Thought for the daySomething for the weekend

It’s normal to get to the end mid afternoon on a Sunday and get that dreading feeling of Monday about to creep up on us. So, how do you stop the Sunday blues? The thought of Monday and another busy working week can have your stomach churning, but there are ways to stop that dreaded […]

That first Christmas on my own when my daughter was two years old filled me with absolute dread. The idea of not spending the whole of Christmas with her and having to share her made me physically sick. I was worried about being able to afford to buy presents for her and the rest of […]

There is such a phobia called the fear of Monday’s. It is called lunaediesopaphoia. It is described as “an abnormal fear or extreme dislike of Mondays”. This normally sets in around mid afternoon on a Sunday. The fun of the weekend has come to an end and you start to worry about the targets at […]

According to a recent survey from Slumber Cloud, 1 in 3 adults will suffer from burnout over the festive period. 36% of those surveyed claimed that the affliction sets in before mid December. A further 17% claimed that they felt burnout before the festive month had begun. There are many reasons for this: Stress caused […]

What do you do on a miserable day? One of my favourite things to do is to create playlists on my Spotify account for different moods. Whether you’re going through heartbreak, you’ve had a bad day at work, you want songs to sing in the shower, in the car, or songs to sing out loud […]

Have you already planned out your child’s future? Last night I went to watch Dirty Dancing at the Theatre. The film/play was set in the summer of 1963. For those of you unaware of the storyline, the main character, Baby, is on holiday with her family and she falls in love with a dancer called […]

Don’t let the weekend become the same old groudhog weekend! Whatever kind of week you’ve had, whether you’ve been busy at work, you’re a working mum and juggling a job with childcare, you’re a full time mum, you run a business, by the time you get to the weekend, very often you can be so […]

Plan a romantic meal for two after the kids have gone to bed For those of us with busy careers, and possibly even children, we end up forgetting about ourselves and our relationships can suffer as a result, because we end up exhausted. We get to Friday night and when we should be looking forward […]

Ideas for this weekend I used to feel guilty about spending time on myself when it came to the weekend, but if you prioritise your week a little better, like I have recommended in some of my previous blogs, when it comes to the weekend you should pamper yourself a little. You have earned this! […]