Tag Inspiration for women

YOUR SECRETS: EMMA’S STORY, PART 2: More pearls of wisdom

Following on from yesterday’s inspiring post, are some more words of wisdom from the courageous Emma Atack. As a little follow up to every ‘your secrets’ story, I ask everyone who takes part to share a few tips with us all. After all, what better way is there  to learn, than from someone who has already been there and got the T-shirt?! I’d also like to take a wee moment

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YOUR SECRETS: Emma’s story ‘My chronic pain will not stop me being happy’

I AM delighted to share with you another reader story today. This time, it’s the turn of Emma Atack and I promise you, if you aren’t inspired and motivated after reading this, I will eat my hat! Imagine – if you can – being in absolute agony nearly every single day of your life. Of having to come to terms, accept and live with a health condition that changes everything

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LIFE: My ‘cover girl’ moment!

VERY very occasionally you get a surprise email that lands in your inbox which is so amazing, so fantastic, it is almost too good to be true. And so, it was, on a fairly typical day in December that a very untypical email arrived in my inbox and made me squeal with joy. The email was from a journalist from Essentials magazine inviting me to be on the cover (!)

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SASS: A letter to Kate Moss…on her 40th Birthday

Dear Kate, How are you feeling now your big four-0 has arrived? Hungover? Knackered? Raring to go? Still in bed? I know you’ll probably never read this letter – *sighs* – however I just wanted to take some time out of my day to write to you, on this very auspicious birthday of yours. Before we get started, I’ve a little confession to make. Because you see, although you are

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STYLE: How dressing for my life brought me closer to style heaven

WHEN it comes to reinventing yourself, there is no easier way of doing so, than changing your look. Clothes, make up and hair styles are the quickest, simplest ways to change both how we and look and feel about ourselves. But yet how many of us are stuck in a rut, still wearing things that do not suit who we are or our lives? Last year I was forced to

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YOUR SECRETS: Helen’s story, Part 2: Advice and recipes

AS promised, today’s post follows on from yesterday and Helen’s incredibly inspiring fitness story. As a little follow up to her story, I asked Helen to provide us with a few of her top tips for success and (you’re definitely going to thank me for this one) a couple of her favourite healthy recipes too. Many thanks to everyone who commented or tweeted about Helen’s ‘Your Secret’ post yesterday. The

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Five things you need to do this year to become the best ‘you’ possible

FIRSTLY, before I begin, you should know that I think you’re pretty damn wonderful already. However, it is the New Year, which means – in case you hadn’t noticed – that the whole world is on a mission to lose weight, get fit, be happier, become more successful etc etc etc. The truth is of course, that all of us want to be the very best we can be. And

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FRIDAY FIVE: What I’m thankful for…

TODAY’S post is inspired by one of my favourite blogs, the lovely Florence Finds. Yesterday, the founder of the blog Rebecca, published a wonderful little post about being thankful for what we have in our lives – you can read it here – and because I loved it so much, I decided to do my own version for today’s Friday Five. Sometimes, we all just need a reminder of how

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