Regardless of individual tastes in decor and design, everyone wants a comfortable home. We hope this collaborative post helps give you ideas on how to achieve that. After all, this is where you spend the bulk of your free time, and having drafts, leaky windows and other little irritations can really bring down our mood. Whether you’ve just moved into […]
Home & Garden
Get Gardening By Growing Your Own
Growing your own veg isn’t as hard as you think it might be, and is actually a great activity for all the family to get involved in. Our collaborative post sharing some how to’s might be helpful to get you started. Create the Right Environment First, you need to have the right space to start growing things you can eat. […]
Health and wellbeing
6 Ways to Ensure You’re Drinking Clean Water
We often take clean water for granted but is your water really as clean as you think it is? This collaborative post sharing ways to ensure you are drinking clean water might be helpful making sure. Water is a must and without it, survival is impossible. Without water, our bodies will fail to function and will give up on us […]
Mental Health
How to practice Santosha
In this article, we look at simple but effective techniques to help you how to embody ‘Santosha’ – or as we know it – contentment. To begin, let’s look at where Santosha sits in the overall structure of the eight limbs of yoga. Often we think of yoga as being bendy or meditating, but did you know that the physical yoga we practice in the […]
Pets and petcare
Tips to keep your dog healthy and happy
We all love our dogs and a dog owner or prospective dog owner finding the best ways to keep your dog healthy and happy are always your priority. We have some helpful thoughts to help you. Having a dog as part of the family is one of life’s little pleasures. They bring so much joy, are loyal, fun, adventurous, cheeky […]
Family and parenting
How to help your child adjust to a new sibling
The arrival of a new baby brother or sister might not feel as exciting for their siblings so as a parent we have some tips on on how to help your child adjust to a new sibling so that the transition hopefully goes a little more smoothly. You may already have a long list of things to do before the […]
Pets and petcare
Taking care of your dog when you are away
One of the things you need to consider when you are planning to get a dog, is who is taking care of your dog when you are away, on holiday, or for work or in an emergency. A little forward planning or a back up plan is always useful. It’s always frustrating to try and take a holiday when you […]
Jobs and careers
Helping your kids prepare for the future
Image by Juraj Varga Helping Your Kids Prepare for the Future is every parents goal, or should be, but how do you do that? Careers That Encourage Creativity It is certainly no secret that we all want our children to grow up better than we did. We want them to go to the best schools, get the best jobs, and not have […]
Finances and money management
Increase your finances wisely
This is a collaborative post sharing some information on sharing your finances wisely, that we hope is helpful. As always, consult a qualified accountant or financial advisor before making big financial life decisions. Everyone dreams of having more money to play with. Well you can, there are ways you can make a little bit of extra money and increase your […]
Pets and petcare
What does a service dog do?
What does a service dog do, to help the humans they are working with? This collaborative post shares a little bit about how dogs and humans support each other. While we adore dogs for all the cute stuff they do, they are, in fact, capable of doing much more! Our beloved furry pals are highly trainable and they possess a […]