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I’ve Launched a Podcast and a Little Life Update

April 15, 2024

Life has been a bit crazy these last 18-24 months. I think my back injury crystalised a lot of things for me. For the whole … Read more

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My 2023 Goals & 2022 Achievements

January 9, 2023

Last year was not really the year I expected it to be. I started the year with a back injury. I thought it to be … Read more

My Experience of Spinal Epidural Injections for a Slipped Disc

September 2, 2022

I have written already about what a slipped disc pain feels like and how at the end of 2021 I slipped a disc in my … Read more

What Does a Slipped Disc in your Back Feel Like?

July 15, 2022

Back in October of last year, I injured my back. I’ve never had a great back after a lumbar puncture at 12 that didn’t go … Read more

Our 2022 Home Renovation Plans

February 3, 2022

It’s been 4 years since we moved into our house. We loved the house as soon as we saw it, but at the same time … Read more

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My 2022 Goals & 2021 Achievements

January 12, 2022

This is a post I like to write every year, it helps to remind me how far I have come and what I have achieved … Read more

Why I Will Never Go On A Diet Again And Why Diets Do Not Work

Why I Will Never Go on a Diet Again and why Diets do Not Work

June 9, 2021June 9, 2021

I have been debating about writing this post for a while now. A lot of people still visit my blog to read a post I … Read more

My 40th Year Achievements

May 28, 2021

I think it’s a bit of an odd thing turning 40, it feels like a big milestone in your life. A midpoint I guess. Last … Read more

Overcoming a Fear of Exercise

Overcoming a Fear of Exercise

May 14, 2021May 6, 2021

It sounds silly to say you have a fear of exercise doesn’t it? And it’s not a fear like my fear of spiders, which is … Read more

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My 2021 Goals & 2020 Achievements

January 27, 2021

It’s nearly February, so I am a bit late for this. But, better late than never. When I wrote this post last year. I have … Read more

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Laura's Lovely Blog is a UK parenting, lifestyle and book blog that writes about family life, feminism, positivity and lovely things. A Mum of 3 children under 13, she has a slight handbag addiction, a love of floral dresses and fun jewellery. The bigger the earrings, the better! Laura is also currently writing her first fiction novel and runs her own marketing and social media business.

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We had a fantastic reels workshop @wellworkwokingh We had a fantastic reels workshop @wellworkwokingham today. So amazing to see some fantastic small business owners. 

We did learn @thebusinessnest has no rhythm and Laura can’t count 🤣 good job that wasn’t what what we were teaching today!! 

Today we did 3 hours teaching all about reels - how to make them, how to focus your content, getting to grips with the Edits app, the importance of hooks and storytelling. Robyn and I love sharing our passion and breaking it down so people feel confident to go away and make reels to support their business growth. 

We will be running more workshops in the future, with our email marketing one coming up in the next quarter. Make sure you sign your to our newsletters to be one of the first to know when tickets go on sale. 

#instagrammarketing #reelsworkshop #smallbusinessowner #berkshire
Let me firstly say, Rachel who I am partnered with Let me firstly say, Rachel who I am partnered with most of the time here, and I are very good friends and actually enjoy hitting each other 🤣

Just before Christmas I passed my 6th martial arts grading, and I knew it deserved a post. In the last 18 months, from when I walked into my first class, my life has changed quite dramatically. I never expected it to lead me here. 

Why am I sharing this? Because as women for too long we have been told to ‘just do cardio’, or we’re too old, too much, and for so long I told myself I couldn’t do these things. I was in my 40s I would just hurt myself. And I guess there is always a risk of injury (hopefully not), I’ve certainly hobbled around some days after training walking like Mr Burns! 

But my life has got a whole lot richer, I am stronger, more flexible, I can lift weights and super importantly defend myself if I ever needed to (again hopefully not!). I hate the narrative that women as ‘past it’ after 40, because it is such utter rubbish. Depsite big surgery, I think it’s my best decade. I am coming into myself, I know who I am. I am braver and stronger (mentally as well as physically) and I love the life I have. 

Not all of this has come easily, please don’t think that. Sometimes I took a few steps back, sometimes I got scared. But I am sharing this because if I can help just one person doing something they hav always wanted to, but been too afraid to. Then my work here is done. 

A special thanks to @simonobrien2020 for all his help 

#martialarts #stepoutsideyourcomfortzone #40swoman
I recorded this reel this morning, and since then I recorded this reel this morning, and since then X has stated they will stop their AI from making indecent images in the future (quite frankly it took them long enough). But here is why I have decided I will no longer use X as a platform despite it being the place where I actually have the most followers. 

If you wish to delete your account too, you can follow these steps: 

(This was done from a desktop)
Got to More
Settings and privacy
Deactivate account

Are you still on X? 

#socialmedia #socialmediamanagement #socialmediamarketing
I know there are a few of you that hate it, but if I know there are a few of you that hate it, but if social media is part of your 2026 plan - it needs to include video. There is no escaping it any longer. 

If the idea of turning up on video sounds unbearable or you just struggle to fit everything in (I get it on both counts). This is what I do. I help small business owners and entrepreneurs just like you get in front of the video camera. And my goal by the end of it is that maybe you’ve laughed. Or maybe you feel just a bit proud of yourself because you have shown up and put yourself out there for your business. 

I offer content creation or full social media management as well as email marketing, marketing support and strategy. Don’t hide away in 2026. You and your business deserve better. 

#socialmediaagency #marketingsupport #smallbusinessowner #berkshire
ADHD problems 🤣 who can relate? When you just ne ADHD problems 🤣 who can relate? 

When you just need them to get to the end of the sentence because you already know exactly what they’re going to say and you just need to speed up the process 🤣

#adhdproblems #adhdbusinessowner
Do you have a word of the year? This year my word Do you have a word of the year? This year my word is Bloom. Because last year I worked really hard and built some amazing foundations in both my personal and work life. 

I worked hugely on my fitness. I also had some amazing growth in my business and started to build a team. I have watched my children grow and face new challenges with bravery, and my husband started a new job. 

And now all of these seeds have been sewn and the roots are set into the ground, I am so excited to see and help everything bloom 🌸 

I want my health to bloom, my business to bloom, my husband and children to bloom and grow, my team to bloom, friendships that matter so much to me to flower and bloom. And so I landed on the word bloom. 

Tell me what is your word and why? 

#wordoftheyear #newyeargoals #femaleentrepreneur
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