Pride is much more than a parade: it symbolises the struggles the LGBTQ+ community endured and the hard-won progress it spent years fighting for. The month of June was chosen for LGBTQ+ Pride Month to commemorate the Stonewall riots where police raided the now famous Stonewall Inn which occurred at the end of June 1969. …
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Easy Natural Sunscreen Recipe
This super easy sunscreen is made of 4 natural ingredients – no chemicals needed! I am a huge lover of coconut oil so I was overjoyed to learn coconut oil has natural SPF of 4-5 and contains antioxidants that help protect the skin from harmful radiation from the sun. I started using coconut oil as …
My 5 most common uses of Aloe Vera gel
My friends used to laugh at me when we went on day trips! They knew I would have at least one travel sized bottle of Aloe Vera in my bag. I literally carry it everywhere!! They soon stopped laughing when my magic see-through cream stopped their kid crying after they fell and cut themselves and …
Memoirs of COVID-19
Being on lockdown isn’t something that is going to happen again in our lifetime so I want to do something to remember it before our lives go back to “normal” again. So, as we approach what I hope to be the final 3 weeks of lock-down I have decided to document some things as a …
How to celebrate VE day in lockdown with kids
The British government changed 2020’s May Day bank holiday to Friday 8th May to coincide with the 75th anniversary of VE day. The purpose was to have an extended weekend full of celebration but that was before Covid struck and forced the nation to go on lockdown. It doesn’t mean we still can’t celebrate though! …
Introduce a Growth Mindset into your Home
This discovery changed my life! I started the change by having piano lessons and I learnt to read music, something I believed I couldn’t do! I was 36 years old when I discovered growth vs fixed mindset, realised I had a fixed mindset and that I could actually do something about it! I started researching …
5 Tips to Prepare your Daughter for Menstruation
At her first bleeding a woman meets her power. During her bleeding years she practices it. At menopause she becomes it Traditional Native American Saying, taken from Moon Time by Lucy H Pearce I wake up feeling I have not had a good sleep yet I can remember my very vivid dream. I sit …
How to Give Up Work and Home School – Top 5 Money Making Tips
I needed to come up with a plan fast in order to give up my job and stay at home to home school. In order to convince my husband it was doable I save up 3 months worth of my wages without him knowing!
How to Give Up Work and Home School – Top 10 Money Saving Tips
Often when I tell other parents we home educate they say they would love to but couldn’t because of money. They say they wouldn’t be able to afford to give up their 9-5 job, even though they truly believe their child would be better off home educated. I am here to tell you that it …
Hair brushing and body autonomy
When I was pregnant one of the things I was looking forward to was having a little girl I could dress pretty and do her hair. It was really important to me that her hair would look healthy and shiny and well maintained with pretty little clips and bows in it. I didn’t think much …