Throughout my career I have met lots of extraordinary women. One of these is new author Jessica Sanders (Love Your Body)who is on a mission to empower young girls and women to love their bodies. Sheis a 26-year-old self-love advocate and social worker and has studied gender at a postgraduate level. Reading a magazine article about girls undergoing labiaplasty surgery for purely…
There is no need to explain how serious the coronavirus pandemic is. While the world has stopped and we are stuck indoor in self-isolation, from the safety of our homes, we watch as the air clears in China, as Venice’s canals shimmer an emerald green full of dolphins, as the plane-free blue skies are full of singing birds, as the ozone hole is repairing itself.As a society, we have been on…
Professional consultants to sort us out in life-changing times can cost a fortune and you cannot just go for one session. Although I have used life coaches and mentors in the past to guide me at crossroads at various moments of my life, I am also a great believer that we can help ourselves if we are strong-willed and confident that we can make a success of our life. I need to be the first person…
Public speaking advisor Esther Stanhope advises her audience on effective communication and how to succeed in your job in her thought-provoking self-help book, Goodbye Glossophobia – A guide to banish your fear of public speaking.
It is certain that everyone has had to speak in front of a group at some point in their life. Whether this is in front of ten or ten thousand people, it can be…
With New Year just around the corner, I wanted to share with you my interview with Andrew Wallas, author of one of the most inspiring books I have ever read:Intention – How to tap into the most underrated power in the Universe.Andrew helps us to understand why resolutions and goal setting don’t work, and why we should all be setting our own intentions instead. If there’s…
As a lifestyle journalist I come across lots of very interesting people every day, but there’s one lady that has inspired me from day one and that is Academy-Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o. I was lucky enough to meet her a few times at the Star Wars: The Force Awakens press conference and at the Black Panther premiere. Those short moments really sealed my conviction that Lupita…
The Phone addiction workbookby debut author Hilda Burkeis an un-putdownable self-aid manual that is so effective in helping you to detox yourself from phone addiction that by the time you have finished reading it, you have lost interest in the smartphone altogether.
Despite my best efforts to keep away from phone distractions, I recently realised that I am actually hooked on the…
Happiness expert Dr Andy Cope tells us why it pays to make others happy in this blog.
We can pretend that males and females are the same, but they’re actually not.Males are endowed with physical strength. Guys were designed to chase and wrestle with warthogs, drag the carcass home and, crucially, know which was home. Females can do those things too, but with smaller warthogs, and the way…
As a qualified book worm, every year I attend various events where authors and publishers present their latest releases. Here’s my favouriteselection of kids’ books recentlyshowcased by Penguin Random House that will stand the test of time. Do you agree?
PICTURE BOOKS
The Very Hungry Caterpillar50th anniversary gold cover edition
2019 marks 50 years…
Let’s face it. The pace of our life is super-fast. These days parents lead very, very busy lives and are constantly juggling work and home duties.Things like reading bedtime stories are often not considered a priority. This is why the childhood tradition of storytelling before bed is in serious peril. Parents are not making the time to read to their children at the end of the working day…
