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How To Be Cool

06/02/2017 / Lauren / 13 Comments
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I was not the coolest kid during primary nor secondary school. I tried my very best to always fit in, which I think made me stick out even more. Trying to be like the girls I was friends with never really suited me and I always felt like a bit of an outsider. This insecurity …

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How To Accept A Compliment (Because You Deserve It)

23/01/2017 / Lauren / 19 Comments
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How often are you complimented on something and feel either embarrassed or undeserving? Too often if you are anything like me.

The Importance Of Being In A Community

16/01/2017 / Lauren / 12 Comments
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My SO has just started a new job, with the awesome title of Social Media And Content Developer. I’m very jealous and very proud of him, but his absence is already freaking me out a bit. He leaves at 8am, returns at 6pm. That’s 10 hours, x5 days a week that I’ll be on my …

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When Things Don’t Go Quite To Plan (But That’s Okay)

11/01/2017 / Lauren / 9 Comments
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How much of your life do you plan out? How much of your life can you plan out? Plans are great as they can make you feel like you have finally worked out a way of achieving something that you want or need. They can be the first step to a solution for a problem …

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Do Something That Is Just For You

04/01/2017 / Lauren / 2 Comments
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Though I am a big believer in passing on acts of kindness and doing things for other people, I am also a massive advocate for doing things for yourself. And no, I don’t just mean being an independent grown-up who can pay their own bills, or doing lots of self-care activities – I mean doing …

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