Small changes make a huge difference to the environment and here are some ways we can be more eco friendly this Christmas. 1.Shop locally and support small businesses Support small businesses and those that just started doing what they love to spread that joy to… The post 6 Easy Ways To Have a Sustainable and Seasonal Christmas appeared first on Beauty In The Brain ..read more

And meeting my surgeon for the first time Friday 5th April 2019 Meeting David Peterson – Marked our diaries with Wednesday 19thJune 2019 Walked up to Charing cross for a 10am appointment. Laughed so hard in the waiting room at Harrie’s story of New Year’s… The post The Most Insensitive Cocktail I’ve Ever Received appeared first on Beauty In The Brain ..read more

December is known as the month of giving and there’s no better gift this year than the gift of kindness. So many simple things that require minimal effort, little money and truthfully how rewarding does it feel to be kind and give to others? It… The post 31 Ways To Have a Good Deed December appeared first on Beauty In The Brain ..read more

For the Bromsgrovian’s reading this, that said retreat is actually Wychbold. But it’s close to home without actually having to move “home” for two months and sacrifice my independence. Not to mention, countryside retreat sounds far more glamorous. And so far a retreat is what… The post Writing From My Countryside Retreat: First Week in Wychbold appeared first on Beauty In The Brain ..read more

Thursday 24th January 2019: I’ve been quite flat since meeting [private surgeon] on Tuesday. I’m trying my best to park it like my Mom said but today I had blurred vision and flickering in my eyes. I felt so sick from it; had a banging… The post Remaining Positive: A Week Of Journal Entries For International Brain Tumour Awareness Week appeared first on Beauty In The Brain ..read more

I know that my Mom might get her back up with this post and adamantly argue that she didn’t say these things. Sorry Mom, but you did. However, I will just say, this whole year was incredibly long and difficult, and actually probably worse in… The post Showing Emotion: A Week Of Journal Entries For International Brain Tumour Awareness Week appeared first on Beauty In The Brain ..read more

When I found out I needed brain surgery in December, I asked the consultant in Birmingham to transfer me to London. Although he honoured this, it meant my NHS appointment now wasn’t until April. It felt so long away that in January I began to… The post A Week of Journal Entries For International Brain Tumour Awareness Week: Choosing a Neurosurgeon appeared first on Beauty In The Brain ..read more

As it’s International Brain Tumour Awareness Week, I want to share a journal entry from January, every day this week. I’ve received messages recently from people who have found my blog and have discovered they need brain surgery themselves. I can tell from their messages… The post A Week of Journal Entries For International Brain Tumour Awareness Week: Coming To Terms With Diagnosis appeared first on Beauty In The Brain ..read more

As it’s International Brain Tumour Awareness Week, I want to share a journal entry from January, every day this week. I’ve received messages recently from people who have found my blog and have discovered they need brain surgery themselves. I can tell from their messages… The post Living Low Grade: A Week of Journal Entries For International Brain Tumour Awareness Week appeared first on Beauty In The Brain ..read more

I find it fascinating how one little book can make you feel so many things and transport you to a different world, far away from your own. Books have the ability to teach us something, conjure up different emotions and blissfully pass the time away.… View Post The post Ten Books To Read For Ten Different Moods appeared first on Beauty In The Brain ..read more