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Home Styling Inspiration: 5 Instagram & TikTok accounts to Follow Home Styling Inspiration: 5 Instagram & TikTok accounts to Follow Are you a house-proud homeowner? Our homes are meant to be a reflection of our personalities, mirroring our warmth, tastes, and styles. But did you know that by snapping pictures of your interior design skills,…
The booming laughter from my husband frightened me. I wondered what was so funny? Is he watching something? He’s looking at me, he’s laughing at what I just said. I had forgotten I could make him laugh like that. Grownups—real, thinking adults—reacting to me, often comes as a shock. My days are usually spent inside…
Does your social media imagery need some work? By Emeka Ikechi, Director, Vanity Studios If growing your social influence is important to you, you need to think about the image you project. It is how you develop your reputation as a thought-leader, an influencer or networker. What you say on your social platforms is important, but the very first impression have will be based on…
From Anxiety to Multi Award Winner by MADDY ALEXANDER-GROUT I want to share my story of how I overcame some very severe mental health issues to create a business that helps other with mental health and supports the community. I’m Maddy 36 from Southampton, I’m a normal mum now, but at the start of my…
CONTENT IN THE TIME OF COVID BY CAT LOUD I want to talk about creativity. We are all content providers. From our Instagrams, to Facebook accounts, we have got into the habit of living public lives, creating material for the purpose of making people laugh, think and feel. Social media was created based on these…
WHAT HAPPENS NOW? PODCAST – Mike Oldham In mid-March, Mike Oldham started a brand-new role as Event Director for an international events company in South London. He lost his job the same day. As the COVID-19 crisis took hold, the events industry was plunged into disarray. Mike’s new employers couldn’t afford to keep him on,…
Post By Emily Aston Coronavirus has forced parents to try and balance work with childcare. The result is a mix of exhaustion, stress and guilt — and moments of genuine joy. “Mummy, is that my friend?” Our three-year-old daughter is bounding towards me as I attempt to interview someone over the phone for a piece…
Lockdown Day 11 If you can count, you will see I missed day 10 out. This was because I woke in an awful mood, I stumped around the house with no patience or motivation. I put it down to this dreadful situation we are in, but at around 4pm, my period started, and it all…
I started watching Working Mom on Netflix during the first episode one of the topics discussed at the weekly baby meet up group was saying “no” to your child. They were all told (jokingly) that they shouldn’t say no to the child. This is the thing though, I see so many parents scared to say…
Fantastic guest post from fellow blogger, Helena Crosby. My name is Helena and I write over at Helena’s Blog which is a lifestyle blog featuring babies, baking, books and beauty. I live in Aberdeen with my husband and our 17 month old son and I’m currently pregnant with our second baby. I’ve recently given up…