Good habits that set you up for life
What good habits should you keep that set you up for life success and happiness in your day to day health and living
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Food to eat with new fixed braces
Tips on what food to eat with braces, and foods to avoid with fixed braces. Including watch outs, but also how to cope with harder foods
How we coped with Covid in the house
After 2 years, Covid finally caught up with us. Well, caught N. Before he got it, I hadn’t really thought about how we’d cope with it, especially in caring for a child with Covid, but also trying to avoid catching…
Deep tissue massage gun review
*Ad – contains affiliate links Last year we bought the OH a deep tissue massage gun for his Christmas present. He always moans about aches and pains, especially now he’s getting a bit older. Having a very physical job working…
Tips to stop nail biting (and how I did it)
I’ve been a lifelong nail biter. Yes it’s horrible, but it’s a habit that is really hard to break. But I seem to have cracked my nail biting habit (only one little finger nail to go which keeps breaking). I…
Perimenopause hair loss and how I’ve treated it
Apart from the odd haircut I’ve not been happy with, or issues with finding a good consistent hairdresser, I’ve generally been happy with my hair. Ok, so it never stayed straight, had a bit of frizz as soon as I…
Weight loss update and enjoying clothes again
It’s been a few years since I really enjoyed clothes. Admittedly I live in jeans and tops and working from home now, I can’t see myself ever really getting out of jeans apart from the odd foray into the office…
The first childhood sporting injury
Sports are so good for children. But it’s not always great for growing bodies. Injuries can be the things that put children off returning to sport afterwards. It’s hard to know you’ve got to go back and start again from…
Coping with tonsillitis, or trying to
It’s not nice getting repeat illnesses time after time. Tonsillitis can be minor, or it can be never ending. In 2020, it really wasn’t N’s year, and all through that year of lockdown and restrictions he suffered a lot with…
Walking to lose weight and walking workout tips
I’ve mentioned before that I’m back on a diet kick. I need to lose some weight (I’m about half way there to my final target already), and am mostly doing it through diet. But I want to also get fitter….
Getting healthy through weight loss and exercise
Weight loss. Generally people are never totally happy with their weight, whether they’re overweight, just right or underweight. Once you have children, most women’s shapes change, and many of us struggle to get back into our pre-children weight. Especially those…