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Going (Almost) Vegetarian | How I Slashed My Meat Intake

July 15, 2019

I have dedicated the past few years to consistently kill negative habits and install better ones. Following this principle, my family and I have ...

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favorites, food, life, mindfulness, reviews

My June 2019 Favorites

June 30, 2019

It’s a been a while since I wrote my last post. It wasn’t for lack of ideas: life has been intense, quite a rollercoaster actually. ...

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expats, finland, parenting

What Your Child Needs At A Finnish Daycare

April 27, 2019

Learning what clothes and gear my oldest child needed at daycare took time. For months teachers needed to remind me or my husband that we should ...

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health, parenting

5 Tips for Making Bedtime Less Exhausting | Guest Post by Lisa Smalls

March 24, 2019

Remember the good ol’ days when you could stay up all night partying with friends till daybreak or pull multiple all-nighters studying for ...

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books, expats, finland, multicultural families, multilingualism

10 Reasons Why Espoo City Library Is Awesome

March 20, 2019

Last week Espoo City Library was awarded the international prize Library of the Year at the London Book Fair 2019. As an enthusiastic library ...

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food, health, reviews

Healthy And Tasty: Trying The Nom Nom Snacks

March 9, 2019

I don’t know about you, but I have a hard time finding easy and healthy snacks for my kids. It’s not that I like ideas, but I often ...

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expats, finland

How To Plan a Kids’ Birthday Party in Finland

March 3, 2019

Dear fellow expat parent in Finland, here’s a post uniquely designed to alleviate the pains of planning your child’s birthday ...

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life, Lifestyle, mindfulness, parenting, self-care

A Daily Ritual Of Gratitude

February 27, 2019

My husband and I discussed several times about our natural trend to weight the negative way more than the positive. Have you noticed that you may ...

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favorites, health, mindfulness, reviews, self-care

February’s Favorites: Spoil Yourself

February 20, 2019

It’s been so long since I’ve last wrote a post of favourites. It was not for lack of material: indeed I have accumulated a list of ...

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Paola

I was born and raised in Italy, now I live in the winter wonderland that is Finland. I worked as a mathematics researcher, an IT project manager and consultant, and now I work as product owner. I love nature, reading books, playing boardgames, cooking and eating good food. I enjoy learning languages: I speak Italian, English, Finnish, Hindi, and I understand some Spanish. I am grateful to have three wonderful kids who call me "mamma". One came from my belly, the other two from fateful encounters.