Love? Life? Joy!
This week, the face of the United Kingdom is going to change. Yes, that’s right – it’s election time. On Thursday, 7th May, we are going to be voting in the General Election. This is a big deal, people. Now, I’ll be the first to admit that this general election campaign has been both uninspiring and downright confusing. I, as... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Fire me up baby! Wise up!
Don’t you love a good underdog movie? Dude, it’s one of my favourite types of story. The underdog is the last person anyone expects to be successful. They are the least likely to win. They have all the odds stacked against them and yet… they overcome both internal and external barriers to achieve success. *Fist pump.* In the Lord of the Rings... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Yazmin Joy
I have a problem with accepting people’s help. It just gives me a real icky feeling in my gut. The feeling I have failed to do something on my own. Or that I am a burden. Or that I am indebted. Then I feel enveloped by the magnitude of my debts to people who have showed me kindness and swallowed by... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Yazmin Joy
There’s is no denying it, the election is coming up and I’m trying to make sense of it all wondering who is going to best serve my interests as a ‘young person’. Firstly I’m going to admit, I’m lazy with this sort of stuff. My ears are listening but I want someone to physically tell me what they are going... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Becky Solomon Careers Fire me up baby! Rant
Empowerment is trending. This shampoo is empowering my hair. Swishhhh. This sanitary towel is empowering my vagina – fuck you menstrual blood. You ain’t gonna hold me back! But are we getting a bit lost on what empowerment actually is? My understanding of empowerment is that is facilitates/enables freedom and equality. Which leads to the question: can advertising actually ‘empower’?... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Empowerment: Man! I feel Like a Woman! Fire me up baby! Rant Yazmin Joy
‘Can I sit here?’ ‘I’m sorry, that chair is for my bag.’ ‘Oh. Yeah sure. I’ll sit in the corner. By myself then.’ Def. Clique – a close knit group of people who do not readily allow others to join them. I can’t stand cliques. What a load of bollocks. Tight insular inward facing friendship circles defined by their exclusivity. *Face... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Fire me up baby! Love & Relationships Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Rant Yazmin Joy
At the pub the other day with two friends, one of the said, ‘What would our eight year old selves say if they saw us now?’ We all burst into laughter. It was the kind of laughter where it could have quite easily been tears, but instead we laughed to ease the pains of being adult and watching unfulfilled dreams... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Becky Solomon From the Heart Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement
Am I or am I not successful? THAT is the question! I am being challenged, people. I am being haunted by this question at every twist and turn of my fumbling, tumbling journey through life. Success and the need to be successful in the eyes of others seems to be high on the agenda amongst Generation Y. Oh, he’s doing... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Careers Fire me up baby! Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Yazmin Joy
Whenever mental health hits the headlines, there is an outpouring of ‘the need to talk about it’. Suddenly over every social media platform there was articles discussing the importance of getting it out in the open, and how we shouldn’t feel uncomfortable talking about it, so the stigma can be reduced and so people can admit when they are struggling.... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Becky Solomon From the Heart Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Wise up!
If I only had those Jimmy Choo shoes, if I only got a promotion, if I only had a thousand Twitter followers, if he only liked me back… We’ve all been there. You walk by a shop window or bump into an old crush and you feel that pang: ‘if I had you – I would be complete’. I’ve been... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: From the Heart Love & Relationships Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement Yazmin Joy