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08 Oct 2012 No Comments

Do you prefer to shrink into the background and play it safe?

The times that I have stepped out of my comfort zone and followed the strong heart feeling to do something, or say something, even when I have been really nervous, are the times when big shifts have happened in my life.   For example when I was 23 I went into the city of London [...]

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13 Aug 2012 2 Comments

We come in all shapes and sizes and we are all real

Recently the wonderfully SASSY Lisa Clark wrote a blog post “What is a real woman”  It got me thinking (dangerous, I know) about women, bodies, shapes and sizes, self love and emotional eating.   Lisa called for comments on her facebook page about what a real woman was.  I commented “The comparison game is one that [...]

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06 Aug 2012 5 Comments

Emotional eating as a form of self sabotage

  Any time things began to go well for me in my early 20s I would begin the process of binge eating myself into oblivion, this would stop any progress in my projects!  It was as though I hit a glass ceiling of how much success I would allow into my life.  My unconscious belief [...]

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25 Jul 2012 2 Comments

Learning to reach out for support (and not reach into my draw for more chocolate)

Being vulnerable and reaching out for support can be SO healing   Vulnerability can feel so frightening, can’t it?  Well, for me certainly, being vulnerable can seem tough.  I love, love, love being there for other people, to listen, to support to help if I can BUT I find it really challenging to ask for [...]

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14 Jun 2012 No Comments

Finding my voice

Yesterday I had a particularly juicy conversation with Miss Sassy Lisa, she’s what I think of as my writing guru (and generally succulent wild-woman friend).  Lisa offers a writing/coaching programme “Write the Freakin’ Book – THE BOOK WRITING PROGRAMME FOR BADASS GIRLS” and is an inspirational advocate of finding your own voice. Our chat yesterday [...]

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01 May 2012 No Comments

Happy Global Love Day!!!

    Today is Global Love Day 2012!!!  The main ‘theme’ is Love Begins With Me “Simply be love. Let the love within your heart be the focus of your awareness throughout the day. Allow yourself to be accepting, forgiving, peaceful, joyful and in harmony with yourself and all life around you. Just be!”   [...]

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