Reintegration anxiety: tips to support emotional wellbeing to bust post-pandemic stress
May 24 2021
I think I can speak for the majority of parents when I say that the pandemic has been stressful trying to manage online schooling, smart-working, while keeping a decent level of fitness and healthy habits to prevent depression. Lack of motivation has been a key thing too, linked to the lack of socialisation. We are social creatures and we need other people to function at our best. Yet now that lockdown is finally over, I feel a little reintegration anxiety.
In this blog I am sharing tips to bust post-pandemic stress, which is now linked to our release into the world after over a year spent in isolation. Despite our eagerness to see our friends and family, to party, to attend live gigs, I believe that the feeling of places being too ‘peopley’ can be overwhelming.
Exclusive chat to Americana rock star Amy Speace about bringing up baby and making music
May 22 2021
I have recently had a chat to Americana rock star Amy Speace about bringing up baby and making music.
Book of the week: The Pebble Spotter’s Guide by Clive Mitchell
May 20 2021
There’s nothing quite like searching the rocks on a beach until that special one catches your eye – a perfect shape, a gorgeous colour, an intriguing pattern. I have been a fan of pebble spotting since I was a little girl. I still have a few meaningful pebbles collected from beautiful beaches over the years, the heart-shaped ones being my favourite ones. As the UK slowly eases out of lockdown and parents begin to plan their family holidays for the summer, Clive Mitchell’s new guide on pebble spotting is the perfect introduction (for them and their children) to everything they didn’t know there was to know about the mindful pleasure of pebble spotting.
A cleaner, greener way to wean: top tips for an eco-friendly weaning adventure
May 19 2021
We’re all more aware of our impact on the planet and looking to make more eco-friendly choices. As our children come up to their key milestones, there’s so much to think about. The same goes for weaning, which usually starts when your baby is around six months old.
That’s why it’s great when brands come up with solutions which fit our environmental values, while making it easy and affordable for us to make greener choices.
Memoir Writing: a literary journey into human resilience
May 19 2021
By Francesca Lombardo – I was 25 years old when I asked myself questions such as “why can’t she see me?”, “why can’t she hear me?”, “who is she?”, “who was she really when she was a child just like me?”.
The person I wanted to ask all these questions was my mother. A mystery to me as a child, as a teen and as young women that I longed to unlock. But mostly a pain that leaves many daughters struggling with their sense of self-worth and a fractured identity; a yearning that turns into an abyssal void. It was then that I jotted down a letter to her, a letter that I have never sent.
Attraction review: The Cartoon Museum exhibition ‘V for Vendetta: Behind the Mask’ 18 May – 31 October 2021
May 18 2021
The Cartoon Museum in London’s Fitzrovia has just re-opened with the exhibition V for Vendetta: Behind the Mask examining the cultural impact of the cult comic from seminal graphic novel to hit film. The exhibition is open until 31 October 2021.
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