So, I’ve found another miracle! Caffeine-free and delicious. Did you know that olive leaves make the most amazing tea? Neither did I. Used for many years as a natural anti-bacterial agent and now as a powerful anti-oxidant (400% more than green tea), thus a major support to the immune system. It is full of oleuropein, a highly beneficial substance, and is also antibiotic, anti-viral and anti-fungal.  It is therefore healing as well as preventative , also cleansing, calming and anti-inflammatory. Continue Reading

Beauty can mean so many things to so many people, but here we mean what does it mean to you and how you perceive yourself and how you feel others see you?  How many times have you heard people say, ‘True beauty comes from within?’ You may have heard it said several times by someone from your close family, perhaps when you were a teenager, stressing about your muffin top, the latest bout of acne or another body issue. While you may have believed this advice to be intrinsically true, you probably disregarded it as being irrelevant to your life. Continue Reading

It’s a dream of private schooling in the future or toys to play with now! Well, that’s how I see it. Parents these days are struggling to make ends meet. It’s harder than in our parents’ days. So, with that in mind every purchase has to be a considered one. I have only bought a few toys for Alexander. I say ‘few’ but his bedroom is filling up far too quickly anyway!
He is now 18 months old, unbelievably. I worry about everything. Does he have the right toys to help his development? Does he have enough toys? Should he still be playing with the toys that he’s had for the last year? It’s ridiculous of course and I know it!
After much research and lots of input from my au pair on what he plays with most at the drop-in we settled on one very big and important acquisition – a kitchen. Some of you might be a little surprised. No workbench? Something more masculine? Well, it is a blue kitchen. It’s actually a beautifully designed and made, wooden blue kitchen from one of my favourite shops the ELC, not just because it contains the words ‘early’ and ‘learning’ in it’s name but because I trust them. I know that whatever I choose from there I can be safe in the knowledge that it has already been carefully vetted by their buyers. It stops me from buying every shiny, plastic thing in sight for my previous little one and keeps shopping more focused! Well, someone needs to! Continue Reading

A good friend of mine is one of the main organisers of this original and very worthy event so please to come along and offer your support – you might even have a lot of fun!

Does my bum look big in this?
Why size doesn’t matter

When: Tuesday 4 June 2013
Time: 7.00 pm to 9.30 pm
Venue: London College of Fashion, 20 John Prince’s St, W1G OBJ
Event: Why size doesn’t matter – explode the beauty and diet myths Continue Reading