by Maria Tumolo | Apr 21, 2023 | Lifestyle, Mental Health, Well-Being
The scourge of modern day living … STRESS! Believe it or not some of stress is good. It helps us get out of dangerous circumstances and prevents us from being complacent in situations that don’t serve us. However, to be wound up to the extreme so we have insomnia, or...
by Maria Tumolo | Feb 2, 2023 | Child Development, Children and The Internet, Mental Health, Parenthood, Parenting
In January 2021, Children in England didn’t return to school after the Christmas break. Back then, we were living in our third national lockdown and home-schooling again. When my children where much younger we were indoors for a considerable amount of time. I was...
by Maria Tumolo | Jan 18, 2023 | Lifestyle, Mental Health, Well-Being
The third January in the year (18th Jan this year) is said to be the saddest day, Blue Monday. Some say was a PR stunt by Sky Travel who worked with Dr. Cliff Arnall in 2005, to find out when the saddest day of the year occurred. The aim was to encourage people to...
by Maria Tumolo | Oct 10, 2022 | Lifestyle, Mental Health, Well-Being
‘Friends will carry you but they will never bring you back’ that was a regular refrain in my house when I was growing up. There was always more interest in my academic achievements than my friendships. Now, this isn’t a dig, that’s just how it was back then,...
by Maria Tumolo | Aug 3, 2022 | Guest Posts, Lifestyle, Mental Health
We often talk about a lack of cleanliness in terms of social faux pas. Other times, maintaining a tidy home becomes a matter of morality. These perspectives seem important as parents pass these ideas down through the generations. Still, they’re not the reasons you...
by Maria Tumolo | Jul 1, 2022 | Lifestyle, Mental Health, Women's Health
In my twenties, I enjoyed hiking in Trinidad on Sundays. I used to say being in the forest made me feel the wonder and majesty of God. When I relocated to England, for many years I lacked that connection and sometimes felt off-kilter. It wasn’t until national lockdown...
