IDEAL WELLBEING
5 WAYS TO EXERCISE DURING THE CURRENT LOCKDOWN
Ideal for those missing the gym and looking for alternatives. Nobody knows when lockdown 2.0 restrictions will recede. Sure, early December is pencilled in, but if there’s anything these unprecedented...
IDEAL WELLBEING
4 EXERCISES YOU SHOULD DO TO BUILD ARM MUSCLES HOLISTICALLY
Two tickets to the gun show, madam? Well, perhaps not until you’ve reached the end of this article… If you’re starting on a program which focuses on muscle building and...
IDEAL WELLBEING
PARENTING THROUGH THE PANDEMIC: 5 TIPS TO HELP RELIEVE STRESS
…that don’t involve wine. Parenting is a tough gig at the best of times, and given the current situation we’re all finding ourselves in, it feels even tougher than ever....
IDEAL WELLBEING
4 REASONS WHY IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO KEEP STRESS UNDER CONTROL
‘Stress’. Even saying the word out loud raises the heart rate a little, a cold sweat accumulating on the brow. Perhaps its the ‘sssss’ sound; like the hissing of...
IDEAL COFFEE BREAK READS
5 WAYS TO DEAL WITH COMMON PROBLEMS AT WORK
We’ve all had those days. Where we’ve considered hurling the alarm clock at the wall and refusing to go into the work on the basis that your bed is...
EDITORS PICKS
5 FREE STRESS RELIEF STRATEGIES FOR WINTER 2020
Ideal for those looking to let off some steam at home in the coming months. If the experts are to be believed, a Winter of discontent approaches. As if the...
IDEAL WELLBEING
5 PROACTIVE WAYS TO MINIMISE BACK TO WORK STRESS
Ideal for those struggling with back to work anxiety. The Government’s stance on whether we should be working from home for the next few months or spending 2020’s Golden Years...
EDITORS PICKS
5 WAYS TO MAKE WORKING FROM HOME EASY WITH APPS
Ideal if you’re looking for software which simplifies your work-from-home job. Despite the complaints about bad backs from hastily assembled offices, an ironing board which keeps collapsing, and the temptation...
IDEAL HOME & INTERIORS
5 IDEAL TIPS FOR REDESIGNING YOUR WORKPLACE IN A POST-COVID WORLD
Unless you’ve been living under a pandemic free rock for the past year, you’ll be well aware that serious change is afoot in the way we work, as a...
IDEAL WELLBEING
SLEEPING IN STYLE: 5 STEPS TO A BETTER NIGHT’S SLEEP VIA BEDROOM DESIGN
It seems like you can’t wink 40 times before you see yet another article discussing the importance of sleep hygiene. And yep, we realise the irony of us uttering...
EDITORS PICKS
5 TIPS FOR PRACTICAL, PRAGMATIC HOME WORKING THIS WINTER
Work from home. No, work from the office. Actually, work from Pret. Hang on a minute, you might be better off working from home, after all. Unless, of course,...
IDEAL WELLBEING
5 WAYS TO INCORPORATE CBD OIL INTO YOUR DAILY ROUTINE THIS AUTUMN
With the days getting colder and the nights getting longer, so our disposition tends to get a little gloomier as the sun sets on summer and autumn rolls into...
IDEAL WELLBEING
EXERCISE ESSENTIALS: GOOD VERSUS BAD PAIN EXPLAINED
Ideal for working out to your full potential without risking injury. You've heard the expression "no pain, no gain." And whilst there’s certainly some truth in the motivational maxim, it’s...
IDEAL WELLBEING
6 WAYS TO TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR HEALTH
Never has the collective health of the nation - scrap that, the world - been more important. And yet, it can feel like we have less personal control over...
IDEAL COFFEE BREAK READS
5 TIPS FOR SLEEPING BETTER DURING UNCERTAIN TIMES
Ideal for improving your wellbeing with a good night’s sleep. Call it what you like; unprecedented, turbulent, topsy turvy or unpredictable - the only single thing that is certain right...
IDEAL COFFEE BREAK READS
HOW TO HANDLE BACK TO WORK ANXIETY: 5 IDEAL STEPS
Just as we packed our work bags, donned a tie for the first time in months, steeled ourselves for the commute and kissed our partner goodbye, the news came...
IDEAL COFFEE BREAK READS
DON’T LET THE SHORTER DAYS MAKE YOU SAD: 5 WAYS TO BRIGHTEN YOUR HOME
Ideal for making the most of daylight hours and the darker days of winter. As we round the corner into the final months of the year, it's been lost on...
IDEAL
7 SELF CARE TIPS FOR AUTUMN 2020
Ideal for tackling the new season with a much needed sense of hope. Did you see a few fallen leaves out there, as you took your walk in the first...
IDEAL COFFEE BREAK READS
5 STEPS TO STAYING STRONG & HEALTHY DURING TURBULENT TIMES
Call it what you like; unprecedented, turbulent, topsy turvy or uncertain....there’s a theme running through 2020 and it’s not one of stability and confidence, that’s for sure. And whilst...
IDEAL COFFEE BREAK READS
THE IMPORTANCE OF WELLNESS: 5 STEPS TO SELF CARE IN 2020 & BEYOND
Ideal for tackling the future with confidence. 2020’s enforced solitude has been a wake up call for so many. Where once successes and failures were scrutinised with a fine comb,...
IDEAL COFFEE BREAK READS
5 TIPS FOR LIVING WITH OLDER RELATIVES
Ideal for those planning on intergenerational living. Domestic life in 2020 is a very different beast to the years that preceded it. And increasingly, for reasons of financial necessity or...
WHAT WE'RE READING
7 LOCKDOWN DATE IDEAS FOR COUPLES
Flame fizzled out? Honeymoon phase well and truly over? Boredom banishing all hope of romance? You’re not alone. In fact, last month the BBC reported...
5 COMMON MISTAKES YOGA TEACHERS MIGHT MAKE
And the IDEAL ways to set them right. We think it’s fair to say that we could all use some realignment right now. The ancient...
7 REASONS INVESTORS ARE BUYING PROPERTY IN ANTALYA IN 2021
Antalya, Turkey’s fastest growing city and the gateway to the country’s glorious Turquoise Coast, is set to have a lucrative few years. In the...
7 TIPS AND TRICKS FOR SOLVING CROSSWORD PUZZLES
Ideal for giving your brain a much needed workout during the current downtime. It is believed that the very first crossword puzzle came to be...
7 TIPS FOR MAINTAINING HEALTHY ORAL HYGIENE
Did you know that the inside of your mouth contains nearly as much bacteria as there are people on earth? Or, that smiling may...
5 THINGS TO SCRUTINISE WHEN BUYING SUPPLEMENTS ONLINE
Ideal for ensuring you’re meeting your nutritional needs. We are in the midst of a particularly bleak winter, and with many currently striving for a...
THE IDEAL GIFTS FOR LOVED ONES LIVING FAR AWAY IN 2021
Buying gifts for friends and family is always a tricky task. Add into the mix that we’re only just over the present-buying frenzy of...
4 IDEAL STEPS TO AN EXPERT-APPROVED WINTER HAND CARE ROUTINE
Winter can be a magical time of year, with crisp, cold air and even the odd blanket of snow bringing feelings of nostalgia and...
5 IDEAL LUXURY GIFTS FOR A BABY SHOWER
Babyshower? But we're in a pandemic, we hear you cry. Thanks to Zoom, virtual baby showers are a very real thing and one can...
HOW TO REFRESH YOUR SKINCARE ROUTINE: 7 SIMPLE STEPS IDEAL FOR A GLOWING COMPLEXION
New Year, new skincare routine? Whilst most cosmetics experts caution against a regular change in your pampering regime, a gentle, wholesome reappraisal of your...