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Friday Favourites – 14th September
Is anyone else amazed that we are in September already? This year is flying by in such a whirlwind. When life seems so fast-paced, I find these reflections on the books, articles, and ideas that have captured my interested even [...]
Self Care Series Part 1: What is Self Care?
My mission for this blog is to help readers live bigger lives. This means growth and development at an intellectual and spiritual level, which can only be done with a solid bedrock of wellness, achieved through self care. When your [...]
Friday Favourites – 24th August
You may have noticed (my lovely little loyal group of readers!) that I have had a few weeks off writing my Friday Favourites. I have been using the time to reflect on what I want this blog to be, who [...]
5 religion happiness hacks for the non-religious
I’ve finally caved and written a listicle. It is a long-form listicle, but a listicle all the same. Yes, I still want to maintain the integrity of the blog as a forum for open intellectual discussion. But I found as [...]
Friday Favourites – 27th July 2018
This week has been MANIC, mostly in a completely wonderful way. I moved house, went to see my bf perform as part of the choir at the BBC Proms, spent the day at Glyndebourne and every spare second I have [...]
Friday Favourites – 20th July 2018
So this week has been a little crazy, I’m moving house at the weekend and will be in London again! It is all very exciting and I am looking forward to being closer to all the hustle and bustle of [...]
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My name is Melanie, and I’m behind Whittle Away. I started this site to share my thoughts about self development, and start up conversations about how we can all grow intellectually and spiritually, to live bigger lives.