Olivia

How To Choose The Best Decor To Compliment Your Home

September 22, 2020November 1, 2023by Olivia31 Comments

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It’s a known fact from the people who know me, that I love everything interior design. Im constantly looking at interiors on Pinterest and have far too many boards with design ideas. I have spoken before on this blog about how the way you design your home can have a real effect on your mental health, and I think what you choose to decorate your space with is as equally important. Today were looking at how to choose the best decor to compliment your home! Lets get started..

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Guest Posts, self-care

10 Self-care Tips To Add To Your Routine

September 21, 2020December 5, 2020by Olivia31 Comments

[GUEST POST]

Hi. My name is Chaitrali from Glittery Thoughts. I am a Lifestyle & Travel Blogger. I like to share my thoughts and knowledge on topics which surround our life. I am delighted to collaborate with Olivia. We both have common liking to write on relationships and health. We are sharing 5 tips of self-care on each blog. Please jump to my blog to read Olivia’s post.

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Life

4 Ways To Deal With Unkind People Gracefully

September 18, 2020November 1, 2023by Olivia97 Comments

You’re probably reading this title, like Olivia why would I want to show grace to people who are unkind? Well, research shows that there are several reasons why someone is a mean or unkind person. A lot of it has to do with how people have treated them in the past, a lack of self confidence, treating you how they feel about themselves – this is called projection and various other psychological reasons. I think that unkind people need the most love. It can be hard to do this, because how can you force yourself to show someone love who was mean to you? Well todays post talks about how we can take steps to be more graceful to others.

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Life

How to Find Pockets of Peace In Your Day

September 17, 2020November 1, 2023by Olivia40 Comments

Recently I have become addicted to Tik Tok, I’m not proud of it but they say the first step of beating an addiction is admitting you have one. So here I am. Haha I’m totally kidding but I really do love watching Tik Tok videos. A few months ago I stumbled across a page where a woman called Nabela, who shares these amazingly put together videos showing pockets of peace in her day. Even if she doesn’t have a great day, she finds even the small positives and I thought it was such a great idea and such a great way to remember to be grateful and see the goodness in each day.

So today I thought I would share how you can find your pockets of peace in each day. Then I thought we could start a conversation and share with each other our pockets of peace. I’ll start by sharing mine and then you tell us yours in the comments!

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Blogging Tips

What To Do When Blogging Starts To Feel Like a Chore

September 16, 2020November 1, 2023by Olivia44 Comments

We have all been there before, when you have a lot of stuff going on but you know its your blog posting day. You have nothing prepared and so you know you need to put something together quickly. You do it, but don’t really want to. Blogging feels like a chore rather than a hobby or job. I get it, I’ve been there before. There are some things we can do to combat this feeling and thats what we’ll be discussing today! And I hope they can be of some help to you.

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food

4 Healthy Snack Ideas For When You Have a Sweet Craving

September 15, 2020November 1, 2023by Olivia56 Comments

Since I have been learning how to love my body journey, its become even more important to me that I fill my body with things that are good for me. I wouldn’t say that I have a sweet tooth, I think I sit in-between being a savoury and a sweet person. But some days you just get that sweet craving and want something sweet to help relieve it.

I have been researching and trying myself some recipes with fruit to try and help combat my sweet cravings. And boy are they sooo good, I knew I just had to share! So lets get started!

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Guest Posts, Life

10 Things I’ve Learnt In My Twenties

September 14, 2020November 1, 2023by Olivia32 Comments

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Hello everyone it’s me, Shayla from thedailyshayla.com. If you don’t know anything about me, I’m a 22 year old mother from the UK with a lot to say (hey that rhymes!).
I am so happy to be collaborating with Olivia on my first guest post! We have come together and created an awesome list of 10 things we have learnt in our twenties!
Over here on Olivia’s blog, down below, you can read my list of the top 5 lessons I have learnt. Then once you’ve finished reading that, you can pop over to my blog and read Olivia’s list too, how cool is that!?

Although I am only 22, the change from teenage years was definitely noticeable. Being pregnant at 20 and having a baby at 21 made it even more significant and I feel like I have grown so much in such a small amount of time. Here are the 5 things I have learnt in my twenties…all 2 loooooong years of them!

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Guest Posts, Mental Health

How To De-Stress Your Stress

September 12, 2020November 1, 2023by Olivia59 Comments

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Hi everyone, I’m Shelly, an obsessive millennial that gets anxious with anything and everything. Ok that was a bit of an exaggeration, but it is how I feel at the moment. Most people have enjoyed the slowdown that came along with the COVID-19 pandemic and to be honest, I did too… Until I decided to take on blogging full time while working as an essential worker and raising a busy toddler. Don’t worry, this post isn’t a pity party- I’m very happy with everything I have chosen to do which you can read all about on GrowingWithSpawn.com. As overwhelming as it is, I do love my three jobs – yes, three, because that is what it feels like. I’ve spent the last few months searching for ways to make sure that I am able to dedicate enough time to each of my jobs without getting burnt out. So today, I’m here to share with you a few tips and tricks that I have learned to de-stress that stress.

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Interior Design, Mental Health

How The Design Of Your Home Can Affect Your Mental Health

September 11, 2020November 1, 2023by Olivia33 Comments

Mental health is not black and white. There are so many different factors and things that effect different people. Some things that affect my mental health might not affect yours and vice vice versa. One thing that really has an effect on my mental health is my living space. I have spoken about this before in a previous post, where I talked about how to create a calm space in your home. To me, my living space is a reflection on how im feeling and doing mentally. If its a mess then usually my head is also a mess. Today were going to be talking about how the design of your home can affect your mental health and what we can do to combat this.

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A Giveaway For You [CLOSED]

September 10, 2020September 15, 2020by Olivia26 Comments

Ever since I hit 1k followers on WordPress I knew I wanted to give back to you guys. After all I would never have hit that goal without the support of all of my lovely friends and followers. This giveaway is being held on my Instagram page. So if you haven’t got an instagram account you wont be able to enter. Don’t worry though, I’m sure I will hold some more giveaways just here on WordPress!

Anyway, onto the part you’re here for!

I’m sure you want to know what you will be getting if you win, well I have put together a social media pack all created by me! The pack consists of 3 customisable posts for you to use on your social media channels:

These digital artworks are fully customisable, so you get to choose the colours and I’ll add your social media handles onto them too.

The Rules

There are some rules you must follow to be eligible to win this giveaway, these rules are posted on my giveaway post on my Instagram but I’ll put them on here too!

You must be following me on Instagram
You need to like the Instagram post
Tag 3 friends in the comments
Share the post onto your story

And thats it! You’re then eligible to win this pack!

Head over to my Instagram page to view the post, or click the image below and it will take you straight there. Good Luck!

This giveaway is open until the 15th September 2020, the winner will be announced and contacted via Instagram on the 16/09/20.

Terms & Conditions: This giveaway is international. You will NOT receive the prints in the mail, these are digital prints ONLY. You are not to sell or copy these designs without permission from Olivialucieblake.com. This giveaway has no monetary value. If the winner doesn’t claim their prize within 24 hours of the announcement, a new name will be drawn.