A Recipe For Nourishing Your Soul

How do you nourish your soul in the morning? Are you the kind of person who likes to take their sweet time prepping for the day ahead, or are you a get-up-and-goer?

As someone who wakes up with a million thoughts running through my head, the need to slow down and practice mindfulness in the morning is becoming more essential. Now, I say 'practice' because if I'm honest, it's something that I can be pretty bad at. The minute the sunlight hits my face, my brain goes into overdrive thinking about all the things that need doing, the things I should (or shouldn't) have said the day before, the unanswered emails and so on. 

5 THINGS TO TRY FOR BETTER WORK LIFE BALANCE

The votes are in: apparently it’s just not possible to work 24/7 without taking about 20 years off your life expectancy...who knew? Yet still, so many of us spend most of our waking hours (and some of our should-be-asleep hours) squinting at a laptop screen instead of taking time each day to think about life. If you want to practise good work life balance, here are 5 things to try:

MY ALTERNATIVE GUIDE TO BERLIN | 5 THINGS TO SEE, DRINK & DO

It was just over a year ago that one of my friends decided to take the plunge and move from London to Berlin, without a word of German in his vocabulary. How and why, I hear you ask? For the simple reason of living. This friend of mine is a songwriter, and he fancied a change of scene that would allow him to create in a less pressured environment. Because let's be honest, anyone who has tried to pursue a creative dream in the big city of London, whilst simultaneously paying bills and attempting to live-your-best-life, will know it can be tricky at times. But you know, it's all in the name of art...right?

WORK HARD, PLAY HARD + BE KIND | OLIVER BONAS x BIRCHBOX EVENT

Imagine two days of inspirational workshops, coffee on tap, words of wisdom; and you have the Birchbox x Oliver Bonas event.  If you don't happen to know, Birchbox is a monthly beauty subscription service that delivers a collection of gorge beauty products to your door for a monthly fee (think, the beauty version of Netflix. Pretty fab eh?) This month, both brands joined forces to create two gorgeous Birchbox boxes featuring Oliver Bonas' AW17 designs. The playfully patterned boxes were themed around expression and emotion, beautifully designed with the Oliver Bonas company values in mind; Work Hard, Play Hard & Be Kind. 

WHO'S THAT GIRL? | MEET THE ARTIST BEHIND 'GAYLE PAINTS PORTRAITS'

In today's 'Who's That Girl' interview, we sit down with Gayle - a London based portrait painter, creative writer, and the girl behind Gayle Paints Portraits. We talk about keeping inspired as an artist, her VERY fabulous hair, and why her faith plays a big part in her creative journey...