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A year to the day and myself, my husband and our two children were midway through our 10th Wedding Anniversary trip of a lifetime to Sri Lanka and now this incredibly beautiful and captivating little country is in mourning.
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My mental health has had a good bashing over the years. I've suffered with post-natal-depression, panic attacks, addiction, anxiety and a serious lack of self love and self worth. And then of course there's the meds and the side effects that come with them.
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To support the #HaveAHeart campaign I asked the beautiful blog squad ladies some their thoughts on what wellbeing means to them, why they are supporting this campaign, who they are gifting their yellow hearts to and how they look after their own wellbeing.
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WIN a 2-night break at Casa Turnilla Yoga Retreat in Spain!
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A weekend at Casa Turnilla Yoga Retreat in the picture-perfect Spanish town of Estepona on the Costa A Del - just a hop, skip and a jump away from Marbs - is a fabulous little 2 night wellness break for anyone looking to get away from it all for a few days to practice some personal wellbeing.
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Just look at these amazingly strong and brave women - in support of Mental Health Awareness Week 2019 - proving just how incredible the human body is, and putting their own self-criticizing demons to one side in favour of some self-loving body positivity.
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Every single day we are met with a shitstorm of images of so-called perfection: perfect lives, perfect bodies, perfect children – all slapped across social media, held up for inspection, critique, adoration, judgement.
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The Devonshire Arms at picture-perfect Bolton Abbey on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales is one of Yorkshire’s most fabulous and intimate places to stay. It's old school, luxurious, and a proper treat for anyone looking for a romantic 24 hours.For me, the hotel's location always congers up scenes from the original hit musical; Mary Poppins, where Dick-Van-Dyke chalks a perfect picture of the English countryside and they all dive in for a day out in the country.
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This UNESCO World Heritage Site is full of beautifully manicured gardens, follies, and water features to ancient ruins and parkland with free-roaming deer. The kids might not fully appreciate the breathtaking beauty of Studley Royal and the history of the 12th-century Cistercian abbey but they’ll love the huge timber play area, nature-spotting, tunnels and climbing all over the abbey ruins.
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'Twas the night before World Book Day, when all through the house. Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse' And then you realise you need three literary-themed costumes by 8am tomorrow... Hobbycraft is closed. You're gonna have to raid the cupboards - cardboard, paint, glitter, and old bed sheet, And wine. Helps with the creativity.
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Children’s Wellbeing | Kids these days – they’ve got it made – or have they? – I’m a primary school teacher and I’m a mum to a beautiful, bright and bubbly six-year-old. I witness the ups and downs of wellbeing in children every day. Every parent faces the same dilemma – how to ensure the wellbeing of our children – particularly from a mental health perspective in a world that is more pressured than ever in more ways than one. 
Wellbeing in Business | Claim Your Day by Business Mentor Emma Stirk – Emma Stirk is a Business Success Coach and Legal strategist for small businesses, she left her corporate career as a high flying solicitor to set up her own business and has never looked back! Emma is passionate about empowering women to identify their purpose and goals, plan and strategise their next career or business move and create a positive, strong and confident mindset with high performance strategies to increase productivity and efficiency so you can work less, achieve more, and make burnout and overwhelm a thing of the past!
WELLBEING IN BUSINESS | Self love & Self Sabotage By PR Coach Jo Swann – Jo Swann has 15 solid years of experience in Public Relations and runs award-winning Leeds-based PR Company – Chocolate PR after working in media, marketing and PR agencies. She has worked with companies of all sizes including the likes of Whistles, NSPCC, Marriot Hotels, Yo! Sushi to name just a few and won many awards along the way but her mission now is to help small businesses, and particularly female entrepreneurs harness the power of PR. HAVE A HEART | My Story – The Reasons Behind #HaveAHeart – My mental health has had a good bashing over the years. I’ve suffered with post-natal-depression, panic attacks, addiction, anxiety and a serious lack of self love and self worth. And then of course there’s the meds and the side effects that come with them. A Wellbeing Week Q&A With The blog Squad – To support the #HaveAHeart campaign I asked the beautiful blog squad ladies some their thoughts on what wellbeing means to them, why they are supporting this campaign, who they are gifting their yellow hearts to and how they look after their own wellbeing.
WELLBEING THROUGH FITNESS | Life To Love by Fitness Expert Calum White – Calum White is one of Yorkshire’s most in-demand fitness trainers. he’s coached a wide variety of clients from high-performance athletes to busy parents, complete beginners and assisting pre/post-natal clients. He specialises in science-based fat loss and body transformations.
Children’s Wellbeing | Kids these days – they’ve got it made – or have they? – I’m a primary school teacher and I’m a mum to a beautiful, bright and bubbly six-year-old. I witness the ups and downs of wellbeing in children every day. Every parent faces the same dilemma – how to ensure the wellbeing of our children – particularly from a mental health perspective in a world that is more pressured than ever in more ways than one. COMPETITION | Win a Weekend on a Yoga Retreat in Spain – WIN a 2-night break at Casa Turnilla Yoga Retreat in Spain! RECOMMENDATION | Casa Turnilla Yoga Retreat, Spain – A weekend of wellbeing on many levels – A weekend at Casa Turnilla Yoga Retreat in the picture-perfect Spanish town of Estepona on the Costa A Del – just a hop, skip and a jump away from Marbs – is a fabulous little 2 night wellness break for anyone looking to get away from it all for a few days to practice some personal wellbeing.
Applying Patience & Balance for better wellbeing by Dani Bolser – My kids expect everything in an instant (or at least the very next day from Amazon Prime!) Questions like, “can I have this?”, “can we order it online?” and my favourite, “can we go to the shops and get me some new trainers?” (at 8pm!?) This whole lifestyle with no patience and everything is available at the click of a button suddenly started to take over my life. That and the constant screen time.
Travel Wellbeing | Taking The Stress Out Of Holiday Planning & Travelling – There are some people that appear to breeze through the process of booking their own holiday, however, I honestly believe that it’s because they are, somehow, unaware of the potential pitfalls, ever changing prices and at times totally underhand marketing tactics used by a few online travel providers.