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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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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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My mantra has always been that a hotel room is a means to an end. It’s a bed that you need after visiting somewhere far more interesting than the four walls where you sleep. How can a hotel room really be much different from another? Oh, how wrong I was. The Devonshire Arms at Beeley, hands down, the nicest hotel room I have ever had the pleasure to stay in. Period.
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Set in the most picturesque location in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales, The Devonshire Fell sits proudly overlooking Burnsall. This hotel offers the perfect retreat for a variety of occasions, be it an intimate weekend with the other half in one of Yorkshires Best Beds or a suite with the girls for a spa weekend. It is the perfect location for walks from the door and the perfect environment to look forward to returning for a fantastically executed meal in the evening.
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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.