Lifestyle | Which Disney Princess Millennial Are You?

If you have grown up on a diet of Disney movies then you more than likely have established your favourite princess by now. Perhaps she has similar physical attributes, a matching personality or comparable interests. But have you ever wondered what your beloved princess would look like if she was a millennial woman like the rest …

Blogging | Invite & Earn With Webfluential*

I’m writing this post because I have had a couple of bloggers email me directly to ask about my blogging experience and whether there are any tools or resources that have helped me to manage and advance my blog over the past year. While I’m certainly not an expert on the subject, I have responded …

January 2016 | Happiness Highlights

On 1st January I wrote a post titled: "365 Reasons To Be Happy", where I vowed to write down one reason to be happy at the end of every day. This idea had a really positive response from readers, so I thought that I would share my monthly happiness highlights. #1: It is the start of …

Fashion | How I Used Coffee To Resolve My ‘Premature Greying’ Existential Hair Crisis

For some context, I recently submitted the article below as part of an application for a possible new writing gig, they challenged me with the task of producing a 200-word piece about "the first time I dyed my hair." Here it goes... The first time that I contemplated dying my hair, I had two choices: Embrace …

Motivational Monday | Which Wolf Will You Feed?

Today is 'Blue Monday', otherwise known as the third Monday in January and, supposedly, the most depressing day of the year - but you can change that, you can always change that. I wanted to share a parable that derives from Native American tradition to help to explain... One evening, an elderly Cherokee brave told his …

Lifestyle | 365 Reasons To Be Happy

Happy New Year! A lot of people often start a new year with hopes, dreams and prospects for the days that are yet to be written but the one wish that I have for myself and everyone else is to have a 2016 that is filled with happiness. So I thought, why not document all of the …

Blogmas #6 | Yankee Candle Christmas Favourites

Whilst we know that candles are great all year round, there is nothing quite like striking your match and burning your favourites in Autumn/Winter. It means that you are invited in from the cold, dark evenings to a deliciously scented home, which instantly makes you feel warm. I'll admit, I'm a Yankee Candle addict because of their authentic, bold and unique range …

Blogmas #5 | The 30-Day Generosity Challenge

Another Monday closer to Christmas, another day crossed off our calendars and another chocolate eaten in our advents! This is my favourite time of year because it's filled with love and smiling faces, it's the season of goodwill and there's no better way to spread joy and happiness than generosity. Often, generous acts are part of our …

Blogmas #3 | Manchester Christmas Markets

Due to unforeseen and unfortunate circumstances, I haven't been able to write a blog post every day throughout December but I'm going to continue to number the entries, as I still hope to get more posts published this month than ever before. Last week, we took some time out to visit the Manchester Christmas Markets …

Blogmas #2 | The Christmas Tag

As we are now in the month of December, you will notice that almost everyone has gone Christmas crazy but who can blame them with only 22 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS! I saw the Christmas Tag being passed between blogs and making appearances on Twitter yesterday, so I thought that I would get into the spirit …