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FoodSeptember 24, 2021

5 Snacks You Can Make With A Mug And A Microwave

By Becky Stafferton

Courtesy of my eleven-year old daughter and TikTok I have recently been introduced to the foodie fad that is mug cakes. Let me tell…

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Wellbeing ReviewsSeptember 22, 2021

My HALO Ring Review: The Silicone Ring With A Story

By Becky Stafferton

Jewellery is such a personal thing, especially rings. I only ever wear the same three rings – my engagement ring, wedding ring, and my…

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FoodSeptember 15, 2021

5 Quick and Easy Rice Recipes For The Whole Family

By Becky Stafferton

Mealtimes are an important factor of daily family life. It is a time when we not only share food together, but we also share…

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WellbeingSeptember 14, 2021

Are Your Dreams More Vivid During Perimenopause?

By Becky Stafferton

If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram you’ll know all about how vivid and weird my dreams are. But they haven’t always been…

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Health, WellbeingSeptember 13, 2021

Ameo Life: Exploring All Natural Silver Products

By Becky Stafferton

When you’re on the hunt for new health and wellness products to try out, do you ever look out for ones that contain silver…

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Food Reviews, Wellbeing ReviewsSeptember 8, 2021

WellBeSleep Review – Natural Shots And Chocolate To Help You Sleep

By Becky Stafferton

If I was to ask you the question, “do you sleep well?” how would you answer? According to research carried out by Anxiety UK,…

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WellbeingSeptember 6, 2021

5 Ways To Switch Off When Working From Home

By Becky Stafferton

Before covid many of us would have loved to be able to work from home; it was the ultimate dream. But as most of…

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FitnessAugust 28, 2021

5 Covid Friendly Outdoor Activities To Keep You Fit This Autumn

By Becky Stafferton

The covid pandemic has highlighted more than ever just how important it is to keep yourself fit and healthy with covid friendly outdoor activities….

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WellbeingAugust 27, 2021

Simple Ways To Declutter Your Home And Improve Your Wellbeing

By Becky Stafferton

It’s been 7 years since the infamous KonMari method entered our lives, where we were encouraged to declutter our homes through a process of…

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WellbeingAugust 24, 2021

5 Tips To Guarantee You Always Buy The Perfect Gift For Your Child

By Becky Stafferton

Buying the perfect gift for your child is tough, right? One moment they’re into one particular thing and then before you know it they’re…

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My current reads 📚 . I've currently got 5 of th My current reads 📚 . I've currently got 5 of these #books on the go, but wanted to also include 1 that I've just finished and LOVED, as well as my all time favourite book. . 📔 The Comfort Book by @mattzhaig I love all his books if I'm honest, but this one is literally what it says on the cover.... a comfort. I keep it by my bedside and dip into it whenever I need to. Lots of favourite and poignant pages have been folded back for easy access. . 📕 Where the Crawdads Sing by @authordeliaowens Just beautiful. Such a lovely landscape, all the atmosphere. My nightly read. . 📗 Mum, What's Wrong With You? by @lorrainecandy If you're a parent to a tween or teen girl you NEED this in your life. I smashed out 150 pages in one go the other weekend. Has made me roll my eyes, shed a tear, and laugh so hard I nearly fell out my hammock. So relatable and so reassuring! . 📔 Preparing for the Perimenopause and Menopause by @menopause_doctor Super easy to read and very understandable. My bible at the mo for obvious reasons. If you suspect you're going through the #perimenopause you need this in your life. . 📗 The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read by Philippa Perry Another parenting manual... do you get the sense I'm paranoid about how I raise my kids 😜 Just offers a few different perspectives, which I like. . 📕 Life in Pieces by @hotpatooties I love this lady, if you don't follow her on Insta already please do, she's so funny. This is her diary of lockdown and it is everything we were all thinking and more. Thank I might also have a small girl crush on her - she's brill! . 📔 Lanark: A Life in Four Books by Alasdair Gray. My fave book of all time. I was introduced to it as part of my course in uni, we were doing a module on Scottish literature. There's no way I would have ever chosen this book, just cos of the cover, it looked a bit hobbity for my liking. But I'm so glad it crossed my path, because it feeds my love of dystopian literature. I've read it 5 or 6 times now and every time I do I get something new from it. Not everyone's cup of tea... but then neither am I 😜
Can't actually believe it. After more than 2 years Can't actually believe it. After more than 2 years of struggling with what I have always known were #perimenopause symptoms (in my gut I just knew) I have finally been prescribed HRT. . Am feeling ALL the emotions right now 😁😭🙆‍♀️ . I am very aware that I shouldn't have had to have reached a point where I've had to pay and go private. I am also very aware how privileged that makes me. That I am in a position to be able to afford it. It makes me absolutely heartbroken that other women may not be in that position. And that many are denied what they need. It makes me feel so sad thinking about anyone feeling like I have felt. . There are obviously no guarantees this will work. And I am sure there will be lots of experimentation needed to get the dose right. But I am finally able to take the next step in my journey and it feels AMAZING!
Trying to raise myself up from a #perimenopause da Trying to raise myself up from a #perimenopause dark spot by doing the things I know that help. . The past couple of days have been a struggle. Literally out of nowhere my #hormones hit me full pelt with their shitty symptoms. It was anxiety overload for a while and this girl was a teary hot mess, not gonna lie. . What I find the biggest struggle in all of this is that I never know when it's gonna hit and I feel incapable of being able to stop it. Which as someone who is a bit of a control freak really freaks me out! . Heart palpitations, dizzy spells, breathlessness, tears for days, anxious about bloody everything, overthinking, you name it I had it. But I literally couldn't tell you why. It's not like there's anything bothering me, nothing's stressing me out. This is physical. A physical imbalance and I need it sorting. . It has taken me two days to even begin to think about sharing this and I very nearly didn't, in fact even as I write this I'm getting a little emosh about it. I was worried about what people might think. That I'd look weak and pathetic. That people might think I was looking for attention. Or that I might worry people. Which is not what I want. . But I know how important it is we talk about this and that actually when I start to come out of the fog (which I am, I can feel it lifting again) writing it down is like therapy, and so it's important I face this head on and acknowledge this is happening to me. . I have a telephone consultation with a menopause expert tomorrow who I'm hoping can help me. Cos dear lord I need it!! . Thank you to my running friends who somehow helped me get round the run yesterday and gave me kind words as my eyes leaked. Forcing myself out on that run and taking myself out to the woods this morning helped. Getting outside always helps. But now I need more. And hopefully I'll get it. I'll keep you posted xx
Can you guess what this is? . You should know me w Can you guess what this is? . You should know me well enough by now to know that I am an oversharer ✌ So at the risk of yet again #oversharing this my loves is my period log that I use on the @menopause_doctor Balance app. And those dark circles.... those are days when I've bled. No wonder I'm so freakin' exhausted 😬😨 . #perimenopause is a bitch. Still undiagnosed, but I know. This is definitely it. . Don't worry, I'm going to try and do something about it again. Contact an expert. Try and get someone to help me. Because honestly, this is fucking miserable (I wasn't gonna swear but man alive I just can't help it when it comes to #hormones they bring out the very worst in me) . I guess the point of me sharing this with you all is firstly to make myself accountable, which as we all know is the first step in taking action. And secondly to show you how important and how invaluable it is to log your period and any symptoms you're experiencing. Because it's only when you look at the hard evidence that you realise how dire it's got. And to give you the strength to stand up for yourself. . This is NOT normal. . It is NOT right that I am having to go through this without support. . It is NOT acceptable that just because I am under the apparent magic #menopause age of 45 I can't possibly be going through this. . Because I am. . And those dark circles on this chart prove it.
Happy Gotcha Day Baxter Boo (Sir Waginauld, Boo Bo Happy Gotcha Day Baxter Boo (Sir Waginauld, Boo Boo Bear, Lord Cheese, Bogdog, Turdburger and all your other pseudonyms) . Chaser of squirrels, pigeon botherer, ruler of rank, aggy bastard that you are you have changed our world in more ways than you will ever know. . Lots of hammy treats for you today my boy #happygotchaday
Friday Flump . The #hormones are running rife at t Friday Flump . The #hormones are running rife at the mo, the little blighters. Not actually feeling too bad in myself as such.... well I say that.... . I'm feeling flumpy, like not bloated as such, but big and puffy and like my clothes don't fit. . I'm knackered, always. . I've been spotting every other day since my last period. . And I am emotional as fuck, could have started crying countless times over the past couple of days over the teeniest of inconsequential things. . And yet despite this shit show, weirdly I sorta feel fine in myself, like totally together. I can only think that this is acceptance. . Acceptance that this is now my normal. Acceptance that I just need to soldier on and make the best of it. Acceptance that middle age has struck and I just need to get on with it. Acceptance that I am in the grip of #perimenopause and I just need to let my hormones do there thing. Bit shit though ain't it...
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