A Interview with Julia Donaldson on The Highway Rat (now on DVD)
It feels hard to imagine a time before every child’s bookcase contained a sticky-finger-marked, well-read copy of a Julia Donaldson classic tale. In fact, it felt hard not to fall in love with the Gruffalo, despite his knobbly knees and turned out toes. I finally now feel I have [...]
A Lab Tour with Cancer Research UK
Ever wondered what it’s like to be a cancer researcher? What life is really like inside one of the Cancer Research UK laboratories? I was humbled and privileged to be invited behind the scenes to see first-hand, some of the amazing research that is happening at the Cancer Research [...]
Forever a Parent in partnership with Legal & General
There is a quote that says “We never know the love of a parent until we become parents ourselves” and it is a quote that really rings true to me. Especially, now I am a parent myself. I was recently chatting to my mother in law who was sharing [...]
Curves are not second best
Many of us have a love hate relationship with our bodies. And, if you’ve ever stopped to think about your wobbly bits (I’m sure you probably have), then you are not alone. In fact, some 91% of women around the world claim that they hate their bodies. We are [...]
The Christmas Food Coma
So there you have it. The enormous build up and the kids have ripped open every beautifully wrapped present by 6am. Yes, it is true that I didn’t need to add the ribbon to the presents. Just added more delay and frustration for them. “Why would Santa do that?” [...]
Keeping Children Safe Online
You reach a certain point in your life when you realise you would quite like new slippers for Christmas. That or a bottle of gin would make a considerate present. Although; if you are teenager, then I would have a wild guess, that perhaps, smartphones or tablet devices would [...]
What is Success for You?
So, how was last year for you? Would you consider it to be successful? Do you feel as though you accomplished what you wanted? I recently met with javelin Olympic athlete, Steve Backley OBE. Steve is a retired British track and field athlete. He formerly held the world record, [...]
The Etiquette of Christmas Gifts
We are all very aware that we have too many ‘things’. Christmas is almost upon us and the panic buying has commenced (well, mine has anyway)! But for some parents, this can mean a nightmare come Christmas Day when their kids get piles of stuff that they don't really [...]
Choose Kind – Wonder the Movie
I had been waiting for the movie, ‘Wonder’ since I first heard about it and posted the trailer on my Facebook page many months ago. I had almost forgotten about it until I was contacted by an agency and asked if I would like to attend a private screening [...]
The Poppy Shop – Supporting The Royal British Legion
For many, Remembrance is associated with the fallen of the First and Second World Wars. While we will always remember them, the Legion wants to raise awareness of a new generation of veterans and service personnel that need our support. Millions of us like to do our bit and [...]
The Christmas Gift you haven’t thought of
We know that families love food and that means that we spend a lot of time in the kitchen preparing what we want to eat every day. Some of us find cooking and prepping stressful but others find it unusually therapeutic after a long day. I know there are [...]
Powerme – an app to help manage kids emotions
There’s a familiar old fashioned phrase that children should be seen and not heard. That children should be quiet and still. It was expected that there was no reason for children to speak in company and they were only expected to speak if they were asked a question. This [...]
A Clean Finish with Sainsburys Prism
The kitchen. The heart of the home as many may say. I love my kitchen as it’s a wonderful space and one of the only spaces when we all come together to sit, eat and talk about our day. But with every kitchen, comes the endless food shops, the [...]
The Joy of Christmas Car Parking
It's getting towards the busiest time of the year for shopping, so it's probably a good time to talk about car parks. Does finding a car parking space increase your anxiety levels? I definitely get stressed out when looking for a space. I know it might sound sad and [...]
Test Driving the all new Land Rover Discovery
As a current Discovery driver, I recently test drove the Discovery Sport and put it through its paces. And although, it was a good car, I missed my ‘big’ Discovery. So, when Land Rover approached me to test drive the all new Discovery for a whole week, I jumped [...]
Too Busy to Read this Blog?
Like many of us meeting our fellow school mums (and dads) at the school gates, it may have resulted in a few conversations that went like this “how was your October half term?” and the reply would be “good. Very busy”. In fact, I was reading on Huffington Post [...]
Nourish – A Guide to Child Nutrition
I was recently contacted by Tamar Henry and I was touched by her story. In her new book, titled 'Nourish', Tamar tells the traumatic story of the health challenge that rocked her young son's life. The story made me reflect on my own childhood and perhaps how different things [...]
Your Motherly Qualities? It’s written in the stars
According to my zodiac, I am sensitive, overprotective and devoted but at least I have great taste. Yep. Sound about right to me. When it comes to reading your horoscopes, it’s fair to say that it’s easy to use an open mind to almost "create" what the astrologer is [...]
Exploring The New Forest
Only two hours from London, the New Forest is the go-to weekend getaway of stylish wanderers. Life moves at a leisurely, countryside pace here with charming villages, like Burley, Brockenhurst and Lyndhurst. We headed to the New Forest with New Forest Escapes as we knew this area had something [...]
Slowing Down (A Guilt Free Spa Day)
Amongst the hustle and bustle of London lies a beautiful, tranquil hotel full of charm and elegance. It is the five-star, Corinthia Hotel. They very kindly invited me to come and review their spa facilities. I mean, really, who was I to ignore such a thoughtful request? I jumped [...]
Email Overload
I used to love getting emails, but these days I often feel like I am drowning in emails. I always thought emails were supposed to be a productive communication tool but sometimes I worry it keeps me from getting more important things done which in turn, can make me [...]
