Today I want to talk to you about the UK benefits system and how it is letting down the very people it is supposed to help. This isn’t my usual topic of conversation on the blog, so I hope you will give me the benefit of the doubt when I say this is a crucial …
8th March is International Women’s Day, an annual event which celebrates “the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women”, as well as calling for greater awareness and movement towards gender equality in all areas of life. It’s a day which I have become increasingly aware of over the past few years, and today I …
Disclaimer: the two links to books in this post are affiliate links. If you click on the link and then purchase them from Amazon, I will receive a small incentive for this, as per my disclosure policy. Can you believe that Lent is already upon us? I feel as if the year has only just …
Welcome back to Share The Joy! Each month I shall be helping Christina to host this linky, and we’re both looking forward to reading all your joy-filled and positive posts. This month, I am focusing on the joy of receiving, which is something I have long struggled with… Like many of you, I am a giver …
How do you know your worth? What is it, about yourself, that you feel makes you worthy? Is it the things you say or do? Maybe it’s your achievements and successes? What about your career? Or your relationships to others? What do you hold on to tightly, whenever you feel doubt begin to creep in? …
Welcome to this new series – WordPress for Beginners. The idea for it came when I realised that I personally knew several people who are struggling to get to grips with WordPress. Some are fellow bloggers who wish to switch from another platform (such as Blogger), others are business owners who have outgrown the free …
Every year, around this time, I think about what I want to focus on over the next 12 months and choose a “Word of The Year” that encompasses what it is I am hoping for. This practise has served me so well over the past few years: in 2015 my word was “Surrender”, which came …
It’s Christmas Day – Hooray! I hope that Santa brought you all you wished for! He and his Elves are tucked up tight in bed, resting after their busy night. But Mrs. Claus has one last Christmas message for you…
Christmas Eve is here at last! Santa is on his sleigh, ready to fly all around the world and bring you lots of gifts for Christmas Day. Don’t forget to go to bed nice and early tonight (after leaving Santa and his Reindeer some lovely treats, of course!)
Welcome back to Advent at The North Pole! Today Santa and the Elves are busy filling Santa’s sack, ready for his big flight tomorrow…
