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WELLBEING AND FITNESS EXPERTS WANTED FOR MY NEW MENTAL HEALTH
New mental health and wellbeing podcast to help people in lockdown called Recovery Road. If you have been on a journey to recovery from a mental health problem or trauma and are now sharing your story and work as an expert with others... then get in touch...
Dance as communication for all: “If in doubt, shimmy it out” – My Newspaper Column
Whether I am wearing jewel encrusted outfits performing to thousands on stage or I am dancing at home in my pyjamas with the kids… dancing is one of my chosen ways for expressing myself and communicating my feelings. Sometimes I am in a silly mood dancing online and...
RECOVERY ROAD: NEW MENTAL HEALTH PODCAST TO HELP WELLBEING WOES
The Pandemic has highlighted many mental health issues amongst a wide range of people. Uncertain times, a range of challenges and a lot of people struggling at the same time, has been detrimental on most people’s mental health. But it has also been a time of...
THE ART OF PATIENCE: Impatience is a virtue?
I want that quick hit of dopamine as I see the shares on my social media post tot up, I crave the high I feel following a pot of coffee and I long for the buzz l get when purchasing a shiny gadget. Except I know that by the time my video online reaches millions...
FINDING FAITH: CLOSET CHRISTIANITY AND ME
Knees muddy, dressed in a football kit and with two young kids in tow, I nervously edged my pushchair through the old wooden door of my “local.” I’d just been at football training and had taken my daughters due to lack of childcare but I was determined that this...
MIND AND BODY: Mental and physical fitness training
The bright light of the bulb sends a piercing pain through my eyeballs, my heart is racing, the once familiar world around me is closing in on me and my body feels frozen as adrenaline pumps through me...my mind and body erodes into this pit of anxiety. This is...
Family, Health, Life & Reviews…
Mama Mei (aka Sophie Mei Lan) is a multi-award-winning Blogger and Vlogger specialising in Mental Health & Wellbeing and Family Fitness.
Mum-of-two Sophie can be found running with her buggy throughout Yorkshire or drinking coffee and eating plant-based food.
She is a qualified Journalist and Film-maker, having worked for local and national press as well as being dubbed “Britain’s best Bellydancer!”
Sophie has now turned her talents to blogging, vlogging, column writing, speaking and running Blog Up North Magazine and Influencer Network.
She chats mainly about Family, Health, Life, Fitness and Campaigns. As well as doing Reviews and offering Competitions!
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How to go Plastic Free: Tips for reducing your family’s waste
I am becoming ever concerned about the amount of plastic we use in our everyday lives, we get through tons of waste and plastic is one of the worst culprits when it comes to harming the environment. This is coming from me a person who is a self-confessed consumer,...
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Zero-Waste Pumpkins & Healthy Pumpkin Recipes: How to Cook, Bake and Create
Whether you've bought a pumpkin for Halloween or perhaps you've grown it because they look so impressive, here are ways to make sure you use every part of your pumpkins. Zero-Waste Pumpkins Rather than just carving the pumpkin then throwing it away, the organisers of...
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Empty Nest: Can Parents get Separation Anxiety?
I thought feeling the Empty Nest syndrome wouldn’t happen until my children were much older and that separation anxiety was only something kids experienced… but can parents suffer from separation anxiety?
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DIGITAL DETOX: A wellness retreat for your health and wellbeing
We all know that a digital detox can be beneficial for your holistic health and wellbeing but what does it actually feel like? What impact does a Digital Detox have? Here in this guest post, Mum and Business Owner Corinna Nicol shares her experience of a "Digital...
5 steps to Wellbeing: Ways you can maintain your holistic health
We can all fall off the health wagon from time to time, including me (many times), which is why I try and adopt the five ways to wellbeing to keep me as holistically healthy as possible. So here's how to... Evidence suggests these 5 steps can help us all take to...
TOUGH MUDDER: 25 Obstacle challenge over 8-10 miles – a first-timer’s review
Wading in thick mud, five adults hold hands as they climb over hidden hurdles... it was far from your average Sunday morning. I’ve been wanting to do a Tough Mudder (the 25 obstacle challenge over 8-10 miles) for ages as I love the feel good aspect of an active...