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Giving Blood for the first time: What to expect and how to prepare
Trigger Warning- blood and needles If doing more acts of kindness was one of your New Year resolutions, but you don’t know where to start or how much time you can realistically spare; giving blood takes roughly one hour of your time every 3-4 months, and it could save…
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Couch to…10K? I signed up for a race and only had 9 weeks to train!
Recently at work, a colleague and I were discussing the results of the women’s football and when asked if I played myself, I said no, but that I was really sporty… the word left my mouth before stopping to consider. Am I sporty? I’ve always considered myself as a…
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Aligners; my best act of self-care. Tips from an experienced Invisaligner.
64 of those plastic trays later and I am… done? My teeth are by no means perfect, but such an improvement, and what a difference it has made to my confidence. As a child, I sucked my thumb, my dentist warned my parents how this may affect my bite…
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How to survive a long haul flight: Tips for the anxious traveller
My first solo trip outside of Europe was in 2015 when I was 19 years old. I was on my way to 3 weeks in Vietnam, and I had no idea how to survive a long haul flight. Nearly 8 years on I flew from the UK to Australia;…
