Mindfulness is the practice of being aware in what you are thinking and feeling, together with a consciousness of what is going on in the outside world. It teaches us to link with our inner thoughts and emotions, and helps us to establish our boundaries, learning to have self-respect and more compassion and empathy for others. Mindfulness is a fairly new skill being taught in several schools across the country, educating children and adolescents to connect with their feelings so that they can express them outwardly, instead of internalising them and creating negative thought patterns or potential issues with anxiety…

Last week saw some lovely sunshine beaming down on us on the South coast, with my girls all being off to school or nursery during the week nowadays I find myself missing out on just going off and doing fun spontaneous things with them. So with that in mind we decided to be impulsive and Wednesday after school we quickly ran home grabbed our swimming stuff and headed for the splash pool. I made a little video of our trip. I have been trying to get out and have a lot more water fun with the girls recently due to…