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09/06/2024

Naomi was incredible!!!! As everyone entered the tent for her crystal workshop, she politely held a basket full of crystals, all various sizes, shapes and colours!

She also says at the same time ‘don’t overthink it, just pick one!’ which is definitely so true because when our brain is presented with so much choice, it automatically goes into overthinking mode trying to narrow down the selection process but instead it over complicates things!

I picked Black Obsidian which is for protection and grounding, provides support during change, repels negativity and disperses unloving thoughts and helps fight the effects of depression.

This particular crystal turns out to be very much needed in my life at the moment which perfectly displays Naomi’s relaxed approach to crystals in knowing that the crystal will find you and show themselves to you when you need them most.

This beautiful approach has made me fully and truly fall in love with the power of crystals because before the workshop I was placing way too much pressure on myself to know absolutely everything about crystals like their healing properties, their meanings and so on which ended up stripping all the joy from it.

So now I strongly implement Naomi’s approach and trust my intuition and overall connection with the individual crystal :)

08/06/2024

Sound bath with Madhava Sounds

If you have never experienced a sound bath before I would highly recommend it!

This was my first experience of a sound bath at VLF and it was so amazing, I had a total out of body experience and became spiritually separated from my body.

I felt completely calm and weightless, it honestly was such a beautiful feeling and then as the session closed we were gently and carefully awake and reunited with our bodies.

Check out their page at: Facebook.com/madhavasounds

07/06/2024

Finding your voice workshop at VLF

Wow what an experience brilliantly lead by Amanda! We all sat in a circle together and instantly created a safe space for one another.

We began with a icebreaker style exercise, by bouncing up and down on our toes and using the sound related to our different chakras and then using that to express laughter.

Afterwards we all took a seat, really anchored ourselves into the Mother Earth and become grounded.

Next we used those same sounds but in a different way, through humming and chanting, the sensation of everyone’s power and energy through using their own voice was certainly something else.

Amanda suggested at the beginning of the workshop that if anyone wanted to go into the centre of the circle, she would highly recommend it! So I did! I have never experienced anything like it!

Going to continue working on finding my voice and building its strength and boldness!

02/06/2024

The stone of power! 🐉 🩸

Dragon Bloodstone provides strength and courage and protects against negative energies.

Excellent blood cleanser and powerful healer.

It heightens the intuition and increases creativity.

Keeps out undesirable influences.

It stimulates dreaming and is a powerful revitaliser.

Bloodstone assists you in acting in the present moment.

Emotionally helps in grounding the heart energy. It reduces irritability, aggressiveness and impatience!

Healing properties:

Energy cleanser and immune stimulator for acute infections.

Benefits blood rich organs, regulates and supports blood flow and aids the circulation.

30/05/2024

What do you value more?

🕰️ Time freedom

📍 Location freedom

💰 Financial freedom

Why are we being constantly forced to choose one over the other?

When there is absolutely no need to, I chose time, location and financial freedom aka complete freedom through high ticket affiliate marketing.

What are you gonna choose?

29/05/2024

Did you know Planet Earth…?!

has her own chakras for example, trees are not only connected to one another through a deep network of roots but use those roots to plug directly into the planetary grids.

If you’re ever unsure of how or where to connect to the Earth’s energy grids, then simply finds the nearest tree and put your hands on its trunk, hug it or sit amongst its roots. The energy you share with the trees will always make its way back to the grids.

Please tag me in any tree hugs either past or present that you have done. Would absolutely love to see them and chat about Earth’s energy!

28/05/2024

Read the caption for clear insight.

‘We are in a storeroom, lined with unused books and boxes full of artefacts. Unlike the rest of the ashram, which is always tidy and well swept, this place is dusty and draped in cobwebs, the senior monk leads me up to a mirror and says ‘what can you see?’.

Through the thick layer of dust, I can’t even see my reflection. I say as much, and the monk nods. Then he wipes the arm of his robe across the glass.

A cloud of dust puffs into my face, stinging my eyes, and filling my throat. He says ‘your identity is a mirror covered with dust. When you first look in the mirror, the truth of who you are and what you value is obscured. Cleaning it may not be pleasant, but only when that dust is gone can you see your true reflection’

By Gauranga Das.

26/05/2024

The quote reads:

‘If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.’ By Dalai Lama.

Regardless of your height, weight, age, sexuality, race or religion you have an impact upon the people you meet, the environments you encounter and the change you create with your mere presence.

Remember you make a difference, impact and change in this world! It is up to you how you choose to use this privilege.

All I ask is, please be kind.

22/05/2024

Snowflake Obsidian is a stone of….

Calming and soothing, putting you in the right frame of mind to be receptive before bringing to your attention ingrained patterns of behaviour.

Helps you to recognise and release ‘wrong thinking’ and stressful mental patterns.

With the aid of snowflake obsidian, isolation and loneliness become empowering and aiding surrender in meditation.

Healing properties:

Treats veins and the skeleton and improves circulation.

19/05/2024

Red Jasper is….

Gently stimulating.

It grounds energy and rectifies unjust situations. Red Jasper brings problems to the light before they become too big and provides insights into the most difficult of situations.

It makes an excellent ‘worry bead’ calming the emotions when played with.

Stimulates the base chakras and assists rebirthing.

It cleans and stabilises the aura and strengthens your boundaries. This is a stone of health, strengthening and detoxifying the circulatory system, the blood and liver.

15/05/2024

MALACHITE is the stone of….

Transformation. It draws out deep feelings and psychosomatic causes, breaks unwanted ties and outworn patterns and teaches how to take responsibility for one’s actions, thoughts and feelings.

It releases inhibitions and encourages expressing feeling.

It helps alleviate mental disturbances including psychiatric illness and combats dyslexia.

Healing properties:

It is an extremely versatile healing stone!

Useful for cramps, including menstrual cramps and facilitates childbirth. It has been called the midwife stone.

Lowers blood pressure, treats asthma, arthritis, epilepsy, fractures, swollen joints, growths, travel sickness and vertigo.

14/05/2024

Are you doing yourself a disservice?

Service connects us, service amplifies gratitude, service increases compassion and service builds self esteem.

Affiliate marketing like many other professional occupations such as electricians, builders, accountants, graphic designers etc offer help, guidance and provides a service within their expertise in the return for payment.

Affiliate marketing mentors such as myself have the experience, knowledge and resources to help and support you to start up your own online business from scratch so you can become the boss of your own time schedule.

Don’t do yourself a disservice and find out more information for free by clicking the link in my bio!!

13/05/2024

The challenge for happiness?

Write yourself a list of the things that you know make you feel better and then slowly integrate them into your everyday.

Here are some of the things that help me:

🧘🏻‍♀️ Practicing yoga everyday helps me connect my mind, body and spirit into one in tune unit.

🎧 Listening to a podcast everyday helps me to quieten down my mind.

📖 Reading at least 10 pages a day allows me some relaxation time for my mind and rest time for my body.

🙏🏻 Meditating allows me to really focus on my feelings, thoughts and emotions in a controlled and safe way.

12/05/2024

What is your word for 2024?

Ask yourself this: If I could say one word to the world, if I knew the world was listening attentively and would to the best of its ability follow the direction this word sent out.

What would that word be?
What internal habit or attitude or tendency repeatedly robs your life of joy?
Why is your word not something you can do well and something that comes naturally to you?

Because we cannot teach what we never had to learn and we learn the most where we have to stay conscious in order to learn. Don’t force it, your word will come to you!

10/05/2024

SPOT, STOP & SWAP?

SPOT a feeling or issue
STOP to understand what it is
SWAP in a new way of processing

The first and probably the most important step is to try and spot the negative feeling or issue as it arises.

Then once you have identified it, take the time and space to allow yourself the opportunity to really fully stop and evaluate the difficulties that these feelings have stirred up for you and how they are truly impacting upon you.

Finally, it is all about breaking through bad habits you have formed over time to either totally ignore or numb your real raw feelings maybe because you think you can’t deal with them right now or you fear they are too painful to process.

It is time to swap to more healthy coping mechanisms or strategies to be able to confidently process instead of suppressing your emotions.

Other suggestions: journaling, meditating, draw how you feel, make a gratitude list, punch a pillow, let yourself cry, scream, rip up paper into tiny pieces.

08/05/2024

Did you know there are four different levels of trust?

Level 1: Neutral Trust meaning there are positive qualities that don’t necessarily merit trust.

Level 2: Contractual Trust meaning it’s a case of I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine.

Level 3: Mutual Trust meaning that the bond goes both ways and there is an unsaid agreement that you will be there for each other now and in the future.

Level 4: Pure Trust meaning that no matter what happens you’ll have each other’s backs!

You don’t have to implement an all or nothing approach when it comes to trusting others. Which I think is the most often and damaging mistake made because I know for a fact that I have made the very same error and I never personally realised there was actually different types or stages of trust which allows you the option of choosing the appropriate level of trust that is most suitable for the connection or relationship in question.

Because at the end of the day you wouldn’t allocate the same level of trust to your bestie as you would to a complete stranger now would you?

BE SELECTIVE IN THE TRUST YOU CHOOSE!

07/05/2024

Do you celebrate your wins?

It is so important to celebrate your wins whether big or small because sometimes we dismiss things that were actually quite significant and monumental at the time as we are too quick to move onto or even get distracted by the next new challenge or difficulty that has appeared in our lives.

But please take the conscious time and space to be able to reflect on what you have received and learnt throughout the experience!

Often we are too eager to dismiss or play down what we have gone through. But it should be acknowledged, processed and reflected upon to be able to use them as life lessons.

Honour, congratulate and celebrate yourself and your achievements!!!!!

06/05/2024

Back in November 2019….

I am happy?

Pop your thoughts in the comments box, ✅ for happy or ❌ for unhappy.

29/04/2024

I find it very ironic being awarded a hero medal from Samaritans for raising £150+ in the 70 miles challenge in March!

The volunteers and the whole charity of Samaritans are the true and absolute heroes for endlessly providing the life saving 24/7 listening service!!!!!!

It honestly makes such a difference knowing that there always will be a kind person on the other end of the line waiting and wanting to hear you and what you are experiencing in that moment you dial.

I know whenever I have called their number in the past, I have been overcome with negative thoughts even suicidal ones that truly scared me to my absolute core.

That call often if not always, delivered a much needed source of hope and majorly helped to clarify my thoughts and release them to create a more healthy headspace.

I will continue to recommend and promote this vital listening service because I know from personal experience that Samaritans really do make such a positive difference in so many people’s lives!

Call Samaritans on 116 123, anytime of the day or evening. Open to listening to you 24/7 💚

15/04/2024

Train of thought 🚂

A mindfulness exercise example from my therapist.

To start with, visualise being at a train station, the train rolling in and then boarding the carriage but while on the train you realise as it is hurling down the tracks on this same thought and you don’t like the direction it is heading.

After realising this, you decide that you wish not to continue experiencing the negativity caused, you can just choose to get off at the next available stop. It might feel like it at the time but you are not stuck on your runaway train of thought!!!!

23/03/2024

True ‘adulthood’ kicks in…..

Around the age of 25 because we have endured all the levels of school being both primary and secondary followed by going to university to achieve an degree that will not guarantee a job in your trained field at the end of it but one thing you can be guaranteed about is, you will be in a whole load of university fee debts without absolutely no results to show for it!

With this hard hitting reality blow, we decide to settle for the first job opportunity that appears as vacant and then that’s when the viciously repetitive cycle of working for a living being work, eat, sleep and repeat begins and seems never ending!

We may not get actually buried until the age of 75, but if we really look deeply into the eyes of our fellow human beings, we will be haunted to discover that too many of us have died inside long before, our soul, spirit and creativity destroyed by the conditioning of society and the government.

By selling us all this lie about relentlessly working until the outrageous age of 66 to be able to retire and enjoy our freedom finally, as being acceptable and the norm!!!!!

Start truly living now guys before it is too late! Not every day is guaranteed. Let alone your retirement fund!!!!!!

20/03/2024

Attraction versus connection.

⭐️ Physical: you like what they look like and you are drawn to their appearance, style or presence or you like the idea of being seen with them.

⭐️ Material: you like their accomplishments and the power and the possessions this affords them.

⭐️ Intellectual: you like how they think, you’re stimulated by their conversation and ideas.

⭐️ Emotional: you connect well. They understand your feelings and increase your sense of wellbeing.

⭐️ Spiritual: they share your deepest goals and values.

Or is connection the attraction?

18/03/2024

Did you know?

That the problem is rarely the problem!

What I mean by that is, 99% of the harm is caused in our heads by our thoughts. It takes out that only a mere 1% of the harm is caused by reality what actually happens and the overall outcome. Most of the time, the problem isn’t the problem, the way you think about the problem is!

Shocked? Me too….

Can you think of any examples where this has happened with your thought pattern?

17/03/2024

When falling asleep at night say to yourself: ‘I am relaxed, energised and focused. I am calm, enthusiastic and productive’.

The emotion you fall asleep with at night is most likely the emotion you’ll wake up with in the morning!

16/03/2024

Do you have a mantra you live by?

Where affirmations change the way you speak to yourself. Mantras change the way you speak to the universe!

Mantra in a deep sense means ‘to transcend the mind’ and a mantra is a spiritual sound expressing thought and meaning that summons a power greater than ourselves!

09/03/2024

How would you like to make an impact on the world around you?

You have an impact upon this world! YOU MATTER!

You can be profound in influencing people, communities and the environment through your actions, choices and interactions!!!!

You get to choose whether they are positive or negative?

07/03/2024

How do you feel about your work-life balance?

The definition of work-life balance is having the convenience of being able to manage a personal life during the work day without the hassle of having to get permission or explain your activities to others.

Does that sound like your job?

I’m guessing the answer is no, NOT EVEN CLOSE!!!!

As most jobs nowadays, want you either chained to the desk, till or shop floor!

Having to ask permission for the simple things like:

🚺 To go to the toilet.
📞 To take a personal call.

And you are told:

⏰ When you have to start work.
⏰ When you are allowed to finish your shift.
⏰ When you are scheduled to take your lunch or break time.

That doesn’t sound like balance to me, it sounds more like CONTROL and being OWNED by your employer!!!

What does your work-life balance calculate to?

06/03/2024

Trusting is no easy task?!

Putting your trust into forces that are outside of your control such as the universe or other people can be very daunting, especially if you have had that trust bond broken hurtfully.

I don’t know if you have fallen into one or both of these traps, either you trust other people too easily or you withhold your trust completely from everyone. The truth is neither of these extremes are going to serve you well in the long term.

You almost have to teach yourself and learn all over again how to trust in the unpredictable.

What I have come to realise is the most significant and vital bond of trust you can build is with yourself!!!!

How to grow a trusting relationship with yourself:

🙌🏻 Listen to your own intuition.

🙌🏻 Work through past traumas.

🙌🏻 Manage your emotional reactions and behaviours.

🙌🏻 Know that you are always your centre and place of safety.

🙌🏻 Understand that you are not personally responsible for other people’s reactions or behaviours.

There are different types and levels of trust (I will dive into this in another post).

04/03/2024

Mental health Mondays new morning routine suggestion!

Try implementing these four easy but super effective steps once you are awake.

THANKFULNESS: Firstly starting your day off on a good, positive and thankful note is so incredibly powerful!

📝 Write down 3-5 things that happened the day before or surround you currently that you are grateful for. Expressing gratitude helps to put you in a place of thanks and therefore able to acknowledge how fortunate you really are.

INSIGHT: 📚 It is so beneficial to have a steady and constant flow of input whether that is through reading the newspaper or a book because it allows you to see things from a different perspective.

MEDITATION: 🧘🏻‍♀️ Spending around just 10-15 minutes of mindfulness mediating can really help to clear your busy headspace and allow yourself to enter the beginning of your day with calming clarity!

EXERCISE: 🏃🏻‍♀️Now that you have cleared your mind, it is time to move your body and stretch all your joints and muscles to really wake yourself up! Try some yoga or basic stretches doesn’t need to be any heavyweight exercise.

02/03/2024

Can changing your environment, change your mindset?

Absolutely it can!!!!

For example, this very Peace Lily plant is now blooming again in its new home!

So I was given this lovely plant as a house warming present after I had bought my very own flat. It was in great condition and had many gorgeous flowers on it! The houseplant took pride of plant in the kitchen window.

But as the years passed by….

The plant began to suffer in silence due to being surrounded by a negative atmosphere and it slowly affected its growth and mentality because for at least 4 years there were no flowers at all and the leaves even started to turn brown!!!!

It was the same for me during this time, I was slowly wilting away!

But now that I have changed my environment and living full time in my van! 🚐 ❤️

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Got to start somewhere right? Why not just go for it because we all start at the beginning…. I will be open and honest with you, I was extremely nervous and self conscious about uploading the video of me running yesterday because my harsh self critical voice was shouting at me loudly: ‘you’re not good enough at running’, ‘look at how slow you are running people are just going to laugh at you’ or ‘you will never be a proper runner’. I thankfully catch myself just before actually editing the video of me running I was actually considering speeding up the clip so that my running pace seemed faster! And then I realised…. But why? Why do we do this to ourselves? We expect to be good or an expert in the very thing we just started! I mean realistically when does that ever happen? Do you jump straight into a car for the very first time and instantly become a legendary F1 driver? No 😂 It takes consistency, patience and time to be able to improve your skill set in whatever it is that you are working towards and longing to achieve!

Location has energy, time has a memory. If you do something at the same time every day, it becomes easier and more natural. If you do something in the same space every day it becomes easier and more natural. This is habit stacking!!!!

Love is love and therefore it should always win hearts not hate!!!! 🌈❤️🙌🏻🥰

Earth energy mediation

Keep a tally of every criticism we spoke or thought

A real life example and reason to why…. I have started my own online business! No one is superior to me! And I am not superior to anyone else! The only thing that is superior to anyone, in my personal opinion, is the Universe’s energy, power and karma!!! Peace, love & please be kind to one another! ☮️❤️🥰

What is life without…. Giggles 🤭 We had so many fits of laughter all because I thought it would be a wise decision to wear flip flops to a wet woodland and this was the result! 😂 Sometimes you just have to admit your mistakes and just laugh at how ridiculous they are and learn from them!!! Because at the end of the day that is why mistakes happen as we are all imperfect humans and that’s ok, just learn and grow in wisdom!

What is the main thing you would like to achieve this year?

What makes you feel fulfilled? Honestly and truly for me, it is helping others because there is just no other feeling quite like it! I love to share my knowledge and experience whether that is in regards to mental health or business. Both have the potential to be life changing! So if you are reading this and you would like help with either or both of these things then please feel free to reach out to me for more information and guidance and I will happily teach you how and support you along the way! Pop a 🧠 emoji for mental health resources or a 💻 emoji for information on starting up your own online business in the comments below.

Beware of the shining object syndrome! ‘Gold dust is beautiful, but come too close and it will blur your vision’. The tendency to be easily distracted by new and exciting opportunities or ideas, often leading to a lack of focus and unfinished projects. It’s like being drawn to shiny objects, metaphorically speaking, instead of sticking to one task or goal. Don’t get too blinded by the new and latest gadgets out there like having an up to date iphone, iPad etc because at the end of the day they are just purely materialistic objects! Instead how about using that money to invest in yourself or your future or both for that matter because if we are thinking logically and realistically that is where the true change to your overall lifestyle is going to happen. Materialistic things don’t give you power status or a higher sense of importance, the real value is in your personality, life experiences and strength of character!

Our thoughts are like clouds passing by. The self, like the sun, always there. We are not our minds! Sometimes we can become totally consumed by own thoughts and all the negative noise that becomes trapped within our headspace. Just as it reads above, let your thoughts come and go freely! Don’t pay any particular attention to the noise because that is how the flow stops and then that energy gets trapped within your body and mind. You are not your thoughts! Your thoughts are not fact!

The four motivations are: ⚠️ Fear: can be described as being driven by sickness, poverty, fear of hell or fear of death. ⚠️ Desire: seeking personal gratification through success, wealth and pleasure. ⚠️ Duty: motivated by gratitude, responsibility and the desire to do the right thing. ⚠️ Love: compelled by caring for others and the urge to help them. Ask yourself are you doing it for the right reasons?

Do you audit your time? 🕰️ Make time for the important stuff in your life! This particular day was incredible and much much needed. Let me set the scene for you! I was totally burnout mentally and physically from working six days in my retail job that same week and for my one singular day off I completely relaxed reading my book in front of the log fire with Rizo all curled up and snoozing beside me! (That is the very first time I have heard her snore! 😂💤). Now I know with my whole heart that I don’t want to have to leave Rizo at home every time I go to work!!! I want to be free to spend all my time with my adventure buddie living life on the open road in our campervan! 🚐 This is why I am building my online business to get me to this point, quit my retail job, not be restricted to one location and allow Rizo to live her best life alongside me! Here are some journal prompts I also used: 📝 See where and how you spend most of your time and see if that aligns with your true values. 📝 What are the values behind that decision? 📝 Are your earnings from your job ultimately serving your values!

My very recent realisation is that my passionate is to empower women!!! GRL PWR ✌🏻 New mission statement and my life’s purpose reads; Empowering women to create their own schedule and ability to prioritise wellbeing by providing a safe and supportive online entrepreneurial space! I honestly feel so blessed to have finally joined all the dots together!!!!

How can writing a diary support your mental health? 🧠 It can help regulate emotions. 🧠 It offers an outlet for creativity. 🧠 It can shape emotional intelligence. 🧠 It can improve focus. 🧠 It can help identify patterns of thinking.

Why is breath-work so important? 🫁 We experience every emotion with the change of our breathing pattern. And when you learn to navigate and manage your breath, you can navigate through any situation in life! If you think of any emotional situation whether you are angry, sad or stressed, try to take note of how the pattern or rhythm of your breathing changes. Acknowledge that change and work with yourself for yourself and bring your breathing back to a level of calm. It is such a great natural, portable and super effective coping mechanism!!!!

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How to be empowered by your emotions ⬇️ ⚡️ Connect with yourself ⚡️ Acknowledge your emotions ⚡️ Avoid labels ⚡️Work through feelings ⚡️Give yourself permission ⚡️work on expressing yourself ⚡️Change the narrative #workthroughthepain #changethenarrative #givepermission #workthroughit #avoidlabels #connectwithyourself #youremotionsarevalid #feelyourfeelings #gratitudeseason #BeEmpowered #keepstronger #healingvibesonly #greatoutdoors #GreatOutdoorsAdventure #GreatOutdoorsMonth #expressionism #ExpressYourStyle #teachespatience #bringsnewideas #waterfallsofinstagram #waterfallsofuk #feeltheflow #watercalms #waterpower #powerofwater #Wateriseverything #readcaption #outwalking #stepforward

9 things you will never regret doing ⬇️ 1. Investing in yourself 2. Taking 10 deep breaths 3. Going to bed an hour earlier 4. Walking 10,000 steps per day 5. Spending more time in nature 6. Telling someone you love them 7. Choosing foods that nourish you 8. Working hard on something you love 9. Writing something you’re grateful for #gratefulforyou #investinyourfuture #10000stepschallenge #timeinnature #someoneyoulove #bedearlier #neverregret

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