treats for mom - The Elephant Mum

food, health, life, self-care, sustainability

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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events, finland, food, reviews

Kicking Off Summer At The Carnival of Ice Cream and Chocolate 2019

May 11, 2019

How much ice cream can you eat? My family had a chance to test this at this year’s Carnival of Ice Cream and Chocolate (Jäätelö- ja ...

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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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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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expats, finland, interviews, mindfulness, self-care, working mom

From design to yoga and well-being: my friend Stefania’s story

December 12, 2018

I have always felt fascinated by stories of people who have the courage to question and take a huge turn in how they live. I am currently going ...

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finland, reviews, self-care, travel in finland

My great Mother’s Day at Superpark Espoo

May 19, 2018

We moms celebrate motherhood all year long and Mother’s Day has become widely known as the relax and freedom day for mothers. Can I get an ...

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apps, favorites, reviews

How ResQ Club is giving us back our family quality time

November 18, 2017

Our life is constantly on the run. We’re full-time working parents, juggling three cultures in our family. We could probably write a full ...

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health, self-care

How I manage the parenting stress

August 26, 2017

When it comes to stress management, I am definitely on a path of learning. Quite recently I realised the root of many of my issues was that I was ...

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finland, food, reviews, travel in finland

July favorites: new bag, nature places & more

July 29, 2017

I cannot believe July is over already! The past month really flew. Weather was definitely nicer than in June, but still a bit disappointing. In ...

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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.