It’s important to take time to look after yourself, your mental health and wellbeing, your fitness and happiness. Here are some tips and ideas help you do just that.
HOW A MORNING AFFIRMATION CAN CHANGE YOUR DAY FOR THE BETTER This used to be me… “affirmations, schmaffirmations, whatever”. But then I tried using a morning affirmation and everything changed. I have been known to snarl if someone tells me to ‘think positively’ about something I’m having trouble with. To me, it feels like I’m …
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO TAKE TIME FOR YOURSELF How many times have you got to the end of the day and realised that you haven’t had a minute to yourself? Yep, I’ve been there, done that and there are still days where I’m hard pushed to get more than a few minutes to myself. But …
HOW TO CREATE A MORNING ROUTINE THAT SETS YOU UP FOR THE DAY AHEAD Who doesn’t love new beginnings?! The start of a new year, the first day of a vacation, the first page of a new notebook, yes even now, years after having left school, I still get a frisson of excitement at writing …
8 TIPS TO INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY WHEN WORKING FROM HOME Are you in the process of transitioning to working from home? Or perhaps you’ve noticed your motivation and productivity levels lagging of late? Today, Steph from Expert Home Tips is here to help fuel your fire and get you to back being as productive as possible …
21 ME TIME IDEAS TO TEMPT YOU TO TAKE MORE TIME FOR YOURSELF Me time can feel incredibly elusive, especially if you are juggling work with parenting and running a family home. But what can sometimes prove more elusive is knowing what to do when you do get some time to yourself. Especially if you’ve …
ME TIME: 7 WAYS TO MAKE TIME FOR YOURSELF Do you find yourself vowing at the start of a new week that you will carve out some me time, but by the end of each day you’ve managed precisely zero minutes?! Or do you perhaps find yourself staying up later than you would like, because …
THESE ARE THE 8 SIMPLE HACKS I USE TO MAKE MY LIFE AS A WORKING MUM EASIER There are no two ways about it, unless you’re absolutely minted and can employ a team of staff, life as working mum can feel like being stuck on a hamster wheel. There is always something that needs doing, …
Here’s a list of things you can do to create a truly functional work from home workspace. HOW TO CREATE A TRULY FUNCTIONAL WORK FROM HOME WORKSPACE Would you like to create a truly functional work from home workspace, but have just never got round to it? Are you eternally balancing your laptop on your …
In need of some tips on how to look less tired that really do work? Here’s my list of 14 simple ways to stop looking tired all the time. The first set of tips deal specifically with facial care and the second focus on lifesytle changes – every tip is an absolute winner. HOW TO …
Here’s a list of healthy snacks for tired mums to eat when they are craving a snack but don’t want to reach for sugar. These snacks are healthy, low-GI, slow burn snacks to keep busy mums going. healthy snacks for tired mums Healthy snacks are every tired mum’s best friend. Whether you’re struggling with a newborn, …
Here are seven simple ways to declutter your life if you’re a busy woman juggling parenting with working and running a family household. Simple ways to declutter your life For much of last year, I felt overwhelmed by all the stuff that I had to get done. My life was so cluttered with to-do lists, commitments …
Running your own business from home comes with its own particular kind of stress. This is particularly true if you are a mum running your own business alongside parenting and managing a household. There is ALWAYS something that needs doing, and invariably, given that you are the one at home, it ends up being YOU …
Find it hard to stay active because you work from home? Here is a list of seven ways that you can make your work from home days more active. 7 Ways to stay active when you work from home There are many brilliant positives about working from home. You can create your own flexible work …
Do you really want to find the time to exercise but then find that the week is done and you’ve barely managed to exercise at all? Maybe it’s time to reframe how and when you exercise. Use my five top tips for building exercise into your daily life, even if you have no time. These …
This post rounds up 9 simple ways you can change the way you and your family eat so you can start eating more healthily. 9 Ways to eat more healthily It’s relatively easy to go on a healthy eating mission for your family and yourself. But it’s harder to change the way you and your family …
Boy is sugar addictive! But you can cut down and even quit eating sugar. You just need to know how. This post gives you 13 things you can start doing today to quit sugar and detox it from your diet and your family’s diet. How to stop eating sugar Sugar. We crave it. We love …