Read almost any article about ‘How To Have a Happy Marriage’ and you’ll find advice saying you absolutely must have a date night, and that date nights are the crucial element to making a marriage work. But the reality is, for many couples, date nights aren’t possible… so does that mean their marriage is doomed? I’m here…
There’s nothing quite like a TED Talk to inspire and motivate you to do better in your life or to challenge the way you think. So of course, when it comes to creating a more minimalist life, and adding minimalist ideas into your life, TED Talks should be the first place you look! These TED…
Every holiday season we say the same thing ‘next year I won’t go quite as overboard’. But lo and behold, 12 months pass by and we quickly forget how we felt the year before. I distinctly remember for at least 3 years in a row thinking how much of a waste all the wrapping paper…
Every holiday season we get excited about all the beautiful decorations, the family time, the gift giving… only to forget the stress and frustrations that came along with the holidays last year… and every year before that. Christmas can be a turbulent time for many, and while reminding your children that Santa only comes if…
When you see a confident woman, you can be forgiven for thinking they have everything in their life together, sorted, colour coded and filed neatly, because how else would a confident person have it? We look at them and think that it must be so nice to feel so confident in who we are and…
It always frustrates me when people say to a couple ‘oh wait until you get married, it will all change then…’ There’s no doubt that there are some things that change after you get married, but it’s not like it’s a complete 180-degree spin that changes everything in your life. In fact, there are more…
We all know the importance of sleep, but when you add in small children who want to take over your bed, a snoring husband, and a million tasks running through your mind, a restful and rejuvenating sleep seems like a fantasy. But, creating bedtime habits for better sleep can at least help get your nights…
Your alarm goes off and before you know it you roll over and hit snooze. For a blissful few seconds you don’t think about what lies ahead for the day, you’re in that euphoric daze. But then you realise you have to go to work and you come crashing back down to reality. It’s a…
“I just want my husband to be more romantic.” How many times have you heard that, or even said it yourself? But how do you actually go from wanting your husband to be more romantic, to having a husband who understands what romance means to you and makes spontaneous romantic gestures (it’s possible!!). It all…
I knew I wanted to get a divorce before I even got married. How crazy is that? I look back now and wonder what on earth I was doing but at the time I was so young, and I felt so stuck, and I figured I’d just wait it out and get divorced later. I…