Love? Life? Joy!
At the weekend, my sisters and I took my brother out clubbing. He’s just turned 18 and wasn’t sure what to expect. Being the youngest and only boy in our household, he’s been mollycoddled a lot by my mum. She kept nagging him to eat before we went out and told him not to drink anything. She seems to have... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Poppy Gillian Wise up!
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
Italian video journalist Luca Lavarone stops various young boys in a busy street. They are all between the ages of nine and eleven. He then asks them a series of questions. Name…. Age…. What they want to be when they grow up. Then he introduces a girl into the frame. *Girl enters.* He asks the boys what they think of the girl.... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy Wise up! Yazmin Joy
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
Are you thinking about starting your own business? What’s more important: talent or passion? Was does it take to work in the publishing industry? We chat to Ruby Mae Moore, Editor in Chief of Amor Magazine, on her personal journey, how she started the magazine, what she looks for in a new writer and what brings her joy! If you enjoyed this video... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Careers EXCLUSIVE: Interview Yazmin Joy
So I didn’t fulfil my plan of spending this New Year’s somewhere awesome, outside of my home town and not going into panic mode about where to go and how to spend it. In fact, this year my New Year’s Eve will most likely be spent in my house, trying to stay awake until midnight whilst munching on a takeaway. There is... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy Becky Solomon Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement
I sat sulking last Saturday evening feeling like a mix of Ebenezer Scrooge and the Grinch. It was five days before Christmas and my holiday spirit was nowhere to be found. All I could think about was how I was so over December. I felt like crawling above Whoville and yelling ‘bah humbug!’ to all the merrymakers below. So far... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Animal Planet Erin Johnson From the Heart
Ahhh Christmas. Tis’ the season of family, romance, togetherness, children and Michael Bublé OR, if you are single a season of perpetual awkwardness, probing personal questions and creepy perverts. Yaaaaaaay. Even if you are completely content in your singleness, Christmas can be a bit of a ballache for a person who happens not to have a Significant Other. So here goes… 9 Awkward Conundrums of Being Single at Christmas... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Fire me up baby! Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Rant Yazmin Joy
I recently made a move to Scotland to chase my dreams of climbing mountains as much as possible. Instead, I found myself working all day every day and couldn’t even muster the energy to get up and go outside when I wasn’t working. This was not me. I am productive and outdoorsy and happy. I am not the type of... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Adventureland Lauren Williams Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement
On a chilly, starry Friday night in December, three twenty-something girls stepped out of the carnage of Oxford street and into Duke Street’s Wagamama. It had been a long time since my besties and I had kicked back to contemplate life at our local Wagas, but here we were, finally, together again. Huzzaahh! As we slurped on our Clean Green... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: From the Heart Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Yazmin Joy