This guest post on how to help kids feel confident about saving the planet is from wellbeing author and psychotherapist Becky Goddard-Hill. It's an extract from her new book *Create Your Own Confidence, which is a fun activity book packed with simple, practical ideas that help children to feel confident, strong and happy. The book contains 50 topics, such as making friends and facing challenges. Each topic is supported by science and ...
Review: Nikura essential oils for wellbeing
Collaborative post Do you use essential oils to support your wellbeing or to fragrance your home? Essential oils used to be mostly associated with spa days and professional aromatherapy treatments, but nowadays they’re a firm fixture in many home routines too. More and more of us are discovering the many benefits that essential oils can have on our wellbeing and home environment on a daily basis. I started using essential oils for ...
6 ways volunteering can boost teen confidence
This guest post on how volunteering can boost teen confidence is from wellbeing author and psychotherapist Becky Goddard-Hill. Her new book *Be Confident Be You - the teenage guide is an insightful and positive guide for teenagers which provides the tools they need to build confidence, tackle negative feelings and improve happiness in all areas of life. How volunteering can boost teen confidence In this post Becky shares an activity from ...
Hydria fountain kit review and giveaway
This is a collaborative post in partnership with hydria. Do you like the idea of adding a water feature to your home, but worry that doing so will involve lots of hassle? A water feature can look stunning and also be beneficial to local wildlife, but there’s no denying the fact that installing one usually requires a fair amount of effort. Traditional water features - even small ones - rely on a power supply or solar panel to operate, ...
Flexispot standing desk review
This is a collaborative post in partnership with FlexiSpot If you work from home, or have kids who need to study, you’ve probably got a desk somewhere in the house. More of us are working from home than ever before, and when you squeeze a home office into an existing room layout it isn’t always easy to create a comfortable desk area. I work from home, and spend several hours a day sitting at my desk. I try to take regular breaks ...
Hoover Air Purifier 300 review
This is a collaborative post in partnership with Hoover Direct. Does anyone in your family suffer with airborne allergies? Pollen, dust mites and pet hair are all common airborne allergens, and recent trends indicate that more and more of us are becoming sensitive to what’s in the air around us. I know from personal experience just how miserable an airborne allergy can make you feel. I suffer from a pretty bad grass pollen allergy, ...
Family board games from Jaques of London
This is a collaborative post in partnership with Jaques of London Do you like to play family board games? We've played them with the kids since they were really small, and over the years have always found it a great way to get everyone together and having fun. We're always on the lookout for new games to add to our collection, and Jaques of London have sent us two of their lovely traditional games to try out. Traditional toys & ...
Review: Carbon Gold Biochar compost & soil improvers
This is a collaborative post in partnership with Carbon Gold I always find September to be a brilliant month for planning new projects. That old back-to-school feeling never fails to get me organised, and the garden is no exception. I'm busy working out how to keep the colour going, planning next year's garden, and tackling jobs that were neglected during the hectic spring and summer months. Are you getting organised this month ...
Improving our shed security with Burg-Wächter
This is a collaborative post in partnership with Burg-Wächter Do you have a shed in your garden? If the answer to that question is yes, how confident are you about your shed security? With over 22,000 reported garden and shed burglaries in the UK every year, it’s definitely a good idea to make sure your shed and it’s contents are as secure as possible. We store all of our bikes in our shed, and unfortunately we’ve had to deal with ...
Stunning spring bulbs from DutchGrown
This is a collaborative post in partnership with DutchGrown How is your spring garden looking right now? With the colder weather we've been having, a lot of my plants are only just getting going, but my spring bulbs are looking absolutely wonderful. Last autumn, DutchGrown sent me a selection of their spring flowering bulbs to review. I planted them in October, and have been so impatient to see them flower ever since! Flower bulbs ...