Winter is coming. Actually, winter is here, and it has brought its usual gifts: darkness at 4pm, a cold that gets into your bones, and the annual ritual of standing in the hallway shouting “has anyone seen my gloves?” while three pairs of gloves sit in plain sight on the shoe rack.
Every year I tell myself this will be the winter I get it together. The winter I become a person with…
Last week I did something I haven’t done in years: I lay down on a mat in a room full of strangers, closed my eyes, and did absolutely nothing for an hour. On purpose. While someone played singing bowls.I’m as surprised as you are.
I’d been invited to Olbas’ Road to Recovery event and, if I’m honest, the sound bath was the bit I was most unsure about.
We prepare for everything, don’t we? The hospital bag gets packed and repacked. The nursery gets painted. We read the books, download the apps, and spend nine months learning about the baby that’s coming.
What almost nobody prepares us for is what happens tous.
Not the physical recovery, though that’s its own conversation. The other bit. The strange, disorienting…
I generally use this blog to share my thoughts on London experiences, from gigs and theatre shows to exhibitions and all sorts of fun things to do around the city. But every now and then, a story comes along that deserves a different kind of spotlight. Today, I’m making an exception to my usual reviews to share something much deeper, yet incredibly relevant to all London mums and, of course, to…
Hands up if you’ve ever reached for a painkiller before the school run. Or pushed through a headache at your desk, a bad back from carrying a toddler on one hip, or period pain that would floor a boxer, because there was simply too much to do to stop.You’re not alone. Far from it.
A new report,The True Cost of the Pain Epidemic: Mapping Pain and the Opioid Crisis, has…
Critical new advice and a change in the law concerning Anaphylaxis. The tragic death of five year old Benedict Blythe in 2021 and the consequential inquest has resulted in a change in the law concerning Anaphylaxis (Section 34 of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026). As of September 2026, every maintained school, academy and pupil referral unit in England must publish an allergy safety…
It’s 9pm. The children arefinallyasleep. You’ve got a cup of tea, your feet are up, and you’re about to watch that episode of something you’ve been meaning to watch for three weeks. And then… you fall asleep on the sofa. Again.
Or maybe it’s 2am. You’re wide awake, staring at the ceiling, mentally rehearsing tomorrow’s to-do list…
Migraine is difficult enough at the best of times. When you are also managing school runs, work, meals, appointments and children who still need you even when you feel unwell, an attack can bring the whole day to a halt.
For mums who experience migraine, having a plan in place before symptoms begin can make attacks easier to manage.
Ana Carolina Goncalves, Superintendent Pharmacist…
As the clocks go back and the evenings draw in, most of us spend more time indoors and less time in daylight. That change in routine affects more than your mood. It also affects how much vitamin D your body can make, as most of it comes from sunlight on your skin.
In the UK, the sun is not strong enough between October and early March for your skin to make vitamin D. So what can you do to keep…
There’s a certain curiosity most of us have about our own biology, the kind that surfaces when a friend mentions their blood type at a dinner party, or when someone swears a certain food “just doesn’t agree with them” without ever finding out why. Two of the simplest, most overlooked pieces of that puzzle are your blood type and how your body handles gluten, and both are…