Women sharing life together
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This is a blog sent in from one of our Raphaellers. It’s an honest and open account of a situation that many struggle with …… My beautiful baby boy is 3mths old and I love him to bits but it has also been the hardest time for me. I also have an amazing 8yr old [...]
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by Elaine Nuelle of www.morethanvitamins.co.uk Human beings have a natural rhythm and a natural 24 hour cycle (Circadian cycle). About a third of that cycle should be used for sleep to allow our bodies to rest, replenish and repair. If we don’t get enough sleep we can become ill and unable to cope with [...]
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Ok so we’ve had the “5 a day” concept drilled into us, we’re there at the end of each day totting up the fruit and veg we’ve consumed, but that’s looking at the physical side of the coin, now how about our emotional? If emotionally we’re not looking after ourselves, we may as well not [...]
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How often do you sit and think? Actually sit and ponder? About anything – or about something! We’re so attached to phones with Facebook and Twitter these days that how often when you have 3 minutes to spare do you check Facebook rather than stop and smell the roses? We’re sacrificing crucial thinking time, mental [...]
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I came across this piece written by Shirley Conran and really wanted to share it with you as it gets to the heart of the relentless “everything-ness” of the working Mum! Don’t take it all as gospel, take from it what works for you. Personally, I was reminded that I don’t need to do all [...]
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I’M EX-OR-STED” Exhaustion is not something to be taken lightly. We bandy it around as if it’s trendy at times “Oh I’m exORsted” …..right? But it’s nothing to be proud of and certainly isn’t a trophy. We don’t realise the danger zone we are in when we are feeling this way. Being overly busy is [...]
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It is National Endeometriosis Awareness month so we thought it most apt when Beverley got in touch, that she write our guest blog this month. Most of us women have periods, and most of us suffer the odd period pain at some point or other…well imagine if the pains were the most excruciating pains you’ve [...]
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This is an interesting conversation we had on the radio recently which caused quite a stir. We’re not talking dislike or get annoyed with, we’re talking full on HATE, to the extent that you would turn your back if something bad was happening to them, perhaps even that you would WILL something bad to happen [...]
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How many times each day do you tell yourself or someone else that you are stressed? Sometimes we create unnecessary stress in our lives and other times, we feel swamped by it. But you know what? Stress isn’t bad all the time. It’s actually designed to motivate us and potentially save our lives however, life [...]
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Are you rubbing your eyes? Can it be possible?? We all know a diet can be potentially successful on the short term however, research and experience shows us that diets just don’t work. The reason being is simple, our weight isn’t purely dictated by what we eat! Nor is it sharing the responsibility with the [...]
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