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ParentingPlay with your tween to help with challenging behaviour
Clinical psychotherapist Joanna Fortune outlines the importance of playing with your tweens.
27 September 2022 -
MemoirThe Appalachian Trail vs The South West Coast Path
Gail Muller takes us behind the scenes on her journey through the wild outdoors.
26 September 2022 -
Memoir#PitchThread
We’re super excited to be launching our first-ever Twitter event where non-fiction writers can pitch their ideas directly to the Thread editorial team.
31 May 2022 -
MemoirCoconut Exclusive Extract
An Exclusive Extract of Coconut by Florence Ọlájídé. Read the first four chapters for free.
12 July 2021 -
MemoirObjects that speak a thousand words by Florence Ọlájídé
‘Why am I not white?’ Nan came and sat on the edge of my bed. A tender finger brushed against my cheek. ‘Everyone in this house is white. Why am I Black?’
12 July 2021 -
MemoirMy Memories of Movement by Florence Ọlájídé
As the Nigerian civil war drew to a close, my parents stopped home-schooling me and sent me to the local primary school…
12 July 2021 -
MemoirMama Yaba by Florence Ọlájídé
It was time to pay another visit to my neurotic great aunt, Mama Yaba, and for some unfathomable reason, Mum wanted me to take my youngest sister, Idowu with me…
12 July 2021 -
Memoir
Adventures on the Road by Florence Ọlájídé
School holidays created an opportunity to travel to my dad’s home-town Ijebu-ode, the capital of Ijebu land, an area north east of Lagos.
12 July 2021 -
Memoir, ParentingAn Ode To Fathers
In celebration of the incredible role that fathers play, we wanted to share an excerpt from Everything I’ve Learned About Motherhood (From My Single-Parent Dad) from our author Zeena Moolla.
18 June 2021 -
Self-DevelopmentWhy did I write How To Be A Boss At Ageing
Anniki Sommerville, co-founder of the popular podcast The Hotbed, talks about why she wrote How To Be A Boss At Ageing and embracing midlife.
29 March 2021 -
MemoirEight gift ideas way more meaningful than bath salts to give a mum on Mother’s Day
Want to show a mum some love? Well, step away from that last- in-the-bucket bouquet and hastily bought box of Black Magic…
23 February 2021 -
MemoirHi! I’m Zeena
In the previous blog post, I introduced you to my amazing Dad. Now I’m introducing myself.
23 February 2021 -
Memoir
Meet My Dad by Zeena Moolla
Hi there, I’m Zeena Moolla, author of Everything I’ve Learned About Motherhood (From My Single-Parent Dad) and in this blog post I wanted to introduce you to my amazing Dad.
23 February 2021 -
Self-DevelopmentWhy the F*ck Can’t We Change!
In her new groundbreaking bestseller Why the F*ck Can’t I Change, Dr Gabija Toleikyte shows how you can banish bad habits for good and transform your life. Read an exclusive extract here.
02 February 2021 -
Self-DevelopmentThe Science of Kindness
I want to briefly draw your attention to the science of kindness. It’s important for you to know at the outset that all the suggestions in my book 100 Ways To Be Kind are not anecdotal but backed up by solid research.
16 November 2020 -
ParentingUbuntu by Joanna Fortune
Ubuntu is the practice of showing humanity towards each other. It is an African tribal practice that upholds that all people are inherently good, but we can all make mistakes and poor judgements in our lives.
13 November 2020 -
Parenting
What You Can Expect to Take Away From 15 Minute Parenting The Teenage Years
As you read through this book, I invite you to hold in mind that play is not a box of toys, nor is it even a sequence of activities. Play is a state of mind and a way of being. In order to playfully connect with your teenager, you must be playful within yourself.
22 October 2020 -
BusinessWhy I wrote the Power of Us, by David Price
It’s hard to be optimistic when times are so tough. But I hope that The Power of Us reminds us – and those who lead us – that ordinary people can achieve extraordinary things when they work together to make the world a better place in which to live.
14 September 2020 -
Self-Development
A New Way of Living
Often the simplest solutions are the best ones. Kindness is the simple and scientifically proven remedy that you and everyone on the planet urgently need to administer right now.
11 September 2020 -
Self-DevelopmentAre You Highly Sensitive?
Sometimes it can help to know where you are on the sensitivity spectrum. Theresa Cheung has created a self-help tool: a sensitivity scale that you can use as a gauge, or that you can use for someone you know to help them understand themselves better.
06 July 2020 -
Parenting15 Minute Practice: Building Empathy
When something is fun it becomes appealing and that gives young children a positive association with it. Here are some ways that you can build empathy-teaching moments into your parenting.
19 May 2020 -
Parenting15 Minute Practice: Active Listening
Active listening is, without doubt, one of the most beneficial and effective parenting tools you can have. Take an effective listening quiz and reflect on how your answers make you feel.
19 May 2020 -
Health & DietYour Gene Kitchen Larder
A ‘starter kit’ list of ingredients that are known to have positive health benefits and are used extensively in the recipes included in Cooking for Your Genes
12 May 2020
