Mum on the Rock

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My Weight Loss Story with Claudia le Feuvre

My Weight Loss Story with Claudia le Feuvre

Well hasn’t time flown?

It feels like only yesterday that I wrote my post regarding how rubbish I was feeling. I felt lethargic at my best, exhausted at my worst. I was dumpy, unhappy and had high anxiety levels. I was a grumpy wife, a stressed Mum and an inefficient business woman – or at least that is how I felt.

Claudia le Feuvre’s 6 week health and weight loss programme, tailored…

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Review | Cuddle your Baby Dry with the Cuddledry Grey Stars Baby Towel*

Cuddle your Baby Dry with the Cuddledry Grey Stars Baby Towel

New babies are precious gifts and just want to be cuddled and kept safe, so what better way to keep your newborn secure after their bath than with an apron towel.

Cuddledryare renowned for their award winning innovative apron towel design that enables parents to have both hands free when lifting their little ones out of the bath. Back in 2007 Cuddledry founders Helen Wooldridge and Polly Marsh…

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Make it the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

“It’s the season, love and understanding……” Shakin’ Stevens

We all have our favourite Christmas song, and to me Shakin’ Stevens 80’s classic “Merry Christmas Everyone” is up there in my top….50. “Shakey” is right. I can’t think of a better time of year to encourage our kids to think about others and to carry that on into the new year and beyond. For parents everywhere, despite the best…

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Telling your own Story

Jackie Anderson reflects on “Finding your story – The Art of Narrative in Business”, a talk by Rebecca Abrams at the Gibraltar Literary Festival

Women, stories and carving out a place in the world.

A parenting website is not where you would immediately think of looking for advice on branding for business women, but having attended the talk by Rebecca Abrams at this year’s Gibraltar Literary…

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ARK Day Gibraltar | When acts of random kindness come to Main Street

ARK Day Gibraltar : when acts of random kindness come to Main Street

Children in Gibraltar are being urged to carry out ‘acts of random kindness’ in a special event on Saturday 26th November. The Acts of Random Kindness group, or ARK for short, is a non-profit organisation which has been meeting regularly to make gifts to hand out to passers-by on Main Street.

Group founder, Fiona Young says the skills the young people learn will help them “grow into caring…

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Eleven Weeks Too Soon

Our son, James, was due to have been born on the 31st January 2008. Instead, he came into this world on 16th November 2007. Eleven weeks too soon. 

As I am sure readers will know, those final eleven weeks of pregnancy are very important in ensuring the newborn baby is ready for life. Yes, the organs are all there, but it is during those final eleven or twelve weeks in the womb that they develop…

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Preemie Dad: Standing Tall, Standing Tough

Many dads get forgotten amidst the unexpected journey into parenthood that a preemie baby brings along. Many dads are assumed to be the “strong one” in the relationship who can withstand the pressure, the emotional turmoil, the highs, the lows and the uncertainties thrown at them when their baby is born too soon. I know a dad who stood tall and stood tough beside me when my world crumbled around…

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Gibraltar Literary Festival | The History of Britain in 60 Minutes with Christopher Lloyd

“It’s just like coming home”, was how Christopher Lloyd described his fourth visit to the Gibraltar International Literary Festival last week. The author gave a total of eight talks this year based on British history and the complete works of Shakespeare. Christopher visited four schools during his time on the Rock; Bayside, Loreto, Prior Park and Westside. He described his experience addressing…

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Gibraltar Literary Festival | Tony Hawks

Being confused for a skateboarding superstar, taking a fridge around Ireland, cycling with a pig across Devon and becoming a parent were all subjects covered by Tony Hawks when he spoke at the Gibraltar Literary Festival last weekend.

His solo talk was his third festival appearance after the Just a Minute panel show and his contribution to the Gibraltar Book Club alongside Sue MacGregor and…

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Gibraltar Literary Festival | Louis de Bernières

“If you are a reader, you lead hundreds of lives. If you are not a reader, you lead one” Louis de Bernières

As well as being a best-selling author, Louis de Bernières can count landscape gardener, mechanic and school teacher among his past professions. No doubt his varied life experiences have helped his writing career as well as growing up in a family where it was acceptable to write. His…

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MOTR meets.. Maria Migo

You may have already seen this film in a few places, but that’s because we are REALLY excited about it! I discovered Maria MiGo when I stumbled across her beautiful Instagram feed one evening. I messaged Maria immediately and arranged to meet her.

Since launching MOTR I have always been looking for an opportunity to fundraise for Ba…

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Gibraltar Literary Festival | Antony Worrall Thompson

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“I’m a mischievous, naughty little fellow who enjoys life and has fun” – Antony Worrall Thompson

I arrived at the University of Gibraltar for Antony Worrall Thompson’s event not knowing what to expect. I’d obviously seen him on TV in various cookery shows and later on I’m a Celebrity but not knowing much about him, I came with an open mind.

Billed as ‘A discussion with Antony’, he…

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Gibraltar Literary Festival | The Private Life of the Diary

“Diaries are repositories for moments often missed in the humdrum routine of daily life. They tell small stories unheard and unspoken. They keep secrets. They tell separate, hidden histories.” *

When I perused the list of speakers coming to this year’s Gibraltar Literary Festival there was one talk which stood out to me and I knew I just had to attend: The Private Life of the Diary with Dr…

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Pumpkin Cheesecake Profiteroles

There is something very indulgent about profiteroles – is it the fancy name, unlike a lot of other puddings? Is it the fact they’re made out of ‘choux’ pastry (another fancy name)? Or is it because these airy fluffy puffs are always filled with some sort of a creamy goodness? Whatever it is, we all must admit they’re always hard to resist. Especially when they’re full of cheesecake. And not just…

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Our kids are alright - Worldwide Tribe on the Rock

I have worked with teenagers for over ten years. You know the ones. The apathetic, selfie obsessed, duck pouting, Kardashian loving, mollycoddled, self absorbed generation who are undoubtedly going to catastrophically bring about society’s demise with their inability to think creatively, have meaningful relationships and engage fully in ‘real life’.

Except that, the kids are alright.

In fact,…

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Weight Loss Programme for Mums Vlogs are LIVE!

Weight Loss Programme for Mums Vlogs are LIVE!

We are so excited to share you with you our latest series of vlogs.

We have been inundated with questions since I published this article earlier this week. Turns out, a lot of you Mums felt the same. There were some questions being asked a lot, so we thought we’d address them all in a short series of vlogs.

Of course, if we have…

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Has Social Media made us Anti-Social?

We are living in an age of technology. Our lives are increasingly conducted online. Many of us now manage our calendars, working days and social lives via one of our (numerous) internet-enabled devices, such as smartphones or smart watches, laptops, tablets or desktops.

What effect is this having on our lives and our social interactions?

We have seen an explosion of social networks in the…

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