning
You may not be in a sales role but if you are in a profession or a service industry and have to 'pitch for business', how you present yourself and your organisation is as important as what you say.

Being able bodied is something we take for granted, to be able to do everyday tasks without thought is a commodity that we rarely stop to think about until such a time as we are not able to do things ourselves. We are happy to think that only when old age starts to set in that we will need the assistance of mobility equipment or disability aids, but for many that is not to be the case.

Do you know the difference between an essential oil and floral water? I had no idea either; I did not know that there is a huge difference in the two. It is true that both start life in the same fashion, being steamed in huge containers (commonly known as a steam distillation plant), but I had no idea that the process actually separates the plants oils into condenser thus leaving the steam which is the floral water.

The French have always enjoyed an enviable reputation for their love of gourmet food and their pride in turning premium quality ingredients into delectable, indulgent pleasures for the palate. From fine wines to foie gras, champagne to cheese, French gastronomy is synonymous with excellence.

So to food connoisseurs it comes as no surprise that the best chocolate in the world is made in France.

Hair loss is a condition we mostly associate with older men receding hairlines and thinning on top, alternatively we associate it with serious illnesses which require radiation or chemotherapy treatment being the main reasons. Actually they are not, hair loss can happen to anyone, at any age for a multitude of reasons, and that includes women, no, women too, are not safe from thinning hair and loss of follicles as we may think.

Protein supplements are of great importance to anyone who is training with the intention of building muscle or increasing athletic performance. Protein, or more importantly the amino acids that it supplies to the body, are fundamental in maintaining and building lean muscle tissue (protein synthesis).

Protein is present in many foods such as eggs, meat, poultry and fish in abundant amounts and these foods should be incorporated into any healthy diet.

Essential oils are concentrated oils that contain fragrant compounds from plants with potent aromatic or healing properties. Among the most common are lavender essential oil, revered for its antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and relaxing properties, and eucalyptus, which is used as a deodorising product and decongestant (although like all essential oils, needs to be used with caution).

My Dad is bald, my brother is bald, both my granddads were bald and both my great granddads were bald. Even my Grandma went bald. Generations upon generations of my family are and have been bald. The future for my thick mop of hair appears bleak. So what am I doing to prepare for the inevitable?

Here are 15 methods of coping with hair loss none of which are original and all of which are in the opinion of this author completely useless.

Heart rate monitors (HRM) measure the intensity of your exercise by recording the frequency of your heartbeats using a chest-mounted electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG). They work by detecting the small electric voltages emitted with each heartbeat, which they then transmit in the form of electromagnetic signals. A wrist strap that doubles as a watch receives and then processes the signals according to your programmed criteria.