Seek balance or truly present in the moment?
I stumbled upon the word ‘Koyaanisqatsi’ while doing my research for this post on balance. Some of you might have heard the word or the movie. But it’s not a word that I use often in my everyday...
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A vent buddy is good for your mental health
A vent buddy is good for your mental health
Do you have a vent buddy?
A recent podcast by The minimalists stated that there are 60,000 thoughts in day and 80% of those thoughts are negative. It means that there are 48,000 negatives...
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The Science behind the mystery of missing socks
The science behind the mystery of missing socks
As a kid, one of the things that intrigued me the most was the mystery behind the Bermuda Triangle. The write ups of years of fevered speculations – ‘Was it due to magnetic field? Or aliens or...
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Secret of raising successful kids
Secret of raising successful kids
How to raise successful kids? The question that generates pages and pages of answers in the google search engine is a mind boggling question. Because your definition of success, may not be the same as mine...
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10 ways to smile the perfect smile
10 ways to smile the perfect smile
The sun sank in the sky as a beautiful melting sorbet and I smiled the perfect smile as a witness to the beauty around! Tip-toed it came and pinched me gently and it flashed. At first through the corner of my...
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Is it senior school already?!
Is it senior school already?!
I was doing the usual morning ritual of opening the fridge door (read facebook) and a memory from the year 2012 popped up. It was a photograph of my eldest one's first day at school in the pre prep. A cheeky...
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Endurance call – My first 5k!
Hi everyone !
Hope you are well and please accept my sincere apologies for the extremely late post. I blame the kids' summer holiday and the move from London to Hertfordshire for not coming up with any posts. We have recently moved to...
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What would you like to ‘never grow out of’?
What would you like to 'never grow out of'?
I wanted to keep the post simple and an idea smiled at me while I was reading a story to my daughter. Remember those 'once upon a time' and 'they lived happily ever after' stories? Weren't they...
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‘Is it Father’s Day today?’ – My dad’s response
Is it Father’s Day today?
‘Is it Father’s Day today?’ It was my dad's usual response to my wish. I had never wished my dad on social media as he was not on social media. I might have written a post but it would have been generic, not...
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Ever thought of the unplug button?
Ever thought of the unplug button?
Whenever there is a problem with the wifi connection or there is an issue with the computer, the rule of thumb in our family is to unplug, restart or the age old switch on and off. Even my six year old knows...