London Fashion Week is over for 2014 and I ponder what is really ‘edible’ in the real world for real women of all the clothes shown by such amazing looking but often skinny models.
Realistically none of the quirky fashion shown is suitable for mums on the go so I decide to rely on the advice of Natalie Hartley, Fashion Director at Glamour magazine, who has has teamed up with Netflix…
Last year’s news of Angelina Jolie receiving an elective preventative mastectomy was quite shocking but is not the only way to prevent women’s genetic cancers. Let’s not overlook the power of prevention. A lot of lives could be saved by simply getting properly tested. Here we are shedding some light on Ovarian Cancer, for which there’s currently no screening tool and symptoms…
Credit cards have become a feature of modern society, convenient to use and offering various benefits, many of us could not imagine being without one. However, credit card acceptance and rejection rates do vary throughout the country with many factors coming into play in the decision making process.
In addition, how you apply and the type of credit card you apply for can also make a significant…
Who am I? Three small words, but once uttered become a very big statement.
We often feel like we don’t know who we are any more and the fear inside can be completely overwhelming. You can start to believe that no one is listening to you or understands you, when in reality you stopped listening to yourself a long time ago and now you feel lost and afraid that life will always be this way. By…
Most of us have heard about the Mozart Effect; the idea that playing Mozart to our children improves their IQ. However, studies have long since disproven this media-hyped phenomenon. Listening to a genius does not make your child a genius, no more than watching world-class athletes compete on television will make us fitter.
But there’s something intuitively appealing about the idea that…
In a recent Forbes article, leadership expert and author Dr. Tim Elmore discussed the way parents stop their children from becoming leaders. However, there are ways to help them learn to be leaders too.
Here are seven ways you can nurture your children’s leadership potential:
1. Let them get hurt – Being injured is a part of life. Falling down, failing at a task, or losing a friendship is…
This month’s mumpreneur’s testimonial is by creator of Hamilton Turnberry and mother of four, 33-year-old Louisa Whitlock, who talks to us about her thriving baby bag business and juggling work with a young family.
Where were you born and where do you live now?
I’m an Essex girl to my core. I was born in Rochford, lived on Canvey Island until I was 23 and then moved to Benfleet…
The year is well under way but the New Year resolution to shape up and dust off the work-out kit has not really kicked off.
Who has the time? Mums certainly don’t have much Me-Time and fitness at the gym is quite boring. My passion is in fencing but I still need to keep fit in between training sessions and apart from walking to school and a bit of cycling I have found a great way to do some…
Today is Safer Internet Day and is an opportunity for parents to reflect on the changes that are affecting the way we live with technologies and the growing dangers attached to that. The Internet touches our lives every day: we email to stay connected, share photos and videos, pay bills, and shop online, but sometimes these very experiences put us at risk. From toddlers playing with tablets to…
Would you enjoy helping to inspire children with a love of arts and crafts?
Do you dream of running your own successful business without having to sacrifice your family life?
You do? (Well, who wouldn’t?)
Then you should seriously consider running your own Creation Station franchise.
The Creation Station is an award-winning organisation that’s dedicated to bringing fun, educational and…