Ballet dancing is so fascinating and deep inside we would all want our little girls to become as graceful as Darcey Bussell. Here she is opening her heart to us.
You started professional ballet at quite a late stage, there any reason for this?
I DID START BALLET CLASSES ON SATURDAYS FROM 5 YEARS OLD, BUT I WAS JUST NOT VERY INTO IT UNTIL I WAS ABOUT 12 YEARS OLD, I THINK IT WAS BECAUSE I ONLY…
Mia Drennan is the first ever winner of Workingmums.co.uk‘s Working mums champion award. The award recognises both the way her headhunting company Square Mile Connections treats staff and how Mia advocates for wider changes in work culture.
Mia’s staff not only work flexibly, but she has recognised this formally by introducing contracts that are based on hours worked rather than days…
In 2006, Gillian Nissim was a communications manager and had just had her second child. She needed flexible yet challenging work, but wasn’t able to find it.
She decided to do something about it. The result is workingmums.co.uk, a jobs site which puts a huge bank of qualified professional women in touch with family-friendly employers who offer flexible working conditions and work which…
My name is RITA KOBRAK. I love travelling and I love Italy. The idea of mum and baby holidays came about while talking to other mums. Many said they did not feel brave enough to travel on their own with their babies and all the extra baggage that you need to take. This gave me the inspiration for mum and baby retreats in our lovely home in Tuscany.
I went about trying to make the house child…
Baby Yoga is one of the most special bonding activities you can do with your baby. The class tones the body and helps to regain your strength and posture. The best benefit of all is that the rush of endorphins and soothing movements make mum and baby feel happy and help to encourage good sleeping patterns!
A typical class lasts for one hour and consists of up to 14 moves, creating a sequence of…
It’s been clear to me, throughout my experience of ‘stuff management’, that young folk are often very receptive to a structure for organisation. And before you fall about laughing, I don’t mean that they have a natural dispensation to the minimalistic. What I mean is that they like life made as easy for them as possible (and I can empathise with that sentiment, believe you…
Do you feel it’s time to de-clutter your life, one of the best ways to start this process is to give your wardrobe a new lease of life. If you wear 20% of your wardrobe 80% of the time, don’t panic you are not alone but it is time to de-clutter your wardrobe. A popular article from our archive.
Whilst working with clients on a wardrobe revitalisation I have been told it has been…
Christmas cross-dressing and a dancing horse signal the start of the uniquely British tradition of the Pantomime Season. Bringing festive cheer to whole families, these magical adventures are often the first taste of theatre that children get.
Susie McKenna, Creative Director of the Hackney Empire who are doing Cinderella this year, explains: “Pantomime is an important cultural step for…
Great article from our archive on homeopathic remedies as a non-toxic alternative!
Hi, I’m Liselotte Rolander and I’ve been a registered homeopath for the past 10 years. My decision to study homeopathy started 15 years ago after my first visit to a homeopath. I had had antibiotics for bronchitis 5 times in a year and things were not getting any better. I was prescribed some remedies…
Death is a taboo subject, but the parents of young children cannot afford to bury their heads in the sand when it comes to something as important as making a Will. What if you died unexpectedly, leaving your children behind? One of the most crucial things that you can do to safeguard your family’s future is to take control of what would happen in this situation by making a Will.
What if…