Parenting Skills

Expert's Tips on how to overcome shyness in times when the pandemic is making us more socially anxious and shy

As we plunged into yet another lockdown, our collective mood has taken a steep nosedive, along with our desire and ability to interact with other people!Masks, social distancing, isolation, fear, uncertainty and stress. We are more disconnected than ever before. It’s no wonder social anxiety and shyness is on the rise. I’ve asked expert Nadia Finer to provide top tips on how to…
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Fitness & Health

Review: New Covid-19 protective face mask with 99.6% filtration efficiency created by British inventor

As we heading out of the latest lockdown on 8th March, I have been looking for a new more protective face mask. Compared to the common reusable fabricmaskwhich filters 2-38% of particles, the British designed and produced K-maskpromises to filter 99.6% of particles (independently tested toASTM F2100, ASTM FT101 and EN 1486 standards.)The uptake of thesemasks…
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Fitness & Health

Tips for a wonderful Valentine’s Day

Some people adore Valentine’s Day and look forward to it eagerly. Others of us are less keen on the day itself. I count myself amongst the latter group. After all love and appreciation for a partner as well as the other significant people in our lives is something we should be sharing with them across the whole year!However, Valentine’s Day has become part of our culture so perhaps we can…
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Fitness & Health

Spice up lockdown love with a Reconnection Challenge …. perfectly timed for Valentine's Day 

Isolation, lockdowns, lack of socialisation have had a huge impact on our love life. Following my blog including 4 tips for lockdown love this Valentine’s Day, I now bring you a challenge to re-embrace intimacy and reconnect with your partner. With the pressures of work, children and our changing bodies – it can be easy to get into an intimacy rut as a couple, which can prove hard to break…
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Fitness & Health

The virtual global conference on Authentic Love to sort out relationships the pandemic has messed up - 10-11th April 2021

London Mums magazine is supporting as a media partner the virtual global conference on Authentic Love which aims to sort out relationshipsthe pandemic has messed up.Hosted by Zensensa, the online event brings together the most practical advice on lovefor couples and singles using theLove-Map™methodology for the first time this Spring. The coronavirus…
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Mumpreneurs & Mums at work

Inspiring female entrepreneur interview: Founder of community marketplace Y'earn, Carley Read, on business inspiration and chasing happiness

What I love the most about my job as a journalist is finding inspirational people and letting them bare their souls to me. I learn so much from them every single time. The latest I have come across on my path is the founder of community marketplace Y’earn, Carley Read. In our chat she has told me all about how she has managed to go from an initial practical idea to the creation of her…
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Fitness & Health

What you need to know about the new COVID-19 mutations

Viruses are always changing, often acquiring small mutations in their genes over time as they spread among people. And through the evolution and adaptation processes, new variants of the virus strain emerge over time.Since the start of the pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has been mutating. Many variants are relatively unremarkable as these emerge and often go undetected…
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Mumpreneurs & Mums at work

Trends: Britain faces a massive clear out as many people decide to make working from home official in 2021

2020 was a year when Britons were forced to work from home, however according to new research, it seems as if 2021 will be the year when many of us choose to make working from home official. The Access Working From Home Guide is available here to help you create a stress-free home office this year. A study of over 1000 people commissioned by Access Self Storage found that 63% of people who…
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Fitness & Health

Covid vaccines - all you need to know

Throughout lockdown First Aid for Life will run as normal, holding both practical and online First Aid courses. Our team are still here for you and we will support you as you need.As a registered nurse in the midst of this crisis, I wanted to do my bit to help. The vaccination programme is critical to us emerging and rebuilding our lives and so I volunteered as a vaccinator. The training we…
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Fitness & Health

Veganism in mature years

According to Google trend data, the search term Veganuary, has received a 550% increase in searches within the last month alone. Such an uplift in searches reflects the nations desire to adopt a diet that aligns with their ethos. Here, Nutritional Practitioner and Technical Supervisor at Viridian Nutrition, Jenny Carson BSc (Hons), reveals what to consider if you are adopting the vegan…
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