Dancing Round the Handbags could change your life.

No, we don’t mean putting on your lipstick and trotting down to the disco. Life coach Lynne Copp has written a book called Dancing Round the Handbags that aims to help hard-working women.

As I don’t know any women who don’t work hard, that must be all of us.

Lynne’s book compares life to a handbag and uses different aspects to see what’s holding you back and how you might reach your goals.

She said: “By reviewing your dances and de-cluttering your handbag, you will return to the dance floor of life, to dance to the tunes that you want to dance to.”

In the chapters of the book, she looks at all aspects of life, including health, work, the masks you put on in public, how others see you and what you really want to achieve.

Over the years Lynne held several high-powered positions before running her own business called The Worklife Company.

Alongside the book, Lynne runs workshops, retreats and special coaching for women.

She said:  “Women are always juggling. They are the ones that have to buy the birthday card, remember to feed the cat and do a million and one things.

“But nurturing themselves always comes at the bottom of the list. Yet when you ask women who is to blame when one of the plates drops they say they are. Women believe they should be seen to do it all.’’

Dancing Round The Handbags by Lynne Copp is published by Ecademy Press and is available from Amazon.co.uk.

Bright and breezy at VV Amore

The glitter and sparkle of winter was lovely… for a while. I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for a shakeup now. I’m craving some brightness in my life.

It’s time to have a look at what we can do to start feeling a little spring-like, even if it is too cold to get rid of big boots and heavy coats just yet. Ah, I hear you say, how about a bag?

Good suggestion. Accessories can be the ideal way to edge towards the new season, even if the rest of your wardrobe isn’t quite there yet.

Black and white will be a big trend this year – the catwalks were full of it  – either all black, all white or a mix of the both. VVAmore can, of course, provide you with plenty of options to catch this trend – Slouchy Babe in black and white, Townie Chic in complete black and for a bit of mix we reckon the Slouchy Joe done in black and white would be cool.

Styles are short-strapped and oversized or oversized clutches and, of course, handbags that make you feel very ladylike. Think HM the Queen – or at least our favourite duchess, Kate – here. We have a few designs in the pipeline and will post them soon.

Stripes make it again and we think we will be right on trend mixing this with bold colours – check out some summer fun here.

Bright in-your-face colour blocks stick with us in the spring season so colour block with a handbag is an easy take on this trend.

Other brights will be around too – orange is going mainstream, red is coming back out again (it’s been a while) and electric blue and turquoise will have their day in the sun.