Why Are Essential Oils So Expensive?
As with everything, you get what you pay for when you buy essential oils. Rose Otto retails at around £48 for 2.5ml, which is half a teaspoon. This may surprise…
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A Beginner’s Guide To Crystals
Whether you’re a firm believer in their powers, or a hardened cynic, there is no denying crystals are seeing a huge surge in popularity. Google searches for the term ‘healing…
What’s It Like To Study 100% Online at Masters Level?
I am currently six months away from completing my master’s in Creative Writing with the Open University. I started the course in October 2019 – a different time altogether, when…
What Are Anti-Inflammatories and How Can They Help Us?
Anti-inflammatories, as the name suggests, reduce inflammation in the body. Inflammation occurs on a daily basis and is the body’s attempt to protect itself by trying to remove foreign substances…
Simple Breathing Techniques To Help Overcome Stress And Anxiety
Breathing. If you don’t do it, you die. But how often do you actually think about breathing? Breathing is, of course, a natural bodily function that we unconsciously perform every…
Mindfulness: A Guide to Gratitude
Gratitude is more than simply saying ‘thank you.’ It’s expressing appreciation for what you have. It’s recognising the things beyond a price tag. By adopting a practice of gratitude, we…
Winter Skincare Tips for Mature Faces
The winter months can challenge mature skin. Having heating on at home, the colder weather outside and a lack of natural sunlight for an important Vitamin D boost, all play…
Five Reasons You Can’t Stick To Your Healthy Eating Plan
If healthy eating plans keep falling through, it can often be down to five main reasons… From not setting clear goals, to being too restrictive and having subconscious beliefs about…
Top 5 Vegan Trends This Veganuary
The UK is the largest consumer and purchaser of plant-based milk, meat, cheese and ready meals in Europe, and one in three people in the UK have stopped or reduced…
How To Run Safe This Winter
The festive period typically sees the number of people pounding the pavements decline – with a third of us doing no exercise at all as we cosy up on the…
