So this evening I received the exceptionally exciting news that I have been shortlisted for the 2016 Cosmopolitan Influencer Awards, as Best Sex & Relationship Influencer. Honestly, when I first saw the email I couldn’t contain my joy. Stood on the overground, with my head in the armpit of a very hot and bothered stranger, bumbling along towards Homerton station,…
“Don’t it always seem to go, That you don’t know what you’ve got til its gone” – Joni Mitchell It’s been a while since my last post. However, in the time between getting inspiration (which has been lacking at the moment!) and writing a new post, something happened to Never Settle which changed the way I think about it. I won’t…
Let’s face it, in one of the busiest, most exciting, culturally diverse and historically rich cities – sometimes a date trip to the local pub just won’t cut it. With so much to do, see and experience in the capital – where is a good place to take a date in London? To make things a little easier, here are…
Panic Attack noun – A sudden overwhelming feeling of acute and disabling anxiety I was going to write a post about personality types and how they affect our choices and ways in which our lives differ… However whilst thinking about the very post, I’m overcome with an overwhelming sense of drowning. Breathing is becoming harder and my legs are turning to…
A year ago in Adjusting to the Change, I wrote: “Everyone tells you how hard leaving University is. You even fully expect it to be hard. But it turns out you can’t really comprehend the bizarre mixture of very real feelings you have when actually going through your first steps into the real world. Leaving friends, the town or city…
With so much to do, and so little time, life often pushes us into situations where we are compelled to handle a lot all at once. Commitments, priorities, work, social activities, you name it – invariably when you have lots to juggle, you struggle. Please do excuse the rhyme. Things may start to slip, and you find yourself giving up things…
Let’s talk sexually transmitted infections. As possibly one of the biggest taboos and causes of embarrassment with regards to sex and dating, never has it been more imperative to be able to speak about STIs. In 2014, there were approximately 444,000 STI diagnoses made in England alone [Public Health England]. An overwhelming 47% of these diagnoses were for Chlamydia, the…
Congratulations! You’ve got an interview, you’ve obviously impressed thus far and are worth considering taking to the next step. So now you’re here – what things do you need to remember? This may be your first interview, you may have just graduated and this is your first graduate job interview – but regardless of what it is for, these 10 tips…
Romantic comedy films are movies with light-hearted, humourous plotlines, centred on romantic ideals such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. It is by far my favourite genre. They cheer us up, make us laugh and inspire us to believe in love more than ever before. The ’90s gave us a vast array of classic rom-coms, many of which are still…
So this week I received my first, fully-fledged, negative piece of criticism. The comment in question highlighted how my lack-of-experience didn’t give me the right to write my posts. How my age means I clearly have not experienced enough of life to be in a position to express my ideas and opinions on relationships, dating and love. Firstly, I have…
1) Leave behind thinking that you that you are incapable of doing something or being someone. You have the ability to do whatever you put your mind to! 2) Leave behind the all the flaws you keep fixating on and the times you really didn’t like who you were looking at in the mirror. Leave behind the self-doubt and the…
As I sit on the long journey back to London from Aberystwyth, where I have just spent a gorgeous week’s holiday relaxing, eating and seeing my boyfriend, I can’t help but feel quite sad about saying ‘goodbye for now’ again. Being in a long distance relationship, saying goodbye for a period of (sometimes unknown) time, kind of comes with the…
Whether or not women choose to wear make-up has recently become a subject of great contention: from those supporting women not needing to wear make-up, to those declaring that it is not a need, it’s something they actively want to do. Either way, I guess that for myself wearing make-up is both – a want and a necessity. I love…
Your twenties are arguably the biggest chunk of time in which you make (and learn from) a multitude of mistakes. We all get het up and worry when we make mistakes – from the small to the large. However, life is a classroom and often having these hiccups is the best way of progressing, growing and realising what you really…
Nothing quite compares to the intense FOMO feeling you get when browsing your Facebook newsfeed this time of year. For many students, it’s fresher’s week: a time for boozing, partying, meeting new friends and generally realising how fun independence is. But for us graduates it’s a time for reminiscing on some of the best moments of our lives. Not to…
Despite being the age of opportunity and adventure, it is easy, in your late teens and early twenties, to get caught up in your own life’s trajectory. With the rise of social media, it has never been easier to compare your achievements, goals and individual situation with the people around you. During a period of significant change, whether it be…
I have a terrible tendency, despite all my posts on this blog, to completely do the opposite of what I suggest as advice. I fail at cutting out people that make my life harder, I struggle with going with the flow in relationships and I really suck at adjusting to change. I feel like a bit of a hypocrite. However,…
So Sunday 16th August I moved to London! An extremely exciting time, mainly because as much as I love my parents, going back to living with them post-university was very strange. Moving to London, I have regained my independence and only have a 30 minute door-to-door commute to work. I am now living with three lovely girls, one of whom…
Nothing infuriates me more than the debate about unpaid internships and placements. As you may have read in my previous post, ‘The importance of Internships: tips, myths and getting your dream job’, I am most certainly pro-work placements: they are a fantastic way of gaining valuable experience and could even land you a job. What concerns me is the lack…
Everyone tells you how hard leaving University is. You even fully expect it to be hard. But it turns out you can’t really comprehend the bizarre mixture of very real feelings you have when actually going through your first steps into the real world. Leaving friends, the town or city you love, or starting an unfamiliar job in an unfamiliar…
