Collagen seems to be absolutely everywhere at the minute.Every time I scroll through Instagram or TikTok, someone seems to be adding it to their coffee, stirring it into a drink or talking about what it’s done for their hair, skin, nails or joints. They must have to sell some serious amounts of it to pay for all the celebrity endorsements, mustn't they?I take it too but not because I was influenced. 😁I use Ancient + Brave collagen and I originally started taking it after a nurse mentioned collagen to me when I had quite a lot going on health-wise. I can’t even … [Read more...]

I started this blog back in 2010 and, if I'm honest, I never imagined I'd still be writing it all these years later.At the time, I was a mum of two young children who had lost both my Mam and my brother within the space of about twelve months. Losing them both in such a short time hit me hard and made me realise just how quickly life can change. It also really made me think about the things I wanted from life and what I wanted to leave behind.I actually had two big reasons for starting the blog. The first was financial. We weren't in the position I wanted us to be and my goal was … [Read more...]

I sit down at the start of every month and write down a few things I'd like to achieve or do over the coming weeks. Last weekend, I was thinking about July, I realised that every set of monthly intentions I've written so far this year has been centred around getting through the month while I was unwell or recovering from surgery.This month, though, they're not.That's when it suddenly dawned on me that, physically, I feel better than I have in well over a year.Looking back, I've spent so much of the last year feeling unwell, waiting for appointments, having surgery and then … [Read more...]