Articles from "Mel's Journal"

• Lockdown parenting and how to survive it | Melanie Lawson

  Posted in Mel's Journal

  I hope you’re not reading this wanting me to have any answers or insights into how your relationship with your children can survive, or indeed thri...

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• Who are we forgetting to thank?

  Posted in Mel's Journal

  Quite a random blog post this one.  A few days ago I received an email from James & James, our warehouse and fulfilment centre, to explain all ...

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• My morning routine and how it helps me stay sane | Melanie Lawson

  Posted in Mel's Journal

  OK, don’t worry, I’m not going to get all Gwyneth on you and tell you to get up at 4am to write a novel or learn Japanese.  I was chatting to a fri...

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• How Melanie, our founder, overcame postnatal depression

  Posted in Mel's Journal, Pregnancy

  I’m very open about the fact that I’ve had OCD most of my life, that I suffer from anxiety and sometimes depression, that mental illness runs in my...

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• This Thanksgiving Day, let’s give thanks

  Posted in Health, Mel's Journal

  We don’t celebrate Thanksgiving Day here in the UK, and many of us don’t even know what it is.  From the films and TV shows we watch, it seems like...

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• How it feels to be dyslexic at 10 years old

  Posted in kids, Mel's Journal

  Grace was diagnosed with dyslexia just over a year ago.  The poor child had struggled for years, hiding her difficulties and wondering if she was ‘...

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• Giving up alcohol. Why & what's it like?

  Posted in Health, Mel's Journal

  By no means am I an alcoholic, nor do I drink over the recommended limit for women of 14 units a week. But since I’ve had children and turned 40, m...

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• Why I think tennis is the greatest sport on earth

  Posted in Fitness, Health, Mel's Journal

  I love tennis.  I always have.  Probably because my Mother and Grandmother played a lot, so I spent a lot of time sitting at the side of grass tenn...

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