5 Ways To Come Across As Assertive (And Rock Your Medical Appointments)

GP appointments, specialist consultations and hospital visits. Prime time for anxiety to strike, to get tongue-tied and to forget that you’re an active participant in the proceedings. So here are 5 ways to come across…

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How Oral Care Affects Overall Health

Today I wanted to share a guest post on something that makes me itch just thinking about it. Teeth. Oral health in particular, and how it can affect your overall health. This follows quite nicely…

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The Quiet Roar Of Courage

I love this quote & I’m hoping it can resonate for you reading it. I used to think I wasn’t courageous. I’ve never felt courageous, I haven’t achieved hugely amazing things; I didn’t have that burning…

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Frugal Friday [ 01/06/2018 ]

  Hello lovely guys & gals, how’s everyone doing today? I’m amazed, and not in a good way, that’s it’s already June 1st! It’s been a rough week health-wise but I’ve been keeping busy, sadly…

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Going BPA-Free

What Is BPA? The chemical BPA (bisphenol A) has been around since the 60s in the production of various epoxy resins and polycarbonate plastics. Both of these are common in the food industry, where resins…

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Mini Me Update [ 27/05/2018 ]

I hope everyone is well and enjoying the bank holiday weekend if you have one where you are!  This is another self-indulgent mini-me update 🙂 Pre-Op No. 5 I attended pre-op last Wednesday for the…

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What I’m Loving This Month [ May 2018 ]

I hope everyone is as well as possible this Thursday and that the week has been treating you well. I’ll do a mini me update soon, but in the meantime I thought I’d share a…

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Monday Motivation : Adjust Your Sails

  Sometimes, we need to learn to adjust and change the things we can, and accept that there are some things we can’t change; we have to work with the situation we’re in and the…

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Getting To Know Me : This or That & 5 Things Tags

Well, well, well… It’s Friday again already! I do hope that wherever you are that a little warmth & sunshine manages finds you this weekend, and that you all have a positive, restful one whatever…

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Coming To Terms With Stoma Life

Some people get a day. Some may get a week, a month, a year. Others may get no warning, simply waking up with a new life. From IBD and cancer, to colonic inertia, pelvic floor…

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