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lifetsyle
self love
Sometimes it’s all too easy to shower those we love with gifts, love and appreciation. We want to show those closest to us how important they are, how much they mean to us and how much we value them. This can be shown through a simple bunch of flowers, buying them their lunch or popping...
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sentimental value
Sentimentality is such an evocative feeling and yet, I don’t think we truly experience it until we grow older. As children, we often lack the empathy to really appreciate memories and belongings – we may miss our favourite forgotten toy but it rarely goes deeper than a few tears before we become attached to another...
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Despite living in a world full of fantastic people and great opportunities, we often become accustomed to assuming the worst in every given situation. Whether it be someone gazing at us for a little too long on the train and making the assumption that they’re staring to be hostile, or experiencing the sinking feeling in...
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“You don’t look like you should be short!” A mild acquaintance once said to me during a casual conversation. We were in college, and I was free of the near constant bullying that I’d gone through in secondary school. My battered and broken self-esteem was finally in an environment where it was given the chance...
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Coffee and tea are our staple morning starters. These caffeinated drinks are our get-up-and-go saviours, helping us to brush out the bed hair and get going with the day. But with the warm summer breeze slowly (and in Britain I mean very slowly) making it’s way over to our isle, our beloved hot drinks are...
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Hands up if you have Instagram? Okay, so that’s everyone with an iPhone. Hands up if you follow anyone that frequently uses the hashtags #fitspo #healthspo #cleaneating? My hand is very much in the air, and I’m assuming quite a few of yours are too. I’m confused though. Where has clean eating come from? Why...
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Yesterday, as part of my rehab programme, I wanted to challenge myself and change my shopping basket a little bit. I still went to Waitrose though, I thought if that changing my shopping habits was going to be hard enough, better go to a place where people smile at you instead of giving you a deathly...
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