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 …

Motivational Monday | Pay It Forward

I've experienced a case of writers block today, when I have so many ideas in mind, it can be difficult to focus on just one and attempt to shape that into coherent sentences. Coincidentally, I've also become my own worst critic, which is proven by the fact that I have another Motivational Monday post written and saved in my …

Motivational Monday | Dear, Future Me

You're one person but as you move through life, you change, you grow, you make decisions and choices, you create dreams and memories. You're constantly evolving. The "you" that you are right now might be a completely different "you", in heart and in mind, than you were 10 years earlier. This month I've made some …

Lifestyle | Spread The Love

I have seen the Spread the Love event being passed around the blogosphere, it's one that I always enjoy reading because it gives you the warm fuzzies inside, so I was pleased to see that my friend Jill tagged me to join in with it! The rules Write 10 four-word sentences about what love means to …

Motivational Monday | Gratitude Journals & Memory Jars

I'm quite a reflective person, I like to remember the good times - talk about them, write about them, photograph them - anything that helps to bring the memories back to life. I'm also very grateful for everything that I have in my life - the big, the small and everything in between - and I like to express …

Lifestyle | Life Lessons With Anna, Elsa And Olaf

Following on from an earlier post "Lifestyle | Which Disney Princess is your role model?", I wanted to add some life lessons that were shared by Anna, Elsa and Olaf in our recent favourite Disney outing Frozen - the film that everyone is singing about! In addition to the catchy songs, heart-warming tale and smile inducing scenes, …

Motivational Monday | Love Or Fear?

“I'd rather end up wishing I hadn’t than end up wishing I had.” - Leo Tolstoy I love this quote. It tells you to take risks and chances, without allowing fear to debilitate you. Are you always going to land on your feet? Probably not... but that's alright, at least you tried. How will you ever …

Motivational Monday | Beauty Is Everywhere

As you probably know, I use my blog to discuss "beauty" and this is often in relation to the latest cosmetic products or hot trends; we powder, colour, pluck, shave and curl but beauty arrives in many different forms... do we always open our eyes to it? Beauty can be a physical or spiritual manifestation; a …