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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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Vintage Book Love

There is something special about vintage books. The wear and tear, the little marks that show all the love it’s had over the years. I came across this book in...

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Things I Love

one // two // three // four // five  // six   This weeks wishlist… the mandala prayer flags are made by my friend Sophie at Fairylove – the girls have...

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How my garden grows

This summer is proving to be a great one for veg growing, last year nothing did very well at all. Thankfully everything seems to be flourishing… there are courgettes galore,...

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Homemade Humous

We didnt’ get any baking time this weekend, so no weekend cake – plus it was too hot to be in a stuffy kitchen! I did whip up a batch...

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Things I Love

bag // dress // sandals // water bottle holder Our Camp Bestival tickets were waiting for us when we got home from home ed group yesterday {there was much squealing...

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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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