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I never enjoyed having company to go to my pilates session, to the gym, for shopping or jogging. However, when I adopted Puma, a stray and gorgeous looking English pointer (the one in the foto), our daily walk for her No1 and No2 quickly turned into a running routine! ...

If you are a mum like me, you will surely find yourself in the awkward position of covering your children with sunscreen while they are trying to avoid you. In the effort to do the right thing with sun protection you have to know what is really effective. So let’s see what are the usual mistakes....

I will never forget the day I went for lunch break in a famous souvlaki place in Athens to order -after a self-control session- one chick pea salad with quinoa and avocado! The superfoods orgasm in the dish of the traditional souvlaki restaurant was more than a surprise to me...

SUMMERTIME SADNESS
In the car, Lana del Ray is singing with her sultry voice «kiss me hard before you go, summertime sadness …», while the dust lifted from the car wheels conspire in my  ”drama queen” situation. 

My dear Holy Spirit, I’ve been calling you last couple of weeks but you never picked it up! As a matter of fact, why should you? The only thing you would hear is me complaining about almost everything! I know I lost control with work and all my obligations, but now it is time to do some bonding!...

Once again I left behind my job, home and two children to devote a couple of days to myself and my love. Such long weekends, mean to me sleep, love, great food, reading and long bathtubs -a vice that’s not fitting my daily routine anymore. If you let me free, I would carry with me two enormous bags filled with cosmetics so that I could crash test my new beauty findings. This time though, we were flying to Santorini with light luggage on-board. ...

One or two kilos, more than my usual weight, are enough to keep me for hours in front of my closet, undecisive on what to wear and how to feel. Nevertheless, during my second pregnancy, I decided not oppress my cravings for any food or sweet, as I was so against all that media coverage on women getting so quickly an easily thin, just a few days after giving birth! ...

The Greek word ” anchos ” which means stress, comes from the verb ancho, which in ancient greek means constrict or strangle. The above is consistent with my belief that stress is basically a state of mind that unfortunately affects our body, strangling it with ” toxic ” hormones and tightening each and every muscle of it....

For toddlers, cold or flu, with fever, cough and runny nose are in winter’s regular schedule, especially if it is the beginning of preschool or kindergarten . All parents have vivid memories of this year, which for most passed with both them and their child being sick! ...