Love? Life? Joy!
When I was in 6th Form, Miss Cook told her class that she didn’t have a telly. You can imagine the horrified gasps of fifteen Fresh Prince-obsessed girls echoing around the classroom. But this had given one of my schoolmates, Sarah, an idea – as a self-confessed telly addict, she would attempt to give up her favourite shows for two... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement
Over the last year, whilst battling with months of unemployment, little money, low self-esteem and a few low moments of deep depression, I discovered that I was not the only one who had set out to find her dream job. So many of my friends and family were unhappy in their place of work but did not know how to... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Careers Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement
I first met Audrey when I was on the search for an artist to collaborate with on our new ebook Smash it!. I immediately connected with her work. I mean, I couldn’t stop talking about it – these wacky pictures of girls with swirls of colour on their faces – there was just something so emotive about her style. You gotta know something about Audrey:... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: EXCLUSIVE: Interview Yazmin Joy
It’s been a tough couple of weeks – I’m incredibly homesick (something my nomadic mindset found very hard to deal with!), the weather has been so vile and I work so many hours that my nature-loving, mountain-climbing self has been bound by four walls for what seems like eternity. There have been tears, lots of tears, and there has been a significant... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: From the Heart Lauren Williams
Just two months ago I had no idea about what to do with my life. I felt as though all that I was ever going do was sit on my tea stained sofa and live happily in my imaginary world, which I was too chicken to make a reality. I became fixated on one thing and became trapped in my narrow... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Sana Sarwar Wise up!
Do you need to go to university? How important is a mentor? What’s the most common mistake that young people make in business? We chat with Adam Bradford, mentor at UnLtd, entrepreneur, managing director of UnITe Computing and ambassador for the Peter Jones Academy on his personal struggles and his top business advice. Oh yeah, and what brings him a lil’... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Careers EXCLUSIVE: Interview Wise up!
October is Black History Month, but until now it hasn’t really something I’ve given much thought to before. I’m sure I probably did some lessons in school on it, but I can’t really remember it. When I think about Black History Month, I think of well-known figures such as Nelson Mandela, Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King. I have probably heard... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Poppy Gillian Wise up!
In the past couple of weeks, Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protestors have appeared everywhere on the internet and as front-page news – and they have succeeded in winning the hearts and minds of the world. This is the largest scale protest Hong Kong and China have seen in years and it has been a surprise to those who are used to regarding... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Adventureland From the Heart Wise up!
Thursday morning, America lost one of its treasures. The voice of Maya Angelou has been the song of hope for so many women and men throughout a socially and economically turbulent century that saw changes no one thought possible. Now, at the end of her life, we all remember how one woman survived rape, teenage pregnancy, countless occupations, and constant... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy Beth Teverson Rant Wise up!
When I booked tickets to head home for the long Easter weekend, I was looking forward to taking a ‘breather’ – I hadn’t left the big city in over 3 months and missed the countryside. So besides baking, drinking ridiculous amounts of tea and hanging out with my family, I took a long bike ride, went for two woodland walks... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: From the Heart Love & Relationships Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement