Well that was NOT part of the plan when my family and I decided to go on a dream family holiday to Mauritius! My husband and I worked, saved and planned for months. We were so excited to finally be going and once there, it was as close to paradise as I could have hoped. We [...]
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International Woman’s Day
Happy International Woman's Day! To celebrate this wonderful day I thought I would take a moment to mention just a few (there are many many more but that would take forever) of the fantastic women have made me the woman I am…. My Mum Possibly predictable, I know, but she has sculpted me into the [...]
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To Late to Start the New Year?
My friend and I were discussing how January has, in so many ways, been a write-off month! It's cold, we're skint, we are desperately trying to get our children (and ourselves) back into a routine after the mayhem of Christmas. Not the start to 2015 we were planning on. Relieved in our knowledge that there was [...]
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Hartwell House Hotel and Aromatherapy Associates – Anti-Bucket List 2015 Update
One of the best things about putting 'visiting Spa's' on my Anti-Bucket List is getting to do one of my favourite things…. visit spa's! Last weekend I had the complete joy of visiting a new spa near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, at Hartwell House Hotel with my lovely friend L.J. Ross. The old manor house has been turned [...]
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Post-Cancer Breakthrough Moment!
It can be strange when you are going through something quite massive - but I am sure it is not unique to me and can be applied to any situation - that sometimes the biggest breakthroughs or realisations (good and bad) can come out in the strangest of ways. Like after my mum died, I didn't really [...]
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Inside Harpenden Cancer Research Shop!
The beginning of launching the Cancer Research UK Christmas campaign we are excited to be part of. I'm not going to lie, very strange seeing a picture of yourself on a shop wall. Clearly my daughter was not impressed! I believe you can see one yourself in your local CRUK shop and you can pick [...]
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It’s All About Me! 11 Random Facts
A reader messaged me saying they love the blog (thank you) but felt they didn't really know anything about me. Interesting! I had never thought anyone would want to know about me in general but there is slightly more to me than cancer and colostomy's - so here are 11 random facts about me. 1. [...]
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Why My Blog Is My Blog
Why Inner Haven? So much of what we focus on can be on the outside - how we look, how we dress, where we live, what we have. I fall into that trap all the time, and I'm not saying we shouldn't strive for nice things, but I wanted my blog to be about what [...]
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The Mature Students Guide to Starting University
It seems strange that this time last year I was tentatively finding out if I would finally be able to fulfil the dream of going to University to read Literature and Writing. Here I am going into my second year (as I'm part time this is the second part of my first year). I love [...]
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Beginners Guide to Blogging
I am so completely and beyond thrilled that my little blog has inspired others to start blogging. My blog really is still a baby, recently having it's 1st birthday. There are a few things that I have learnt over the last year that I thought I would share with my newbie bloggers... Tweet Tweet If you [...]
Nicola Bourne 