September, the start of autumn. The evenings are starting to get darker earlier, the temperature is starting to drop, the leaves on the trees are starting to change colour, yet there is still a scent of summer in the air – a true month of transition. The September full moon is known as the CornRead more ⟶
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Alignment in August
Happy 1st August! The Romans gave this 8th month of the calendar year its name in honour of their emperor Augustus Ceasar, but the Anglo-Saxons called it Weod month because they acknowledged and celebrated that the weeds flourished as much as the plants in the summer month of August – the balance and alignment ofRead more ⟶
Welcome to July – Abundance and joy
Welcome to July! I am trying something new. It’s been a while since I have written a blog but I want to get back into it and I thought I would share something with you on a monthly basis around wellbeing. As a wellbeing lead for my team in my day job, I prepare aRead more ⟶
When your wellbeing is out of whack!
I (Amy) have felt like a bit of a fraud lately. We have a blog where we write about life balance and wellbeing and quite frankly my balance has been out of whack for a while now and it has impacted my wellbeing. Some areas of my wellbeing actually felt OK… Financial wellbeing was onRead more ⟶
Top tips for a lagom Spring clean
We’ve not blogged for a few weeks – this lock down has been hard going and the last few weeks have seemed the hardest – we’ve needed to give our bodies and minds time to rest. But this week feels different – the sun has been shining, the temperature is slowly rising, and Spring isRead more ⟶
Top 5 tips to reduce food waste
Did you know that UK households create 7.2 million tonnes of food waste each year (that is £7.5 billion worth of wasted food) – 4.4 tonnes of that could have been eaten if stored and portioned correctly and 50% of food sent to landfill could be composted? Food waste dumped on landfill sites produces methaneRead more ⟶
Top 5 items to de-clutter
In the UK we are back in a national lock down. It is January, cold, grey, and often wet which makes it harder to get outside. If you have extra time on your hands and what to do something productive, why not use this time to have a go at de-cluttering? Taking the action toRead more ⟶
Gratitude and goals – life appraisal
The ending of one year and the start of another is a great opportunity to reflect on the past 12 months and think about what we want to achieve next year. For those of you who work in a corporate environment you will be used to participating in an annual appraisal; looking back at whatRead more ⟶
What to give a minimalist
When you think of people living a minimalist lifestyle you may think they live in houses with no furniture, bare walls and only 30 items in their wardrobe – and some might – but not us. Living a minimalist life doesn’t have to mean we go without – through applying the principles of lagom weRead more ⟶
Our top 10 sustainable swaps for the bathroom
Since we have been living lagom we have made several changes to live more sustainably and support our environmental wellbeing. The bathroom was the first room in our house that we de-cluttered and also the first place we started making sustainable swaps. There are still some products that one or both of us hasn’t foundRead more ⟶