Just Lozzy

Hi all, hope you are all well in this confusing and worrying time. I work in a secondary school and have received lots of advice in helping teenagers and their parents with self-isolation over the next few weeks/ months (who knows?!) and I thought I would share them with you. The thought of trying to navigate this time of heightened anxiety, lack of contact with their friends and home schooling may fill you with dread. I have a few tips to share that will hopefully help you all. First things first, remember, you can’t keep giving from an empty cup. It is so important to look after yourself. Keep doing things that you love (and schedule times for these things!) so that you can have the patience to home school…gulp! Healthy habits: We are creatures of habit. Self isolation makes this harder. Our normal routines are thrown out the window but its important to set up these routines at home. Set a dinner time, bed time, study time etc. Routines help us all feel in control but a

With International women's day fast approaching I thought I would share some shocking information I came across this week. I read an article written by  The Guardian  that changed my whole perception on gender equality. I didn't want to believe the headline and thought 'yeah this is a classic case of manipulating data for a headline' but after researching, unfortunately, this wasn't the case... 'Nine out of 10 people found to be biased against women'  the headline screamed at me. The article summed up data gathered from the  United Nations Development Programme . This data uncovered the shocking scale of women's rights globally. It analysed the data of 75 countries containing over 80% of the worlds population. It found that almost 90% of people are biased against women. 90%. I knew it was bad, but I didn't realise it was quite that bad. In the UK and US this figure was not so high but still over half of people held those views.  It also f

During the summer, my partner and I took a holiday to visit his friend in the south of Norway. Our trip started off with a bumpy start as our flight couldnt land in oslo due to bad weather. We were redirected and missed our connected flight between Oslo and Kristiansand but spent the night in an Oslo airport (well a few hours zzzz). While we were in Norway, we stayed in Sogne. We enjoyed seeing the lookout point and having soft ice (icecream covered in chocolate powder)! I had never seen so many tiny islands from a coastline before. We drove to a cabin that was located in Brokke. The drive was about 3 hours and we loved seeing the beautiful fjords (including the widest in Norway - Byglandsfjord) and the waterfalls from the windows. We tried Norwegian style hot dogs which is a tradition that the family hold. The cabin was absolutely amazing and very traditional. I enjoyed how warming it felt with the wooden clad walls and stone floors. Its had a wood-burner and even a sauna! W