I don’t envy kids right now. After a year of uncertainty, home-schooling, and missing out on crucial socialisation, they’re expected to slot back into school and pick up their studies from where they left off. The ramifications of successive national lockdowns, however, will surely be long-lasting. Our nation is facing...
Children around the UK have finally returned to the classroom, after a long period of home schooling and COVID restrictions, it’s what parents everywhere had wanted for so long. A sense of normality, structure and routine could now resume. For many children, seeing their friends and teachers once more was...
It’s been a hard year all around for students. No matter their age, pupils and students have had their education massively disrupted. Schools closed down and exams were cancelled whilst zoom lessons replaced the classroom. Covid testing for older students became the new norm, and some university students complained they...
A feeling almost anybody can relate to and is in an incomprehensible way almost normalized in today’s society is stress. Every day, we find ourselves facing many challenges on both personal and professional level which can build up to a feeling of stress or anxiety. The work keeps piling up...
Spring is in the air and that can only mean that Mother’s Day isn’t far off either. The past year has been vastly different and immensely difficult for mothers everywhere. We’ve all struggled through a year of lockdowns and tight restrictions. Some of us have even taken on new roles...
Written by Volker Ballueder This too shall pass; a mantra I have been saying to myself since the beginning of the year. The lockdown, the bad weather, the cold weather, all contribute to us feeling miserable, lonely, isolated. A lot of us are not ‘feeling it’ or are in a...
My personal Habit Ritual Balmy Stick Support System This year I have chosen to give us booze, not just setting the dry January target but – first that and then perhaps extending it. I am starting to feel the difference as I bounce out of bed, loving the Sunday morning...
Herbs and essential oils are known for their holistic healing properties and are often used for treating illnesses or unbalanced hormones. With everyday life being as stressful it is, especially the past year, it can be difficult to slow down and keep your mind at ease. We tend to feel...
There’s so much that we know about Diana, Princess of Wales. On the surface she had it all. A prince, a lavish lifestyle, two young sons and the adoration of the world. Yet, as time went on, it became more apparent, that underneath it all, she was a vulnerable young...
