Love? Life? Joy!
I’ve starting doing something totally unheard of in my hometown part of London. It’s a change I never thought I would implement. Instead of leaving my house with headphones secure, the real world blocked from my senses, I have begun to step outside feeling vulnerable. Without noise cancellation, I’ve started to notice little things while walking around my student town.... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Katie Fanthorpe Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement
September has always been my ‘New Year’. Having been in education for all my life, it is the month when it all starts again. Last year I thought this September things would be different, but I’m now doing an MA, so back we go again. September is a month of new expectations, new aspirations and thicker jumpers. I have always... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Katie Fanthorpe Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Wise up!
What constitutes a hero? Talent? Charisma? Abs that can crack walnuts? Legs that look good in a loin cloth? Yes please. But seriously. Sometimes when life is kicking you up the ass and you’re struggling to get up in the morning – it’s very hard to feel like a hero. But as it turns out, THAT’S TOTALLY OKAY FOLKS. As... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Fire me up baby! From the Heart Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Yazmin Joy
A few weeks ago, I went down to Southampton to spend the weekend with my dear friend Ollie. We’ve grown up together and I had yet to visit him in his lovely new house, and meet his crazy labradoodle, Oscar. We didn’t really have much of a plan of what to do whilst I was down there, but one thing... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement
It’s no secret that the main persuasive tool of advertising is creating the idea that certain products will bring us happiness. Whether it is through making our homes feel like a home, or make-up to make us feel special, we are being sold the promise to happiness in little coloured boxes. This is obviously nothing new. When watching adverts on... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Fire me up baby! Katie Fanthorpe Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement
Education is important. It’s something I stress is necessary (to a certain point) and it’s something that each individual should prize. However, with results day having passed and with many students delighted with their grades. I’ve come to notice that there are a lot of students who are upset and disheartened with their results. If you’ve received results which are lower... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Empowerment: Man! I feel Like a Woman! Fire me up baby! Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Sana Sarwar Wise up!
There’s something slightly cringe-inducing about the phase ‘my dreams’. It’s one that will instinctively produce a dismissive shrug from me. A more common phrase, one with less associations with Disney is, ‘Well, what do you really want to do?’ Although less sickening, they boil down to the same thing. They are a chance to really push the boat out, to... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: From the Heart Katie Fanthorpe Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement
Recently, someone who was a major fixture in my life has stepped down. It was a mutual decision, which was painful for both of us, but it had to happen. We simply weren’t able to give each other what we needed and so, with sadness and still a lot of love in our hearts, we parted. I’m not going to... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: From the Heart Love & Relationships Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement
You’re tired, stressed and fed up of trying. You feel like you’re getting nowhere, and that life has kicked you in the shins. I know I often feel like that at the worst of times and just want to give up. You have no reason to feel so down other than the feeling of getting nowhere. You have support from... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy Empowerment: Man! I feel Like a Woman! Fire me up baby! From the Heart Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Sana Sarwar Wise up!
When I was younger, I mistakenly took the phrase ‘only child’ as ‘lonely child’. Thinking that the description was quite apt and made a lot of sense, I would walk up to adults and pronounce that I was, in fact, a lonely child. No wonder I got so many pitying looks. As I’ve grown older, I’ve learnt to take the... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Katie Fanthorpe Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement