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Recent am primit de la diferite persoane (și chiar de naționalițăți diferite) aceeași întrebare: “Băiatul cel mare e gelos pe bebé? Și ce faci pentru a-l calma?” Întotdeauna răspund că “Bineînțeles, e gelos!” și mai adăug ceea ce explica un psiholog cum că e chiar sănătos să fie gelos, e
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Da, hop si eu cu sfaturi! Poate esti deja plictisita de sfaturi, te cred! Nu-i asa ca toata lumea stie tot ce trebuie sa faci si tot ce iti face bine tie in timp ce esti insarcinata? Si apoi toata lumea va sti ce e mai bine pentru copilul tau
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Last weekend of September we were in Alicante. Or better said, around the Alicante area. We chose a hotel closer to the beach, in the Albufereta area. It is called Hotel Port Alicante City and Beach . I don’t remember if before having kids we were so picky with accommodation.
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Copil “răutăcios”, “dificil” sau “cuminte”, “bun” etichete pe care nu ar trebuie să le folosim. Nici pentru copii, nici pentru adulți. Mă zgârie pe creier când lumea mă întreabă ceva de genul, spaniolii: “¿Y qué tal el niño? ¿Es bueno?” (“Și cum e copilul? E bun?“) iar românii “Și, este
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“I’m Andreea and I haven’t been using Instagram since September.” And I’m so proud about it, even if it’s the September of 2021, so only 3 months ago. Inspired by the Alcoholics Anonymous meetings (so many times seen in movies), this statement describes what I feel
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September 2020 came with many doubts and a lot of uncertainty. It was the beginning of the new academic year which already promised itself to be different. At the university, we were prepared for all possible scenarios according to the restrictions imposed by the local authorities. We were prepared for
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if you real listen to them…. Listening to podcasts is one of my favourite activities because it’s MY TIME to learn new things. And please emphasise on MY and then, TIME. Brene Brown, Unlocking us When the lockdown was over, and I had to physically go back to work,
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Did you know that fashion is the second most polluting industry, after oil? Yes, you can read that again: fashion (the sum of our clothes, shoes and accessories) is polluting our planet, our air and therefore the lives of many people, if not all of us. Fashion is polluting the
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Ideas first written in January 2020 I’ve read in many books and blogs about how children are having a hard time with transitions. In case you are unfamiliar with the concept, baby transitions are those moments of changing the scenario: When it’s time to have breakfast, or to
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Sometimes, I love being a professor; Other times, I’m not feeling that love. I’m hiding this change of feelings behind the idea that “it depends on the students”. Teaching is like a relationship This is my mantra “Teaching is like a relationship“. And as with any relationship it
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Trigger: “Can’t wait until my hair will be longer again!” No, no, no … NOW it’s perfect! So, be here now! This moment right now is perfect. And no, you really don’t have to wait until the hair will be longer, or until you get the new haircut.
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Too much food last night. And the night before too. And now I’ trying to skip breakfast, but it’s so hard, since I have in front of me a warm, yummy-looking slice of bread, and some cherry-tomatoes and the olive oil bottle whose label is screaming “Bio”. How could