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Vicky Charles

Vicky is a single mother, writer and card reader.
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False economy?

What is false economy? False economy is when you do something that seems like it’ll save you money, but in the long term ends up costing you more than if you’d just gone with the more expensive option to begin with. False economy in house moves The last time we Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 1 week1 week ago
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4 Unique Decorations You Can Make for a Child’s Bedroom

For a child, their room is their safe space, and it’s probably where they will spend most of their time. This is why it’s important to decorate it in a way that your child likes so that they can feel like it’s a reflection of them.  However, children’s interests change Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 1 month1 month ago

Tips on How to Take Your Toddler to Church

Taking your toddler to church may seem somewhat akin to baptizing a cat. In truth, these two activities do share an alarming number of similarities, but one is more important than the other. We all know that toddlers can be stubborn, wilful, and, honestly, very hard to handle. Taking your Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 5 months5 months ago
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Health and Fitness for Busy Moms: How to Hack It

Whether your kids are already older, or you’re trying to regain your fitness postpartum, you know that managing a healthy diet as a parent is tough. Finding the time, energy and money to invest in your own health with so many other issues on your plate seems impossible, but there Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 5 months5 months ago
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Updating your nursery on a budget using peel and stick wallpaper

To create a magical nursery there are little steps that you need to take and you need to follow in order to make the whole nursery look beautiful in time for the baby. Small changes make up something big and that is why there are certain things that you need Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 5 months5 months ago
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6 rainy day activities that the whole family can enjoy

When it’s pouring with rain, it can limit your options when it comes to entertaining the kids. It can lead to them feeling bored and you being stressed, which could be a recipe for disaster. Thankfully, there are loads of things you can do around the house to keep everyone Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 6 months2 months ago
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Improve your health with a standing desk

Apparently these days, sitting is the new smoking. Whether you believe that or not, I think everyone will agree that hours on end sitting slumped at a desk is not really the most optimal way to spend a day. I wear a Fitbit and it buzzes if I’ve not taken Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 6 months6 months ago
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Blog Tour Book Review: The Wild Before by Piers Torday

The Wild Before is a prequel to The Last Wild trilogy, a set of stories S first discovered on Audible. She soon became hooked, and listened to them again and again before asking for the books to go with them. When we heard there was a prequel coming out, she Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 9 months9 months ago

Debunking 4 Most Common Myths About Self-Care

Self-care is something we often hear about, but few truly understand. It has a bad connotation to some and many question its benefits. However, self-care should be a priority to everyone and is about much more than being pampered for a day or two. It’s about readdressing your priorities and Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 1 year1 year ago

3 Signs That You Need a Mental Health Break

Anyone can have a mental illness, and anyone can develop one at any time. This is why it’s so important to take care of your mental health as much as possible; the more time and care you take with it, the less likely it is that you will start to Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 1 year1 year ago

The four pillars of mental health

Mental health is something that has become much more talked about in recent years – and this can only be a good thing. However, I find that most of the discussion is around helping people who already have poor mental health. In fact, it could be argued that the entire Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 1 year1 year ago

Ways to cope with anxiety

I’ve been living with anxiety for most of my life – but I never actually realised it was anxiety. I thought everyone was ready to get off the bus or train five minutes before they needed to be. I thought everyone practised conversations before having them (even what to say Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 1 year1 year ago

Could neurofeedback help with anxiety and depression?

There are many different approaches when it comes to anxiety and depression, but one you may not have considered before is neurofeedback. What is neurofeedback? Neurofeedback is a type of therapy where an EEG (electroencephalogram) is used to monitor your brainwave activity. A program will then use cues such as Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 1 year1 year ago

How to forgive someone who has hurt you

When we feel hurt by someone’s words or actions, it can be hard to forgive them. Without forgiveness though, we cannot move on – and often this affects us much more than the other person involved. You don’t have to forgive if you’re not ready The first thing to bear Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 1 year1 year ago
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Can being creative help with your mental health?

In my experience, mental health is not as straight forward as physical health. If your leg is broken, you get a cast put on and usually that does the job. If your appendix is… whatever an appendix does badly, you have an operation and they take it out and it’s Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 1 year1 year ago
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Most rapes don’t happen at knife point in an alley.

If you find yourself feeling upset and violated enough to be googling “was I raped?” at 2am, the chances are you probably already know the answer to that. He is naked and on top of me, and I am saying, no, you’re not wearing a condom, you need to stop. Read more…

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By Vicky Charles, 1 year1 year ago

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