How to acheive higher exam grades by …
You may or may not know that the theme of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week is stress, and with tonnes of people from SATS age right up to university in the middle of exams…
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My top 5 tips for getting a great …
As I’ve touched on a few times in previous posts, I really value my sleep. Being a former insomniac brought this on; I think sleep is often one of those ‘you don’t know what…
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The unexpected side-effect of losing a loved …
I don’t often write blog posts like this, but there’s something I’ve found myself thinking a lot about since my Dad died last year. Everyone is aware of the common symptoms of grief, but I’ve…
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How meal planning changed my life
Today I want to talk about something that has changed my life in such a huge way – meal planning. It’s definitely one of those cases where you don’t realise the value of something until…
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World Health Day: My top 10 healthy habits
Today is World Health Day, which I think is a great time to ask ourselves what the word ‘health’ means to us. Personally, I’d define health as simply a state of mental and physical wellbeing…
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Why it’s time to throw away …
I recently posted a picture on Instagram celebrating my newfound body confidence, which I would like to explain in more detail. Loving our body is something that doesn’t come easily to most of us, and…
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How to beat the broken resolution crisis
The run up to a new year is always such an exciting time. I would actually go as far as saying that New Year’s Eve is my favourite holiday of them all; there’s just something…
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‘Blue Monday’ isn’t as innocent as …
Unless you’ve been living under a rock in recent years, it’s more thank likely you have heard of ‘Blue Monday’. Boldly characterised as ‘the most depressing day of the year’, it’s hardly one to look…
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National Stress Awareness Day – My top 5 stress-busting …
Today’s post is a day early, but seen as it’s national stress awareness day, I thought this would be fitting. Each and every one of us is affected by stress from time to time; some…
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SAD: The mental illness nobody talks about
It’s estimated that 1 in 15 people in the UK suffer from it[1], but how often do we hear about Seasonal Affective Disorder, also know as SAD? Until I was diagnosed with it myself, I admittedly knew…
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