Being a grown-up is all about managing things. Managing our time. Managing our energy. Managing our emotions. Managing our physical health. Managing our money. Managing our environment. If you can successfully manage all these things, congratulations! You have won at being a grown-up. Leave a comment below to receive your certificate. Chances are, however, that...

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April 8, 2018

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Routines matter (why dropping my phone led to my life unravelling)

by Suzie

In January I dropped my smartphone. It cracked the screen and rendered it unusable. Super irritating, but I don’t need my phone right? I don’t have a phone contract, and had bought my smartphone outright a couple of years ago. I did a quick bit of research and discovered decent smartphones had become pretty expensive. Unable...

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January 22, 2018

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Set a consistent sleep schedule: why it matters and how to do it

by Suzie

My next few posts are dedicated to sleep. Why? Because sleep is fundamental to achieving almost everything else. Without good quality sleep we are less productive, more stressed, less energetic and more irritable. High quality sleep is important for losing weight and building strength. It’s essential for sensible decision making and the ability to focus....

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January 1, 2018

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New Years Resolution: Lose weight and be healthy

by Suzie

It’s the time of year when gyms fill up and cake sales nosedive. The single most common New Years Resolution is to lose weight – with related resolutions around exercising more and eating healthier following on its heels. Unfortunately, by February, the cake sales are back up, the gyms have emptied, and we all feel...

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10 Quick Pick-Me-Ups for when you're exhausted. Give yourself the energy to enjoy the holiday season.

December 4, 2017

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10 quick pick-me-ups for when you’re exhausted

by Suzie

I love Christmas. The decorations that transform a cold, dark, gloomy winters day into a magical frosty fairyland. The mulled wine, mince pies and hot chocolate. And the carol singers, that bring musical cheer to train stations and public squares. However, it’s also a fact that December can be an exhausting time of year. There...

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How to eat 10 portions of fruit and veg a day

November 27, 2017

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How to eat 10 portions of fruit and veg a day

by Suzie

10 a day! That’s the recommendation from a study carried out in February, which advised that eating 10 portions of fruit and veg a day could dramatically decrease the chance of disease. Unfortunately, many of us find it a struggle to eat even the previously recommended 5-a-day. If we want to eat more fruit and...

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November 6, 2017

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How to deal with stress at work

by Suzie

Unless you are lucky, chances are high that at some point you’ll have a bad day at work. A project goes wrong. Traffic sucks and you’re late to a meeting. You send an email to someone you wanted to impress with a typo in the subject line. Your customers are particularly unpleasant and entitled. Or...

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September 20, 2017

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Depression Self-Care Checklist

by Suzie

I shared a Self-Care Checklist last month. And the thing is, I noticed a few people hitting that post after searching for depression self-care checklist. Whilst I think that the first self-care checklist I posted is a great starting point, there are some slightly different self-care things you can do that are more specifically helpful...

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The ultimate guide to meal planning (like a pro)

September 18, 2017

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The ultimate guide to meal planning

by Suzie

Meal planning! Everyone says you need to plan your meals. It doesn’t really matter if you’re doing it to save money, lose or gain weight, control your mood swings, or just so you don’t get home from work and waste a bunch of time trying to figure out what the heck you can make from...

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What health checks should I be getting (and why)?

September 11, 2017

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What regular health check-ups should I be getting — and why?

by Suzie

One of the first things I did when I moved to Oxford was register with a local GP, dentist and optician and immediately schedule in all my regular health check-ups. Oh wait. No. One of the last things I did when I moved to Oxford was register with a local GP. It took me moving...

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