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Turks and Caicos Vacation Planning Tips

February 6, 2018 By Ellen

  You are about to go into the Caribbean’s most beautiful beaches also known as one of the best beaches in the world. A promising destination where you can go and see the beautiful world under inclusive of colourful coral reefs either by snorkelling or diving. You can also spend some time kayaking or paddle […]

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Is this really what Valentine had in mind when he was martyred?

February 1, 2018 By Ellen

  It’s everywhere. Revolting swathes of pink and red nonsense filling shops, magazines and TV screens. There’s hype everywhere about getting The Perfect Gift for the object of your affection or you face a one-way journey to Doghouse-ville.   If you haven’t booked a table for an overpriced dinner on Feb 14 by now you […]

Filed Under: love, other things I have learned, STV, Valentine's Day Tagged With: sex, Valentine's Day

Keeping Everyone Happy With a Family-Friendly Living Room Design

February 1, 2018 By Ellen

For any family home, a peaceful space is essential to be able to relax and enjoy time together (though ‘peaceful’ isn’t always going to be achievable when you’ve got children). But the design and style of a living area can have an impact on the practicality of the room and if it is conducive to […]

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Middle age in evidence again this week

January 30, 2018 By Ellen

There was a moment of anxiety last week when someone started talking about Wattpad – an online community for readers and writing. A hot new young adult writer was discovered there, there being somewhere I didn’t even know existed. A bit like finding out all the best holidays happened in Spanbados or Costaland or somewhere. […]

Filed Under: review, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: age, Jackie Collins, john craven, middle age, My Life, newsround, real life, YA

Emotions: Where do you feel them?

January 30, 2018 By Ellen

Serious question. Where do you feel your feelings?    Are they in your heart, your chest, your feet, or, perhaps, just hanging around in your head with the shopping lists and conversations you haven’t had yet?   Of course the really big emotions – grief, shock, in-loveness – are physical, very physical. And when you’re […]

Filed Under: emotions, Everyday Mindfulness Scotland., feelings, mental health, Mindfulness, Rumi

Do you love yourself enough to put a ring on it?

January 30, 2018 By Ellen

Empowered women and the rise of the self-love ring There is a new trend emerging for women and it’s all about self-appreciation and self-loving. It is the rise of the self-love ring; some women are even taking it as far as marrying themselves and others are in a relationship referred to as ‘sologamy’. Together with […]

Filed Under: review Tagged With: marriage, Review, self-love, sologamy

What’s the best colour shirt to pick?

January 30, 2018 By Ellen

  When choosing a shirt to impress, a few questions might cross a man’s mind: does it match with the trousers? Is the material of a good quality? Is it suitable for the dress code? Something that men should also be asking is – what does this colour say about me? Research has shown that […]

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Periods. Period. What should we call it?

January 28, 2018 By Ellen

It’s a terrible cringe of a word – period. If a word ever wore a tight bun and kept its books in alphabetical order, it’s a period. This is the word that goes with the twee trickles of dyed blue water poured in gleaming ad-land laboratories. Period. Flow, stop. Period. We need something better. Humanity […]

Filed Under: family Tagged With: feminism, humour, in my life, menopause, menstruate, period, women, words

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