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I’ve been pretty quiet in blog land lately and for a few good reasons. First, Lee and I married in April. The kids, my brother and his wife and us headed up to Palm Cove (North Queensland, just north of Cairns). It was a beautiful day, just perfect – morning wedding on the sand, cocktails by the pool at noon, afternoon nap and a lovely meal out.
In May he took me home to the UK to meet the rest of his family and friends. We had a great time and I was made to feel very welcome.
And now I’m pleased to announce...
Posted on Monday, 04 Jul 2011
What's on your bucket list?
Sometime ago I was introduced to the concept of 'The Bucket List'. This is inspired by the film of the same name, starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. The film follows the story of 2 men, Carter Chambers (Freeman) and Edward Cole (Nicholson) who meet in hospital after both being diagnosed with cancer. Carter begins writing a “bucket list”, or things to do before he “kicks the bucket”.
Posted on Tuesday, 14 Jun 2011
Take care of yourself this winter... naturally
Winter is here and I’ve already faced down a cold and gastro. I visited my lovely naturopath and she reminded me of a few simple things we can do to take care of ourselves naturally. Here’s a little of what we discussed...
Posted on Monday, 06 Jun 2011
What's your wish for 2011?
At the end of each year, I like to take the opportunity to reflect on the year that is ending and set goals of some description for the coming year.
One year I wrote a list of about a hundred things that I wanted to achieve, under carefully constructed heading (personal organisation, finances, full time work, part time business and so on). I crossed a good few things off that list, but given there were so many, there were many that I didn’t cross off and some things that I felt I should do, but didn’t do (and still haven’t).
For last year, I wrote a much more concise list with a top 10 big goals and some smaller ‘pieces’ that would form part of achieving these bigger goals. I didn’t look back at my list until the end of the year, but can you believe I crossed 7 items off my top 10 list (paying off my credit card, finishing my Reiki Masters and teaching a Reiki course). I believe this has to do with the intention that is set when we write down a goal, plan or dream.
This year I have done it a little differently as I want things to be a little different. First I created a collage of how I wanted the year to feel. In fact I found so many images that represent how I want to feel throughout and at the end of the year that I created 2 collages. Images send very powerful messages without us even realising.
Whilst lightly participating in reverb10 late last year, I was prompted to consider my word for the past year (which was planning even though I wanted it to be fulfilment), I began to consider my word for this year. In the end, I selected 4 words for this year, and then 4 corresponding symbols to match.
Posted on Thursday, 17 Mar 2011
My latest digital crush...
Ladies and Gentlemen, introducing one of the worldliest and wisest of women I have ever had the good sense to stumble across and whom I am now stalking at least 5 days a week.....
Self described as dialectic, eclectic and electric. This girl is igniting starter engines.
Posted on Thursday, 03 Feb 2011
Creativity, floss and meditation
Posted on Tuesday, 01 Feb 2011
A sense of wonder
Reverb 10 prompt, December 4: Wonder. How did you cultivate a sense of wonder in your life this year?
This year I learned the concept of wondering, instead of forcing. I had the good grace to remember this a few times, but not always.
What I learnt is, when I wonder instead of force, I am more open to my wishes appearing through a different vehicle than I might have pushed for myself, but the result being equally as good or better.
I wondered how the payment to me that I hadn’t received might be sorted, then let it go. The client who had paid the money followed this up religiously until it had been sorted, even though it was my technical glitch that prevented it getting to me in the first place.
I wonder how the children who are not mine will grow up and be as adults and how we’ll be in each other’s lives. I hope I can continue to wonder instead of force here too. I notice from awareness that we want for the children what we didn’t have or do.
But really, I haven’t addressed the question. How have I cultivated a sense of wonder this year?
Posted on Sunday, 30 Jan 2011
Why one word makes me melancholy
One word. Encapsulate the year in one word.
This is the first of a month of daily writing prompts supplied by Gwen Bell of the #reverb10 team and project. #reverb10 is about reflecting on this & manifesting what’s next.
Reflecting on this makes me a little sad because I think my one word for 2010 is planning. I wanted 2010 to be about fulfilment.
Posted on Thursday, 02 Dec 2010
Welcome to my new blog!
The development was complete on this new blog feature a couple of months ago. It’s been sitting with “test” messages ever since waiting for me to start painting its walls with love, or, you know, write something.
I’ve put it off for various reasons– what’s the perfect first blog entry? My newsletters are following a bit of a theme, is it rude to post something starting in the middle? And who’s going to read it anyway? It all comes back to fear.
Posted on Wednesday, 24 Nov 2010