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If a loved one has suffered trauma, it can sometimes be difficult to know how to help. It’s only natural you want to make them feel better again, but it’s also important you accept what’s happened to them. Whatever you try to do, it’s not going to make their pain any less or make it … Read more
It is safe to say that firewood is needed on a year-by-year basis in the UK, as it gets so cold in the winter. Nevertheless, there are still those who are failing to dry and store their firewood properly. This can prove to be extremely dangerous. Furthermore, if you do not dry out the wood … Read more
The Bachelorette party is one of the events that you will remember all your life. That’s why it would be better if it would mean more than a city-centre limousine ride and an alcohol-rich club outing at the end of which you won’t remember much. To spice things up and get the party going, you … Read more
When I first left school and really didn’t have a clue what I wanted to do for a career, I spent some time within the local hospital’s physiotherapy department, working with lots of the older generation trying to get them up and mobile again, another service that was offered in the unit which fascinated me … Read more
Every language you speak presents a new window of opportunity to thrive and succeed in life. Since most of us are aware of this fact, it’s no wonder that so many parents nowadays want their children to get an academic and social advantage by learning a foreign language. However, parents often have a hard time … Read more
So we are nearly a quarter of the way through 2019 already and with another round of birthdays approaching and Xene our eldest turning 21, I have been thinking about our lives together so far and how much has changed in those 21 years. When we first had Xene we had just purchased our first … Read more
Sometimes setting goals can be an overwhelming process. Here are ten tips that break down the setting and achieving of one’s goals. Whatever one’s aspirations in life are, they have the best chance for success if they establish goals and work diligently towards realizing them. Unless someone has a clear mental picture of what they … Read more
Years ago, Malcolm X said: “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today”. It doesn’t come as a surprise that decades later his words are still relevant and still ring with truth, but sadly, for a great number of people in the world, education has become … Read more
It’s Sunday night. And that means that there’s definitely a high chance that your ‘Sunday scaries’ are in full flight, due to the looming work week ahead. While it may sound like a cute and cuddly term, the reality is that term ‘Sunday scaries’ belies a much more serious condition: work-related anxiety. Many of us … Read more