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3 Ways to Further Your Fertility Chances If you’re trying for a baby, there’s more you can do beyond the bedroom to boost your chances of conceiving. Fertility is tied closely to the health of both partners, with some of our bad habits reducing the possibility of becoming pregnant. A small investment into your personal…

Environmentally friendly gifts for Christmas By Liesbeth Deddens, Climeworks Climate change sceptics excluded; we know that our environment is in very serious trouble indeed. This has changed many people’s  buying habits; whether it’s buying plastic-free goods for the home, such as shampoo bars and bamboo toothbrushes, walking or cycling to work, or changing energy suppliers…

3-INGREDIENT CHRISTMAS RECIPES FOR LAST-MINUTE ENTERTAINING – OREO TRUFFLE BALLS With only three ingredients, you’ll be amazed at just how moreish and irresistible these are. Ingredients 2 x 150 g Oreo biscuits 250 g cream cheese 100 g white chocolate melted optional Method Crush Oreo biscuits to form crumbs. Add and mix in softened cream…

Fertility Doesn’t Finish at 40 A common misconception is that you must have children before you are 40. A lot of people believe that our body clock ticks down, and we run out of time. Yes, fertility can decrease as you get older, but it doesn’t just stop when you hit 40. In 2015, research…

MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING SUPPORT TEAM LAUNCHES ‘CONTACT AT CHRISTMAS’ SCHEME TO COMBAT CHRISTMAS LONELINESS – WarriorKind With the first lockdown leaving a quarter of the country experiencing feelings of loneliness* and now a second lockdown well underway, WarriorKind – a community dedicated to normalising conversations around mental health and wellbeing – say this worrying trend…

Educational app GoLexic is launching in the UK to support parents seeking an instantly available and affordable alternative remedial support for children with dyslexia during Covid-19. It is the first online remediation programme for dyslexia to offer advanced speech recognition technology to understand individual difficulties to determine level and support with training. Parents are under…

Five ways working mums can avoid burnout. As two women at the helm of an award-winning employee wellbeing company, we know a thing or two about spinning plates, many plates! But, because of our work, we also know how important it is to prioritise our wellbeing, even when things feel impossibly busy and our overwhelm…

Five Top Tips For Home Learning I think we can all agree that 2020 has forced us to find new ways to navigate our way through life. The need to support our children with home learning is essential because although children are back at school, if a covid case arises, this could mean that your…

Harmonie-Rose Allen who survived meningitis features in calming Christmas storybook for children A courageous little girl who fought back after losing all her limbs to meningitis is to feature in a children’s storybook designed to provide comfort this Christmas. Seven-year-old Harmonie-Rose Allen, of Bath, contracted meningococcal septicaemia as a baby and was given only a…

Many Britons have got into the Christmas spirit early this year, putting up festive displays mid-November to combat the lockdown slump. But if you’re a stickler for tradition and hanging on until December, you may be starting to think about dusting off those decorations and planning where to buy your tree. It’s likely you’ve accumulated a stash of baubles…