Skip to content

Jayne Hardy

  • About
  • My Books
  • Get in touch
  • About
  • My Books
  • Get in touch

physical rest

How to Make Sure You’re Getting the 7 Types of Rest You Need
Everything Else ➤ 6th June 2023

How to Make Sure You’re Getting the 7 Types of Rest You Need

Rest doesn’t just occur when we’re asleep. In fact, if we spend our days zipping and zooming from one task to another, multi-tasking and switching between tasks willy-nilly, then when we lay down at night, our brain will probably start swimming through all that happened, might happen, or will happen. Sleep might feel elusive. This is because we haven’t had enough rest during the day or not enough of the right type of rest.

Read More
*waves hello*

*waves hello*

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.)

CATEGORIES

  • DIY Projects + Crafts
  • Everything Else
  • Writing

YOU MIGHT LIKE:

Everything Else ➤ 1st March 2024

What Athletes Teach Us About Goal-Setting And Goal-Getting

The frameworks athletes build around a central overriding goal are fascinating. And, replicable. That's the bit I find so juicy; we can all build support systems, carefully curated routines, and take care of ourselves in optimum ways.

Read More
DIY Projects + Crafts ➤ 17th October 2023

An Easy Peasy Way to Create Your Own Colour Palettes in Canva

It's something that's spanned my life, this love of colour. I'd collect paint charts as a kid, create mood boards from the Argos Catalogue and sort my large collection of Crayola Crayons into colour order in the fancy schmancy crayon holder I had. Since then, I've pulled together colour palettes for book covers, products, mood boards for DIY and 'just for fun' and I want to show you how you can do so too.

Read More
Everything Else ➤ 9th June 2023

42 Things I’ve Learned From 42 Trips Around The Sun

We celebrate birthdays in our family hard. They allow us to celebrate the people we adore in the most rambunctious ways. The anticipation of a birthday month is something I've enjoyed since I was so tiny. I love too, how it's a natural way to press pause and reflect on all that's passed us by. Here's my list of things I've learned as my 42nd birthday approaches.

Read More
Writing ➤ 14th November 2023

These 5 Books Will Help You Become A Better Fiction Writer

There's a lot of learning by osmosis that comes with being a fiction writer who reads a ton of fiction books. An innate understanding of the flow and rhythm and twists and turns within the stories of new and old.

Read More
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.

Read More
DIY Projects + Crafts ➤ 12th May 2023

How to Easily Create a Professional Blog or Website for Less Than £63

I've created a video to hand-hold you through that bit so that you end up with a snazzy website built on WordPress, just like mine - this very one, in fact.

Read More
Everything Else ➤ 26th June 2023

Mind + Body: The Physical Toll of Chronic Stress

We’ve all heard the term ‘bottled up’ used to describe when someone might suppress, mask, or refrain from showing their feelings. It turns out that we can literally bottle up our emotions by storing them within our bodies.

Read More
DIY Projects + Crafts ➤ 19th April 2024

This Crochet Pattern Makes The Cosiest Blanket

Our daughter is in her minimalistic preppy era and wanted a blanket for her bed which fit the brief. I found just the thing and then made it!

Read More
DIY Projects + Crafts ➤ 2nd December 2024

DIY Christmas Crafts: Baked Orange Garland

The scent of these baked oranges are up there with freshly cut grass, baked bread and chai latte, for me. A Christmas craft that’s ridiculously easy to do and one I do year after year...

Read More
Everything Else ➤ 6th December 2024

ADHD Support For Those Living In Cornwall

This is a working document which is updated frequently with the help and support available to those who live in Cornwall and have ADHD (whether diagnosed or self-realised). >> Download the .pdf version Useful READING...

Read More
  • My account
  • Get in touch
  • Privacy Notice
© 2026 | Jayne Hardy