Category: Wellness

• July 6, 2022

  The Marketing Adventurers League is Coming!

  Are you having adventures (or misadventures) in marketing? Do you want to join a supportive community of side hustlers/small business owners/new business owners looking for advice on how to get established and scale their business? If so, the Marketing Adventurers League is for you. Join the waitlist here to be the first to hear when…
• August 18, 2021

  Fussy toddler? 10 easy ways to feed them healthy stuff!

  If you listen to some people, all toddlers only eat alfalfa, olives, hummus and organic homemade raw vegan baby recipes that take only ten hours to make. Mine isn’t like that. He likes fish fingers and biscuits. It’s been pretty easy to get into bad habits this year, as budgets have been squeezed beyond breaking…
• August 16, 2020

  How to increase your breastmilk supply? Power pump

  Are you breastfeeding and worried about low supply? If you haven’t already properly established your breastfeeding relationship with your baby, this is not the info for you, but if you’ve been feeding at least four weeks and still think you don’t have enough milk, try this natural method that doesn’t require any supplementation or weird…
• July 9, 2020

  #Scamstagram – How to spot a scam looking for influencers on Instagram

  There are a lot of new brand partner scams on Instagram, and scams on Instagram of fake brands looking for influencers with small followings. If you’re looking for how to protect yourself online or how to protect your children from social media scams, I hope this article adds to your awareness and helps keep you…
• April 18, 2020

  I had a maternal request elective C-section for tokophobia

  I’ve just posted this somewhere else but I wanted to mention it here too because I think there’s too much stigma surrounding Tokophobia (fear of childbirth) and maybe it will help someone else:   I have always had tokophobia and it put me off wanting children for years because I was so scared of childbirth.…
• April 15, 2020

  Applying for Midwifery Science and Dietetics

  

  So I’m still thinking on this, but it’s something that I’ve been wondering about for a long time. Being a midwife over here isn’t the same as being one in America. Over here you’re part-obstetrician and part-obstetric nurse (we don’t have ob nurses over here at all, just midwives). In Northern Ireland, midwives do all…
• January 28, 2016

  No-One Wants To Know The Real Truth About Parabens

  Parabens. It’s seen as a dirty word amongst the “natural beauty” movement and the “mainstream” cosmetics industry is trying its best to ignore it, right? Because of parabens, many people are spending more money than ever on cosmetics and personal care products to avoid those scary-sounding paraben ingredients. Today I want to step (mostly) aside…
• August 27, 2015

  Sore Head

  I will get back to regular updates when I am more thinkble.  I have a head injury. I am trying to allow my brain a chance to heal, as cognitive function is through the floor and I keep getting blankness and memory losses in the middle of things.  I will still try to get through…
• July 1, 2015

  Do You Use The Right Sunscreen?

  With so many different types of sunscreen on the market today, it can be hard to know which type is best for sun protection. And that’s if you don’t even try to contemplate what Sun Protection Factor (SPF) you need to protect yourself from skin cancer and other damage from ultraviolet rays such as premature…
• April 8, 2015

  Wedding Wednesday: Setting The Budget

  

  This is my 100th post, and I just want to say how amazed I am that you guys read stuff wot I write. This is another of my wedding articles, today we talk budgets; this is probably the most serious, judgemental and opinionated post I will ever write.  Remember folks, this is my opinion, if…