Women sharing life together
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In September 2006 my younger sister (40 years old) rang me to tell me she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. She was so calm about it and went on to tell me that she had found a lump months ago but did nothing about it. She went on to have a double mastectomy and was so [...]
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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 really wanted to write about this one this month as I’ve become acutely aware of people who are uncomfortable with eye contact. It’s one of those things that easily flies under the radar unless it is pointed out. We run around at a million miles an hour, we text, email and if we’re lucky [...]
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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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Do you feel like 2010 just chewed you up and spat you out? Are you reeling from a whirlwind year of a million things happening but yet you can’t really remember anything significant? ….or particularly good? Were you standing there on New Year’s Eve holding your glass saying “well there goes another year then” ? [...]
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