Browsing Category Healthy Lifestyle

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  Healthy Lifestyle

  Doing the Unthinkable: Going on a Technology Detox

  Recently I did the unthinkable – I put myself, my husband and my two sons on a technology detox! As I packed every device away, I literally had ...

  On May 17, 2015 / By Aimee Edmonds
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  Healthy Lifestyle

  From Sugar Addiction to Gluten, Dairy & Sugar Free Yummy Delights

  Because of my addiction to sugar I have had first-hand experience of how eating refined sugar impacts us both physically and mentally ­– reinforced very recently through my ...

  On May 13, 2015 / By Robyn Jones
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  Healthy Lifestyle

  Exhaustion and the Effects of Sugar Addiction

  About 4 years ago I realised I was an addict. In order to kick my drug addiction I needed to get honest about my relationship to my drug ...

  On May 10, 2015 / By Robyn Jones
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  Healthy Lifestyle

  Abiding by the Law – Driving on the Speed Limit, and Enjoying It!

  I have always loved to speed. I never drive so fast that I could lose my licence, and never recklessly, but rarely abiding by the law with respect ...

  On May 3, 2015 / By Anne M
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  Exercise & Sport

  My Commitment to Exercise – My Commitment to Me

  I have never been one to commit to exercise; I always thought I was fit because I worked as a waitress. I used to make fun of the ...

  On April 24, 2015 / By Rosie Bason
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  Exercise & Sport

  The Joy of Re-Learning to Swim

  I love swimming and I find it an enjoyable way of exercising! I can undoubtedly say that now although this wasn’t always the case when I was learning ...

  On April 14, 2015 / By Rebecca Turner
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  Drug Abuse

  My Birthday: Celebrating ME Instead of Getting Wasted

  Before learning how to celebrate me, the way I had learnt to celebrate birthdays was by getting wasted. My 30th birthday celebration – joints, coffee, drinking and getting wasted From ...

  On March 25, 2015 / By Anonymous
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  Exercise & Sport

  Sports Competition – the Pursuit of (Feelings of) Emptiness

  There is a scene in the film ‘Chariots of Fire’, where the runner Harold Abrahams sits in the dressing room having won the ultimate individual sports competition, the ...

  On March 6, 2015 / By Stephen
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  Healthy Lifestyle

  How I Lost Weight: Sustaining a Weight Loss of 12 Stone & Counting…

  Since 2007, I have lost over 12 stone (76 kg) without dieting. I often get asked how I lost weight, so here is my story… As a child ...

  On February 22, 2015 / By Tim Bowyer
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  Family

  The Best Christmas Present Ever

  Last Christmas I received the most unexpected and miraculous present ever. I was speaking with my Mom, with whom I have had a difficult relationship for many years, particularly ...

  On December 25, 2014 / By Anonymous