The Very Inspiring Blogger Award

A big thank you to my dear Angel friend, Liz of Lizitivity for nominating me for this award!

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The rules  for accepting  the Very Inspiring Blogger Award:
Display the Award Certificate on your website.
Announce your win with a post and link to whoever presented you with the award.
Present 15 awards to deserving bloggers.
Drop them a comment to tip them off after you have linked them in the post.
Post 7 interesting things about yourself.

My nominated bloggers (in no particular order) –

1. Nathan Bransford

2.Max Barry

3. Chris Guillebeau – The Art of Non-conformity

4.Orly Wahba – Life Vest Inside

5. Rob Lang – The Modern Day Poet

6. Innocent Smoothies

7. Marcia Bench

8. Sarah Jane 

9. Magu Bee – Bee the Adventure

10.  Curious Odyssey Coaching

11. Claire Brummell – Feminine 1st

12. Christian Pankhurst

13. Arielle Ford – Wabi Sabi Love

14. Rori Raye

15. 7Words

Seven interesting things about me –

1. I only wear fluffy bed socks, and they have to be inside-out, I hate the seam against my toes.

2. I wrote my first poem at the age of 8, in the middle of the night, and it was just four lines long.

3. I had a pet slow-worm as a child. In fact, several, as the cats used to catch them, I’d nurse them back to health then release them.

4. I used to travel astrally while asleep as a very young child. My favourite thing to do was to fly down the stairs and around the house. It was always interesting when I tried to re-create that when awake…

5. I have a very weird accent. I am originally from Wales, but have never had a Welsh accent, even as a child in Welsh school. Over the years I have been asked if I am from America, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Scotland, Ireland, England or even South Africa. I like to think of it as being a Universal accent 🙂

6. I have a happy memory pot on my window sill, with a pen and paper next to it. Every time something good happens, I write it down on a piece of the paper, fold it up, and put it in the pot. My Christmas present to myself will be to open all these little notes to myself and read about all the wonderful things that have happened this year.

7. My lucky number is 7. It is also my life path number 🙂

Mind Body & Soul Weekend

Spent last weekend at the Kempton Park Mind Body & Soul Weekend. Many brave souls came out to see us in the wild weather, and I met some beautiful Earth Angels! As well as customers, I saw some old friends and made some new with the exhibitors there. I actually remembered to take photos this time, so here they are 🙂

My stand:

The Amethyst Angel

 

My next door neighbour and purveyor of beautiful crystals; Richard Scull of Crystal Planet.

Crystal Planet

 

My other next door neighbour, and very talented artist, John Wakefield:

John Wakefield

 

My opposite neighbours, Carol Carbine,

Carol Carbine

 

and Erika, of the Lamenting Wolf.

The Lamenting Wolf

 

And here are a few of my favourites: Samjhana Moon of Goddess Portraiture;

Goddess Portaiture

 

Harpinder Bilkhu of Lyran Arts:

Lyran Arts

and Katalin Swann, Empowerment Coach, The Aroma Tree Company and Cheryl Mcavoy, Angel Artist.

Please check out there websites and see their beautiful merchandise! They are all lovely Earth Angels and I feel blessed to have spent the weekend with them.

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A wonderful weekend at the Mind Body Spirit Festival in London

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***Warning! This blog post is longer than my usual posts, you may need a cup of tea and some cake before reading! *** Last weekend I went to London with my good friend, Sarah Jane, and her daughter Mia, to … Continue reading →

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Climb every mountain…

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Ask anyone who knows me, and they will tell you that I am not a very athletic or fit person. But I decided that this year would be my transformation year, and that I would do things that were completely … Continue reading →

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Unleash the Power Within!

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From the 10th to the 13th May, I attended the Tony Robbins event – Unleash the Power Within, in London. What can I say? It was incredible! It began at 1pm on the Friday, and for 8-9 hours, Tony built … Continue reading →

Local Author Events at the Malvern Book Co-operative

I am happy to say that I was contacted by the Malvern Book Co-operative to be a part of their local author week from the 13th to the 18th May. There will be several local novelists taking part, and I am looking forward to it!

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On Tuesday the 14th, at 7.30pm, there will be a ‘Speed Pitching’ evening, where the authors will be pitching their novels in a few minutes. (Apparently like speed dating only without the embarrassing chat up lines!) Then afterwards there will be time to chat to the authors about the good bits and bad bits of writing and publishing.

Then on Thursday the 16th, between 1pm and 4pm, I will be in the shop in Malvern, doing some writing and having a cuppa, and would love it if any other writers or budding writers wanted to join me for some informal writing/chatting about writing and publishing. I would be happy to answer any questions or make any suggestions 🙂

Then on Saturday the 18th, there will be two sessions of the local novelists coming in to sign their books and chat with readers. We would love to see you there!

Please pass this on to anyone you know in the area. You can find the Malvern Book Co-operative on Facebook too.

What is your life’s purpose?

Do you even have one?

Tonight in the Littledean Community Centre I will be doing a talk on the purpose of life, which will include wisdom from my favourite books, and also my recent experience at a retreat with Neale Donald Walsch in Oregon.

I used to think that my purpose was something that I had to discover, to find, because it was out there, somewhere. But through my spiritual journey I have come to realise that’s not the case at all.

Intrigued? Come along at 7pm tonight, you never know, something might strike a chord with you!

Check out the Exploring Alternatives group on facebook for more info.

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A Spiritual Weekend!

I spent last weekend in the stunning Wye Valley, in the beautiful home of Annette and John of Wye Valley Healing. The intention was to write 20,000 words of my new novel, but the end result was closer to just … Continue reading →

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The Power of Manifestation

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I created my first Vision Board in 2009, when I was in New York. Working with the available materials I and my friends had to hand, I created it on a thick paper bag, using photos from magazines. Within a … Continue reading →