Blog - Polly Jemima

9 Steps for Improving Your Wellbeing

Your own personal wellbeing is just as important as your physical health. A negative mental state or neglected wellbeing can also have adverse effects on your physical health over time,...

Making Sunday Count

Sunday. The day of rest. Except it isn’t anymore. How many of us treat Sunday as just another day? How many of us have to work? Lockdown has shown me...

A leap of faith

This is never how I saw my story unfolding. I was a ‘one marriage, I do forever’ kind of girl… until I realised that didn’t fit anymore. I never imagined...

5 Simple Ways to Make Your Home More Eco-Friendly

An eco-friendlier lifestyle at home means that you can be kinder to the planet, and it’s good for your wallet too. The more eco-friendly practices that you put in at...

6 Reasons to Go Vegan that You Might Never Have Considered Before

There are many different ways to define the term “self-care.” For some individuals, it means taking some time to get mentally healthy through meditation, yoga, or therapy. For others, self-care...

Reconnecting

After weeks of being just the six of us, being able to finally meet up with friends has been a breath of fresh air. The kiddos had hit the point...

Getting ready for a Wild June

June is almost here, and with it comes 30 Days Wild 2020 – a fantastic idea run by The Wildlife Trust. We usually take part anyway, but this year it...

A slow pace of life

9 weeks of lockdown. It seems like it’s gone fast yet been forever at the same time, what a weird year this is shaping up to be. We’re pretty much...

5 ways to turn around a ‘down day’

We all have ‘those days’ – days when nothing goes right, when you are overwhelmed and overwrought, when you wake up with a serious case of the ‘mehs’. For years...

Recipe // Vegan ‘chicken’ and mushroom pie

One thing I’ve loved about lockdown, is I’ve got the time to spend in the kitchen. Being less rushed trying to make meals has given me the motivation to experiment...

6 ways to quell the anxiety

I know too well the awful feeling of anxiety. For years I struggled to keep it under control, endless days with my stomach a ball of knots, unable to eat...

5 tips to protect your mental health in lockdown

Hello loves, how are we all doing? After several weeks of lockdown, emotions are all over the place and we are all feeling the strain. We are not designed to...

Lockdown, productivity and staying sane.

If we choose to see this time we have as a gift, a time when we are safe at home not stuck at home, we can change how we feel...

Recipe // Easy vegan bean and sundried tomato pate

Since lockdown, I’ve found myself being a little more creative in the kitchen. Unable to just pop to the shops every couple of days, I’ve been delving more and more...

10 activities to keep your kiddos occupied through lockdown

Two weeks of lockdown done. Are you all finding your new normal? We’ve had moments when everyone has run out of patience, and the kiddos have had enough of being...

Mindfulness for Mama: Finding Peace in the Pause

Simple Daily Rhythms That Reduce Overwhelm as a Gentle Parent

30 little goals To make you healthier and happier this year

A lesson in letting go

How to simplify and slow down

A ‘Do Nothing Day’

Unconditional Self-Worth

5 things to do when you are in darkness

Mind the little moments

A ritual for letting go