Jolanda WritesLifestyle Blogs are the new MagazinesIf you are sort of in your early 30s like me, you may still love flicking through a magazine. Although nowadays almost everyone lives their…Jun 8, 2021Jun 8, 2021
Jolanda WritesDo not marry your best friend.Whenever I read about people who marry their high school sweethearts, or when they say, I married my best friend, my face makes this…Jul 8, 2020Jul 8, 2020
Jolanda WritesWrite LettersWhen was the last time you wrote a physical letter? I don’t mean just copying inspirational quotes onto greeting cards, I mean actually…Jul 8, 2020Jul 8, 2020
Jolanda WritesThe most spoken 4 wordsThe most common four words I have said in the last four months are “when this is over”. It is usually followed by something very mundane…Jul 7, 2020Jul 7, 2020
Jolanda WritesSisterhoodWhen you look at the Dictionary meaning of the word Sisterhood, it is the state of being a sister, sisterly relationship, or a community…Jul 7, 2020Jul 7, 2020
Jolanda WritesWhat does happiness mean to me?Knowing what happiness truly means changed my life completely. In the autumn of 2009, at a Halloween party in South Kensington, I met a…Jul 7, 2020Jul 7, 2020
Jolanda WritesA review of Sally Rooney’s Conversation with Friends.Sally Rooney is a writer who has captured the essence of being a young person in our increasingly crazy world. I have never read anything…Jul 7, 2020Jul 7, 2020
Jolanda WritesFather’s DayEvery year on this particular day I get very emotional. With my stepfather passed away over ten years ago and my biological father living…Jun 20, 2020Jun 20, 2020
Jolanda WritesManaging Quarantine Loss & Grief in ChildrenBefore the start of the pandemic and countries going into lockdown, the last thing I would imagine my children doing through half term…Jun 10, 2020Jun 10, 2020
Jolanda WritesIntimacyThe dictionary definition of Intimacy is close familiarity or friendship with another person. My definition of intimacy is a deep…Jun 5, 2020Jun 5, 2020