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Your family: with holistic supermum Janey Lee Grace

The latest news and holistic views to keep your clan in tip-top shape, the natural way

DID YOU KNOW?

Puberty is controlled by the ‘luteinizing hormone’ which is activated during sleep. So make sure your teen gets to bed early!

SNUG AS A BUG

Your little one will sleep soundly with this gorgeous Merino Kids Sandshell Go Go Bag, £73.95. Unlike synthetic material, the natural wool in this comfy bag allows skin to breath and also controls moisture, helping to keep baby cool when the weather is hot and warm when it’s cold outside.

To look at the rest of the range visit merinokids.co.uk

Gym mummies

A new fitness centre called Vern Hill has opened in London for new mums and mums-to-be. It offers diet and nutrition programmes, personal training, yoga,pilates, and a cardiovascular studio, as well as a treatment room for a much needed pampering after training. There’s also a children’s play area so no need for a babysitter.

For more information visit vh-pt.co.uk

Smooth and sleek

Keep stretch marks at bay with this Yummy Mummy Skin Support Stretch Mark Serum, £19.99. It’s packed full of rose, lavender, neroli and frankincense oil, for best results massage into your bump and hips twice a day.

Log on to yummymummyskincare.co.uk for more information.

Fact file

“Under 12s should not be given echinacea as it could trigger allergies,according to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency.”

Amazing Grace

Natural super-mum Janey encourages her children to love the way they look!

I caught my little girl posing in a full-length mirror the other day. It was so cute to see her chatting to herself and commenting on her hair and clothes. We’d recently been to visit a friend with a baby who had been enjoying hours of fun in the mirror. He is at that lovely age where babies think there’s another person in the mirror rather than recognising their own reflection.

You may be thinking I should be worried about my daughter’s vanity but actually the opposite is true. I don’t share the opinion that the current craze of ‘mirror-fasting’, (where you attempt to avoid mirrors for days in fear of becoming obsessed with your appearance) is good for you. Indeed I think we should be encouraging our children to have healthy self-esteem and literally love the way they look.

Don’t confuse that with applying make-up and spray tans as per the recent furore with the American-style beauty pageants that are hitting the UK. I’m simply talking about encouraging children to embrace themselves just as they are. From an early age children start saying ‘I’m fat and ugly’. Or, they have negative thoughts like, ‘I’m not good at sports, maths, painting or dancing’. This is really detrimental and there is scientific proof that our thoughts can become a physical reality. I had the pleasure of meeting Louise Hay, the author of You Can Heal Your Life, (£9.99, Hay House). She is an incredible woman, a truly life-loving, active 85-year-old who has started to take piano lessons! She practises something called‘mirror work’ –she has a beautiful mirror on her work desk so that she can tell herself she is wonderful before every phone call she makes.

I’m going to try the same with my family and might line up the kids so we can do it together. I’ll prepare myself for the joke sand teasing from the older boys about my reflection making the mirror crack!

Article by

Janey Lee Grace

is a holistic lifestyle expert. She is the author of Look Great Naturally – Without Ditching the Lipstick (£8.99, Hay House)

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Article by

Janey Lee Grace

is a holistic lifestyle expert. She is the author of Look Great Naturally – Without Ditching the Lipstick (£8.99, Hay House)

Discover more