Mumpreneurs & Mums at work

EXCLUSIVE! Comedian and mother Olivia Lee reveals her secrets on how to be mindful mums and how not to lose our marbles

I recently interviewed comedian, actor and writer Olivia Lee – best known for her character comedy and her appearance on Channel 4’s ‘Balls of Steel’ with her slot ‘Prank TV with Miss Lee’ as well as for ‘Olivia Lee’s Naughty Bits’, Olivia Lee: Dirty, Sexy, Funny’. Monica and Olivia talked about Olivia’s album ‘Mindful Mum – How Not To lose Your Total Fucking Shit’…
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Mums Tips

How Can You Be Prepared For A Financial Emergency?

Maintaining healthy finances is crucial, but when faced with a financial emergency it can be difficult to change. However, it is not impossible as you can begin to save money with just a few simple changes. In this article, I am looking into how we can prepare ourselves for a financial emergency – just in case… Start An Emergency Fund Managing your finances can be difficult and with…
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Fitness & Health

Health: Is cannabis-based oil CBD legal? Sorting fact from fiction

I attended a health conference at the lovely Ivy restaurant in Central London recently where experts shed some light into CBD also known asCannabidiol, sorting fact from fiction. In recent months, in a way or another, we have all heard about the term CBD oil, but is the meaning clear to us? Well, I have to say that theevent did open my eyes as I did not have very clear thoughts…
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Mumpreneurs & Mums at work

10 Ways To Get More Done in 2020

Feel like you didn’t get enough done in 2019? There’s still time! You have three months left to make this the best year ever – as cliche as that sounds. This business year it’s been my best so far, but I have often felt snowed under and overwhelmed by the lack of time. I have reflected on where my time goes and I have to admit that social media have inevitably sucked so much of it.
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Fashion & Beauty

4 Lifestyle Changes That Improve Skin Health

None of us can completely avoid the onset of ageing, it’s just a fact of life. As you get older, your skin will suffer and you will start to develop wrinkles. There are so many products on the market that are designed to slow the signs of ageing and keep your skin looking healthy. They work to some extent but the best way to improve your skin is by making simple lifestyle changes. These are some…
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Parenting Skills

Four ways to reward a child for good behaviour and performance in school

Last year I attended a local parenting course in Wandsworth to prepare myself for the challenges of bringing up a teenager. We discussed ways to reward a child for good behaviour and/or excellent performance at school. It is important to motivate children and reward them when they do something right or when they display emotional intelligence through a particularly sympathetic behaviour towards…
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Fashion & Beauty

Laser hair removal: 5 things to know

I have been removing my body hair all over since I was 16 and I can honestly say that it is a big hassle, often painful and, more importantly, time consuming. I don’t even want to start counting the hours, years spent on this tedious task … These days the promise of living body hair-free is alluring and real. As I am at the stage I want to get rid of all my body hair I have done my…
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Parenting Skills

Walking to school as a lifestyle choice

If walking was an official sport, I would probably be an Olympic champion. I fought for a school which was at walking distance and my son and I have been enjoying the walk to school routine every day throughout the primary school years. Since he started secondary school he has been happily walking to school. It is obvious that walking is highly beneficial to both the physical and mental…
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Parenting Skills

The screenagers era ... How Can We Get Our Kids Away From Their Screens?

Now that my son has become a teenager, I look around and see things differently. So much so that I often feel that I live in the screenagers era, in a a world of screens – the tv is constantly humming away in the background, we work on our computers, and we scroll through our phones and ipads. So getting away from our screens – and importantly, getting kids away from them is important.
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Fashion & Beauty

Hair Care Tips For Healthy Locks While Travelling

Keeping your hair healthy when travelling is never easy, particularly if you are travelling with regular sized products. But with a number of brands being sold internationally, you can continue your daily hair care routine for the best possible results throughout the course of your trip. In this article, we will be giving you some of our hair care tips for healthy locks whilst you travel. Take…
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