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FATHERS DAY GIFT GUIDE – FOR THE DAD WHO HAS EVERYTHING Although your dad may say he doesn’t want anything for Father’s Day this year, you know that showing up without a present isn’t really a possibility. After all, he’s the guy you looked up to (quite literally) all these years, and it’s only fitting…
A Parent’s Guide for Treating Teens with Addiction As a parent, you are always concerned about your teenager’s life because teenage years sometimes can lead to the wrong path of addiction. For a parent, nothing can be scarier than seeing their child struggling with addiction. Teens who experiment with drugs and alcohol in adolescence are…
MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK: MAKE TIME TO TALK With a potential mental health pandemic in the pipeline, talent advisory expert warns of need to get staff talking As the UK joins together for Mental Health Awareness Week still in the grips of a pandemic, AMS (formerly Alexander Mann Solutions), a global provider of talent outsourcing…
Cooked in the microwave, this healthy chocolate mug cake needs only 6 ingredients and is ready in less than 7 minutes. HEALTHY CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE INGREDIENTS 1 fresh date, pitted, finely chopped 1 egg 60ml (1/4 cup) unsweetened apple puree 2 1/2 tbsp oat bran 2 tsp cocoa powder, plus extra to dust 1/4 tsp…
5 NEUTRAL MUST-HAVES For endless outfit possibilities, get ready to step into neutral territory. Explore the joys of monochrome dressing or go tone-on-tone with varying shades of cream, camel, taupe and tan. These styles are proof that an understated colour palette doesn’t have to be boring. Post contains AFF links – 5 NEUTRAL MUST-HAVES Calf-length…
5 WAYS TO OVERCOME ALLERGY TRIGGERS Between pet dander, pollen, and dust mites, allergy victims can take a thrashing when sunny weather makes its arrival. These allergy tips may help. Overcome your allergies The fact that they’re getting more severe and affecting more people-reactions to traditional airborne triggers like ragweed and pollen have risen in…
Letting Go Of Your Past To Shape Your Future – BBFeenix The Future Is Here With Quantum Music BBFeenix Once lived a life of karmic cycles but has burnt her past down and re-created a new life, through a series of events that created an awakening, on a momentous scale. Realising she was running on…
PARENTS SEEK PLAY-BASED, TECH-FREE SCHOOL An Edinburgh school – where a screen-free environment is seen as central to learning and wellbeing – has experienced interest in the alternative education rise during the pandemic. Since the first wave of Covid-19, teachers turned to technology to deliver learning remotely. Yet in spite of the crisis making digital…
FANTASTIC FEMALES – ALICIA JACKSON FOUNDER OF MARMALADE LION Alicia Jackson, founder of sustainably-produced children’s brand Marmalade Lion. I’m incredibly proud to have created a plastic-free company as a legacy to my mother and I hope to inspire women all over the world to take a risk and follow their dreams. FANTASTIC FEMALES – ALICIA…
The best breastfeeding products which are loved by the stars! Lansinoh shares a selection of products ideal for a breastfeeding mum or mum-to-be planning to breastfeed HPA® Lanolin Nipple Cream is used by the likes of Rochelle Humes, Millie Mackintosh and Lucy Mecklenburgh Vogue Williams recommends Lansinoh’s Disposable Nursing Pads Every mum’s breastfeeding journey is…