This month Spabreaks.com is launching our Just For Today campaign to reward five unsung heros from the Lily Foundation a day off with a spa day for two and a hamper of goodies . Here the Lily Foundation’s founder Liz Curtis explains all about Mitochondrial Disease, the illness which saw her six month old daughter […]

It might be in the middle of the Cotswolds, but Ellenborough Park’s treatments provide an experience of international standards. Their Bamboo Massage is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg… What exactly is the Bamboo Massage? This is a massage that can deliver stress relief, muscle strengthening, lymph-drainage and ir improves the circulation. Using the […]

Having set up the women’s health site, Healthista.com, Anna Magee talks fitness, wellbeing, and walking through the park barefoot… What are you up to at the moment? Hmmm, lots of exciting things. I have just completed my second yoga book called 10-minute yoga designed for busy over-subscribed women who want to tone up and calm […]

For out 2014 Women’s Wellness Week, journalist, Martel Maxwell, explains why her boobs are her favourite body part and why! It’s not very British to say we love bits of our bodies. Tell a group of pals: “God, I hate my thighs” and you are greeted with a chorus of “Oh me too”’s or a […]

We caught up with Spa6 to talk about their Decléor Slim Effect Wrap to find out what it does and why it works! What exactly is the treatment ? The Decléor Slim effect wrap starts with an exfoliation of the body beginning with the legs, abdomen, chest and arms. The therapist will then remove the […]

Cuddle clubs, hugging therapy, and even cuddle parties … these are all concepts that have invaded my personal space in the recent months, and being quite British about it all, I am slightly perturbed. I can’t deny the feel-good factor of a really great hug, sometimes it is the thing that will completely make your […]

For weddings and special occasions, the spa at East Sussex National turns to ESPA and in particular, their Advanced Enzyme Peel Facial … and here’s why! What exactly is the Advanced Enzyme Peel Facial? It starts with an eye and lip cleanse, which is followed with a face cleanse that’s removed with hot mitts.  We […]

Today, Sophie Morgan is known as a TV presenter, writer, producer and a powerful disability advocate, especially in the travel sector. Paralysed in a car crash as a teenager, she explained to us what it was like taking her first steps 10 years later.

When her daughter, Hattie, was born with Downs Syndrome, Robyn Perriss discovered a whole new world of support, particularly through the charity Sparkles.  On World Downs Syndrome Day, she talks about how life has changed since Hattie arrived … I found out my daughter had Downs Syndrome when … A few hours after she was […]

If anyone knows the healing powers of aromatherapy, it’s expert, Beverley Higham.  Here she explains which essential oils can help us women to feel our best whatever life throws at us.