Stress Relief

The Zen of Housework: How to Make Household Chores a Family Team Event!!!

Let’s face it, there always seem to be people in the family that need to pull their weight around the house, and it might even be you *gasp!*. Whether we’re talking about our kids, our partner, or ourselves, we know that the balance for working around the house is rarely perfect.

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Menu Mondays: Mushroom Curry – easy, full of flavour and a real treat

Menu Mondays: Mushroom Curry – an easy vegetarian dish, low-fat, full of flavour and a real treat for all the family

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Menu Mondays: Thai Vegetable Soup – Full of Flavour & Surprisingly Simple

Last week’s favourite was a bit of a surprise for me. It’s something we’ve never had before and to be quite honest it just seemed to… well, simple. But when we put it together, the flavours really came together and it was really good. It just goes to show that good meals don’t actually need to be that complex.

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Elizabeth Gilbert: Author of ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ Talks About Nurturing Creativity [video]

Instead of the rare person “being” a genius, all of us “have” a genius. Check out Elizabeth Gilbert (Author of ‘Eat, Pray, Love’) in this funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk.

The author of Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert has thought long and hard about some large topics. Her next fascination: genius, and how we ruin it.

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Why Astronauts Feel Low, Olympians Go Cold At Gold & You Should Plan For Success

Creating a series of plans and alternate routes for the future can mentally free you up to enjoy the process of your success. It can also allow you take the wider view and see possibilities you would miss if you didn’t stop to look around every now and again.

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Menu Mondays: Sausage and Lentil Casserole – Try it and find out why it’s a family favourite

You just can’t go wrong with this warming, filling and family loving sausage and lentil casserole. As soon as it starts bubbling away on the stove we start getting a steady stream of visitors asking ‘what’s cooking?’, ‘is it ready yet?’, ‘can I just have a taste?’ All in a ten minute period.

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Are You the Tortoise or the Hare? You can be either and still come out on top…

I’m sure you’re familiar with Aesop’s fable of The Tortoise and the Hare, so I won’t bother with the retelling. However, can you remember the moral of the story? Most people when asked this quickly reply “Slow and steady wins the race”, and it’s no surprise as this has been drummed in to everyone since [...]

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Menu Mondays: Sweet & Sour Pork wins the week!

Thanks to everyone for celebrating Menu Mondays with us, your feedback – in all formats, has really been appreciated.

Fancy Chinese this week? Check out this simple, but great recipe for home-made Sweet & Sour Pork with noodles…

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Open your own Garden Gallery with the fun art of Moss Graffiti

Spring is coming and it’s time to go get outside. Make designing your garden fun for everyone this year by creating your own garden gallery. Check out the very cheap and easy, but effective power of Moss Paint.

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Kick Stress: 5 Tips for a better Work-Life Balance

Beat burnout by discovering ways to devote more time to the activities and people that matter most to you.

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