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How We Handle Eczema Flare-Ups In Our House
Everything Else ➤ 5th January 2024

How We Handle Eczema Flare-Ups In Our House

Writing about Eczema might seem like a complete u-turn in the content I ordinarily write but my blogging roots are in a) health and beauty (hello, Beach Bum Beauty Blog circa 2009), and, b) writing about what I've gone through (hello, The Blurt Foundation 2011 - 2022) first-hand or through parenting. So, Eczema, then. Eczema is a skin condition which can cause inflammation in the skin, making it sore, itchy, and dry.

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I'm Jayne

A word-y, blanket-loving, hot drink-guzzling, Wordle-playing, creative who has written a book or two*.

*(five, we're on book five.)

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Everything Else ➤ 30th March 2023

Self-Care For When We’re Empty And Have Nothing Left To Give

This post is an extract from my book ‘The Self-Care Project’, available to purchase from Amazon, Waterstones, WHSmith, and other local bookshops. Sometimes we find ourselves on our knees; our motivation has deserted us, our...

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Everything Else ➤ 25th September 2023

Why Kidpreneurs Are So Exciting And What We Can Learn From Them

A kidpreneur is a kid who has the impetus and ideas to create a business venture at a young age. From Henry Patterson's "Not Before Tea", "Zellie" and "Young and Mighty" to Ava Dooley's "Ava's Pet Palace", there are a plethora of examples of young entrepreneurs defying the norms and showcasing their creativity, determination, and innovative spirit. And I'm totally here for it.

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Everything Else ➤ 19th April 2024

Interesting Things I Found On The Internet This Week

Gosh, how lucky we are to live in an age where everything we want to know and learn is available on the internet at the tippity-tap of our fingertips?! When I think of all of the questions I used to ask my mum was I was younger and how difficult it must have been for her to get access to the answers she didn't know compared with how easily we just 'look things up' now... This week, I came across a few really cool and interesting things on the internet. Some of them, sososo helpful, that I couldn't help but want to share. So, here we are!

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Everything Else ➤ 31st March 2023

A Compassionate Guide To Ditching Self-Doubt

Those sneaky and persistent feelings of self-doubt and limiting beliefs don’t half hold us back. Causing hesitation, creating mental blocks and crushing our confidence. They make us second-guess ourselves to the point where we’re afraid...

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Everything Else ➤ 17th January 2025

Here’s How To ‘Bionic Read’ On Amazon Kindle

My Kindle is one of my favourite and most-used material possessions. Where I go, my Kindle will surely follow. I love that I can load it up with books aplenty and never be without a...

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Everything Else ➤ 26th March 2024

The Reason Why ‘Thinking Positive’ Isn’t Always Easy

The negative stuff tends to shine like a beacon, roar like a lion and refuse to retreat. Positive stuff does happen, and we actively look for it, but it always feels outnumbered by the rough stuff, which starts to make us feel that we're doing something wrong, that we're broken, that we're really unlucky. Or all of the above.

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Writing ➤ 7th October 2024

What It’s Like To Write Under A Pen Name

My sixth book (I can't believe it!) is making its way into the wilds next year, and you won't know it's been written by me. You see, I wrote this book under a pen name because it was a writing commission and a slight departure from my other titles.

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Writing ➤ 13th April 2023

Never Run Out of Ideas: 5 Simple Strategies for Consistent Blog Content

Keeping a blog's editorial calendar padded out with content that's relevant, fresh, interesting, helpful, and engaging is a continual work in progress. Here are 5 really simple tried and tested ways to come up with enough ideas to fill an editorial calendar with content we can be proud of.

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DIY Projects + Crafts ➤ 12th October 2023

A Christmas Gift Guide for Pre-Teen Girls

I do not like choosing gifts for people. In fact, it's a huge source of stress for me. Will they like it? Do they already have it? What if they pretend to like it? What if they're disappointed? Thankfully, we have a long-held family tradition of sharing gift lists and I'm really grateful we do. With that in mind, and because this pre-teen age is one I find tricky to buy for, I roped Peggy into helping me craft this gift guide for pre-teen girls in the hope it'll help you in the same way our lists help me.

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Writing ➤ 4th April 2023

Getting to Know Yourself: Journal Prompts for Self-Reflection and Growth

Life can be all go-go-go; busy, overwhelming, full to the rafters of responsibilities. All of the doing and showing-up can leave us little time to tune-into ourselves; to reflect on who we are, what we...

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