Endometriosis and Mental Health
As someone who’s suffered with endometriosis for almost 30 years, I know the extreme pain of the disease, and that no amount of ‘wishing it away’ is ever gonna help. I’m also aware that when my body physically incapacitates me each month, forcing me to be sofa-bound for 2 to 3 days, my emotional & mental health also take a battering. The physical exhaustion of my crippling pains, the sleepless nights hugging hot water bottles and the nausea I feel all take their toll on my head & heart, almost just as much as on my tummy & back. I…
Self-Care For Mums
Taking time out of each day for a little self-care can often seem like an impossible task. I know I’ve definitely felt that way in the past, deciding instead to crack on with chores or get through my to-do list…
Toddler Breastfeeding Tips – Lessons from 32 Months
Today is a pretty special milestone. It marks 6 whole months since my little boy took his last full gulp of booby and left my mammaries in peace! I hadn’t actually planned an exact date to ‘stop’ him breastfeeding, and…
Have a Break
You’ve finally found a couple of hours in the day to crack on with work. The kids are being looked after, you’ve locked yourself away in a room with your laptop & you’re ready to storm a work session. Yay,…
Time Tips for Mamas
How many times a week do we wish we had an extra hour or 5 to ‘just finish off’ a task or draw a line under a long-suffering project. Several times am I right? Yup. So, as a busy work…
The Best Foods for an Endometriosis Diet
As you may know, I’ve suffered from endometriosis for almost 30 years… although at the start I didn’t know that is was what it was. Like lots of women, I just assumed everyone had these horrendous period pains and that…
Sugar-free Sweet Recipe
So I’m on a mission to remove sugar from our diet as much as possible. I definitely don’t always succeed, but simple sugar-free recipes like this certainly help keep the sugar cravings at bay and make a guilt-free snack for…
Rosehip Oil Benefits
I’ve been using oils on my skin for over 20 years, and so I’ve tried and tested a fair few over that time, as I’m sure you can imagine! One of my top 3 oils though, still remains as Rosehip…
The Curly Girl Method
Fighting Frizz has become a full-time job over the years for me, as I’m sure it has for countless women with curls. I’m not sure if I’ll ever fully conquer the quest and achieve curl perfection, but I’m sure as…
Controlling Frizzy Hair
How to Use Tailwind. And what nobody tells you.
Social Media Management. As an entrepreneur, this is about 3 jobs in itself right?! It’s a never-ending juggling of posts, pins, tweets, pages, groups, content creation, messaging, liking, commenting…… and the list goes on! So you need tools that are…
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