For this first personal post that I’m writing, I thought I’d start with a topic that is very close to my heart…dealing with loss. When I was seventeen, my mum passed away from cancer and ever since, my family and I have been coming to terms with loss and how to live with it. For […]
My boyfriend, being the supportive person he is, always reads my blog posts and gives me feedback on them. His ongoing piece of advice recently has been to write posts that are more personal. He said that I should talk about things that I’ve been through and am going through currently. Open up and speak […]
January is always a bit of a mixed month. On the one hand, it’s exciting going into a New Year, writing your resolutions for the months ahead, and counting the days down to summer. On the other hand, Christmas is out of the way, the cold weather remains, and the chances are you’ll be waking […]
Let’s be honest, travelling isn’t the most relaxing thing in the world. I’m not talking about the experience of being in different cultures…lying on exotic beaches, browsing colourful markets, soaking up breathtaking views…I’m talking about the actual travelling part. The running for a train or losing your luggage after an 11 hour flight, or getting […]
Christmas is almost here and what better way to get in the festive spirit than write a blog post on getting into the Christmas spirit! Let me start out by saying that I’m a big fan of Christmas…the twinkly lights, roast dinners, snuggling under blankets, going for wintry walks, spending time with people you love […]
Just over 6 months ago, I was talking to one of my university flatmates about all things self-help and he mentioned a gratitude journal that he’d been using for a while that he really liked. It was called The Five Minute Journal and it was a beautifully simple idea. You write in it for a […]
Over the years I have experimented with various journaling techniques and I have found them all to be beneficial in different ways. Some types are great for figuring out my emotions, some for keeping on top of my day to day life, and others for focusing on what I’m grateful for in life. Here […]
Before I met my boyfriend of almost three years, I always assumed that finding someone to love was the hard part and staying in love was the easy part. How wrong I was! I learnt very quickly that relationships require an enormous amount of work and dedication. You have to be willing to work […]
Ever looked in the mirror and wished you could change something, anything, everything about the reflection looking back at you? Maybe you wish you were more toned or slimmer or taller or curvier or had bigger boobs or a smaller bum. Not being 100% satisfied with your body has to be a pretty universal […]
Accepting yourself completely for who you are, flaws and all, has to be among the hardest things to achieve. Why? Because I’m sure we all have things we’d like to change about ourselves. Maybe we want to be prettier, or more confident, or smarter, or thinner, or more successful. We look at people who […]
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