Mum On A Mission For A Better Life
A UK Family lifestyle blog
Read on to find out how I managed to change a life time of negative thought patterns into positive ones to increase my confidence and improve mental health. Of course, I am not a trained professional, I am just someone who has learned through lived experience and read a lot about these topics. Negative thought …
We all certainly know that times are tough right now, but that makes it more important than ever to maintain good mental health. An important aspect of this is to keep positive and do things which make you laugh and feel good. Keeping positive First of all, it is important not to over think things …
Many years ago I tried my hand at poetry. I am by no means a proper poet, but as today is World Poetry Day, I thought that I would share my favourite poem from those that I have written. ‘So Alone’ poem was written when I was unwell with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and I truly …
How much screen time is too much, is something that has been on my mind a lot lately in regards to my daughter and also for myself too! We are now coming up to a year of homeschooling. Over that year Faith has had many more opportunities to spend time on her phone or watch …
It can be very easy to upset a child with an animal. Dogs are often boisterous and loud, and cats can be very independent and scratchy. Hamsters are small and might not retain a child’s attention. Snakes can be exotic animals for most ages, children and adults alike! Of course, not every kid is going …
.If you’re a parent and thinking about divorce, you will probably wonder what age is going to be best for the kids. There is most definitely not a magic number when it comes to defining the right age for kids. Although age is a valid consideration, there is no age that makes them more resilient. …
Making friends as an adult is something that I have struggled with a lot in my life and in fact, I still do. Regular blog readers will know how complex I find this area to be. I think that it is really difficult if you do not learn those social skills as a child and …
Racism within the UK I grew up in a small village in the 1980’s which consisted of only white British people. As a young child, the only people I had ever seen who were not white British were on TV. At my high school, my whole year group were white British. I think that there were …
Family life often has its challenges and family finances are one of the biggest challenges for us. Especially as we have lived most of our lives on only one wage, as I was either a stay at home mum, ill with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or a student. Many of us do not have the capacity …
Dear school bullies I wonder if you even think about or remember how cruel you were to me when we were in high school? I wonder if you realise the long-term impact that your actions and words have had on my whole life and if you even care? Well, I remember. I was always a …
