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Mindfulness for Mama: Finding Peace in the Pause

If you’re a mama in the thick of raising little (or not-so-little) ones—possibly juggling school/home education, work, meal prep, housework,...

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Simple Daily Rhythms That Reduce Overwhelm as a Gentle Parent

In today’s fast-paced world, parenting gently can sometimes feel like swimming against a very strong current.While our hearts are full...

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30 little goals To make you healthier and happier this year

Spring is here. After the cold, dark days of winter, we’re slowly coming out of hibernation. It’s the perfect time...

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A lesson in letting go

After last week’s do-nothing day, I’d expected to get back to our usual hectic pace of life. We had a...

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How to simplify and slow down

Last week’s ‘Do Nothing Day‘ showed me that I’ve been taking on too much, expecting too much of myself, forgetting...

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A ‘Do Nothing Day’

How often do you allow yourself to do nothing? When you’re ill? Or just worn out? Or do you push...

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Unconditional Self-Worth

There was a long period of my life when how I felt about myself was tied up with my behavior...

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5 things to do when you are in darkness

When you’re in a dark place, it is easy to feel like there is no way out. Whatever you are...

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Mind the little moments

We’re back in lockdown here in Wales. A two-week so-called ‘circuit breaker’. Wherever you stand on what is going on...

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A ritual for letting go

Letting go can be beautiful and freeing. Autumn reminds us of this every time we look around us. The Earth...

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Cherry Almond Cake

Oh what a perfect weekend it was! Sunshine., friends, bbq’s, music, paddling pools, chilling – everything you could want! Life seems so much more laid back when the sun is...

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Things I Love

one // two // three four // five // six Happy Weekend! I hope you have as sunny weather as we do. The kiddos all have various clubs today, once I’ve...

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Live in the moment

One thing that I worked hard on when overcoming my depression, was living in the here and now. Focusing solely on this very moment. Life can get so hectic, we...

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Spiced Pear Cake

This was actually Fridays cake, but hey! Weekends seem to fly, Saturdays are taken up with kiddos groups and yesterday we headed to Techniquest with friends for the afternoon. The...

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Homemade Paper

The kiddos have been looking at the importance of reusing and recycling this week, so yesterday we had a go at making our own paper. We’ve done this before a...

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Tomato Soup for the Soul

Rainy days call for comfort food, movies and board games. Miss Kiki took a nasty tumble on Friday night, we’d spent the evening watching a band in our local park,...

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Things I Love

one // two // three four // five // six Happy Friday! This week has been a great one, don’t you love it when things go smoothly? A few things...

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Lime Cheesecake bites

Weekends are for cakes, right? We have a little more time, and often have friends round, so for us, the weekend is the time to bake and have fun! This...

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Growing Wild

My kiddos love to help out in the garden, digging, planting, watering, even a little weeding, they’re always happy to help out! I remember being little and helping my Dad...

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Organic Muffins

The recipe for this weekends cakes came from EcoMarket.com‘s blog. They have some great DIY ideas on there. Miss Lola whipped up a batch for our picnic dinner by the...

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Chocolate Brownies

Kiddos favourites – chocolate brownies! Miss Lola made these and they lasted, um, about five minutes!! SO good! Warm with ice-cream or cold with a cup of tea – perfect!...

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Cinnamon Swirl Cake

Another long bank holiday weekend here. we made the most of a couple days beautiful sunshine. Playdates, BBQ’s, gardening, park trips, art clubs, movie night, discos and a long afternoon...

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Carrot Cake

Weekends in our house are about relaxing, gardening, family time, but mostly cake… I’ve posted a recipe for carrot cake before, but I got handed this one by a friend,...

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Relaxing Bath Teas

Bath Teas are another of my favourite ways to relax, and a great way to get herbs into your bath! All these recipes, you can steep them in a small...

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