Spring is finally upon us, and as well as the all the little signs that let us know that summer’s not far away are the usual spring traditions, like sprucing up the garden, the first BBQ and of course, spring cleaning. After the coldest and wettest season of the year, with much of our time spent indoors, it’s now time to get rid of the winter cobwebs – quite literally.
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Yoga is a fantastic way to relax, tone the body and allow women to stay in shape. In addition, yoga offers an added benefit for women – balancing your hormones! An Indian study found that yoga can help relieve women of hot flushes during menopause, as well as lessening anxiety, depression and mood fluctuations. This all comes down to one magical hormone know as oxytocin. As you stretch your…
The Move More Challenge has been designed by World Cancer Research Fund UK to help you get more active.
There’s strong evidence that physical activity plays a direct role in reducing our risk of bowel, breast and womb cancers. It also helps us to control our weight, which is one of the most important things we can do to reduce our cancer risk.
World Cancer Research Fund UK recommends at…
SEEING all those magnificent marathon runners made me think about what drives them to take up such a huge physical and mental challenge. My dictionary defines motivation as “the desire or willingness to do something; enthusiasm” but that hardly begins to describe what it must take to run 26 miles and 385 yards around London on a hot day – or to train relentlessly week after week on lonely…
Yesterday I went to the House of Commons for the launch of the first in a series of special Mumdex reports carried out by supermarket chain Asda in the run up to the 2015 election. With a year to go until voters take to the polls to elect the next British Government, all parties are starting to target parents to get them on their side. The Mumdex reports are regular surveys aimed at tracking the…
Do we mums and dads know what kind of songs our children like? Do we share our kids’ favourite music? Do we like to take them to concerts? A couple of days ago I went to the Rays of Sunshine charity concert attended by lots families with children aged 5 to 13 and I did not feel out of place because I happen to like my 7 year old son’s music. To be perfectly honest, I know the type of…
Setting consistent bedtimes and creating a night time ritual isn’t always enough to ensure that children (and parents!) can get a great night of sleep. The foundation for a solid rest starts during the day time. Working with your spouse, your childcare provider, and yourself to make sure that your child gets a full night’s rest is imperative to keeping babies and parents happy.
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Many of us overindulge over the rainy and gloomy Winter. Whether that means we eat too much bad food, drink too much alcohol or have too many sleepless nights (or in some cases, all of the above…) during the Winter months, the resulting effects are usually etched all over our faces. These simple skin Spring cleaning and detoxing tips will help regain a young looking skin.
Hands up if you…
I don’t usually like reviewing apps as I don’t believe in using too much technology to learn elementary maths and grammar. However, I will make an exception because I have found a great new grammar app that helps primary school children to love and learn spellings and writing. A full-time teacher, Mr Christopher Thorne, crazily passionate about improving kids reading, writing…
Spring is here at last! Feeling a surge of energy as a result of the sunny days and brighter evenings you might think about decluttering the house and detoxing your diet in readiness for the Summer but what about your career?
Whether you are thinking of returning to work after having a break or wanting to change jobs now is the time to direct a bit of energy to your CV and job search.
Firstly, you…