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…3 min read·Jun 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…6 min read·Jul 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…8 min read·Jul 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…6 min read·Jul 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…4 min read·Jul 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…5 min read·Jul 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…3 min read·Jul 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…5 min read·Jun 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…7 min read·Jun 10, 2020----
Jolanda WritesIntimacyThe dictionary definition of Intimacy is close familiarity or friendship with another person. My definition of intimacy is a deep…4 min read·Jun 5, 2020----