Almost everyone wants to know how to plan for success. Luckily, it is not actually as difficult as it might seem right now. Most of us set ourselves new goals regularly. This is great! It gives us something to work towards. Unfortunately though, most of these goals are more often than not, quite unrealistic. [...]
Statistically, 1 in 5 young people struggle with mental illness. That’s about 20% of our population. Mental illness is a not a choice or a sign of weakness. It occurs all over the world in different cultures, races, and socio-economic groups. Being diagnosed with a mental illness is no one’s “fault” and there is no [...]
We all want to know the secret of how to lose weight fast! But, that's just it...there is no secret! It's all about following the simple rules - and sticking to them. A big reason for people eating processed or unhealthy foods is that they don't allow themselves enough time to prepare and cook a healthy [...]
What is SEO? Search Engine Optimisation SEO is the way in which you optimise your website so that it ranks well in organic (natural) searches from search engines like Google. Almost everyone who writes about SEO mentions the need to build a website that is friendly and easy for search engines to crawl. However, [...]
Just after my Squidge was born (January last year): - I was still with her dad. - We had temporarily moved in with my parents so that we (I) could save for a mortgage. - We were looking at where we were going to invest for our family home. - I was already planning [...]
Most of my career has involved working with teenagers and dealing with teenage behavior and attitude problems. During this time, I have had extensive behavior management training and over 10 years of experience dealing with difficult teenagers. Many of the young people I have worked with have had mental health problems and/or a diagnosis [...]
Pinterest drives 80% of the traffic to my blog - so it clearly deserves my time and attention! Growing your blog traffic by boosting your Pinterest traffic is one of the most common methods of growing "the right" engagement. In my first ever month of blogging my Pinterest had an amazing growth of 22,000%. [...]
We all have those days when we want to do something fun with the kids, but WHAT? I used to get completely stuck for ideas and would find myself searching the internet for "fun things to do with a toddler" for over an hour before I found any good and creative ideas of what [...]
