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May

Free Teleclass – From Self Sabotage to Soaring Success

Posted in Life Challenges, Personal Development, Setting up a business, Uncategorized.

Attention Heart Centred Women In Business!

I’m super excited to invite you to join me for my new, content rich FREE 50 minute teleclass

“FROM SELF SABOTAGE TO SOARING SUCCESS!”

Mark it in your diary now: * Wednesday 22nd May at 8pm BST and sign up here! *

Click Here To Sign Up Now!

Join me where I’ll be revealing the 7 Ways Heart Centred Women In Business often Sabotage Their Business and How YOU Can Avoid These Mistakes! Isn’t it time you were rewarded?

Wherever you are in your business right now, if you feel that you love what you do and yet, you’re NOT jumping out of bed in the morning; you’re unfavourably comparing yourself to others in your industry; you’re helping others to get the results they want and yet you’re struggling and only making pocket money; you’re not attracting higher paying clients and it feels like ‘something’ is missing – then you NEED to be on this call!

I’ll be revealing the 7 biggest ways you could be sabotaging your own path to success, and sharing with you valuable tips and tools to break your sabotaging patterns so that you can step more fulling into your power with confidence and clarity, gain action taking – higher paying clients and Soar to Success! You deserve more!

* It’s super simple to register for this event, just click on the link below to find out more! *

Click Here To Sign Up Now!

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Apr

Sabotaging Your Path To Happiness And Success?

Posted in Goal Setting, happiness, Personal Development, Setting up a business.

How often have you found yourself with an idea or a plan which you know will take you towards your goal in a big way. As the plan starts to unfold, perhaps it takes you into unfamiliar territory. And a familiar inner-voice begins to talk to you. Do you know the one I’m talking about? The one that says ‘I can’t do it’, ‘how can I?’, ‘I don’t know how to…’

For many of us, it seems easier to allow ourselves to become consumed with self doubt and negative self talk. It feels so much easier and more comfortable to shrink the dream, play small and hold back.

And yet, the idea was like a freshly planted seed, full of potential – filled with goodness destined to grow to become something special. Just as you are here to be the best ‘you’ that you can be – let me tell you, you are here for greatness.

If you recognise this self sabotaging pattern, the one that creates the stomach churning feelings, then I’d like to ask you something. How long will you hold yourself back from the happiness and success which is within your reach?

Come on girl friend! It’s time to dig deep. It’s time to take the plunge, the clock is ticking and your life isn’t waiting. Give your ideas – your little seeds, some love and nurture them into seedlings every day, allowing them to flourish.

Take a little courage and know that you don’t have to do it all alone. There are experts, mentors and friends who can support you to grow tall. And there is sunshine where you least expect it! And you don’t have to do it all at once – just take a step in the direction of your big vision every day. Imagine, how you will feel when you’ve taken that step, pushed your comfort zone a bit bigger – what more you could become now? I believe you’ve not even scratched the surface of what you could achieve. The best is yet to come. Happiness and success are right there – it’s time to go for it!

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Apr

Thank You For The Support!

Posted in happiness, Life Challenges.

Firstly, I want to thank you for all the loving support and healing I’ve been gratefully receiving since I had my hip replacement revision operation in March. The messages, cards, flowers, calls, texts, visits have been just amazing and I feel truly blessed to be cared for by so many.

I’ve passed the milestone of 6 weeks post op now and I’m pleased to report that it’s been another successful operation. I’m feeling so fortunate to live in a part of the world where this procedure is safe, well practiced and available.

To be honest, the upper most thing on my mind has been having a shower! Lol! Mine is over the bath, and I’ve not been able to climb in since the op – and guess what? As of yesterday I managed it! Woohoo! Bunting and banners! Don’t get me wrong, I have been washing – but nothing beats feeling the water cascading over you! It’s lovely!

Having time out has not only given me time to heal, it’s opened my eyes to the things I take for granted each day, things I can usually physically do without thinking about – and it’s given me a greater appreciation for the simple things.

What are you grateful for?

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Feb

Making ‘Exercuses’?

Posted in Goal Setting, gratitude, Life Challenges.

Our theme is: “Making Exercuses? Transform Your Life!”

So many of us have great intentions to get more exercise, to become fitter, gain greater tone and take those trainers out of the cupboard…

And then it seems life gets in the way, doesn’t it?

Or does it? Are we just making ‘exercuses’?

When else do we put off being at our best? Achieving the desires we have? What are your exercise goals? If you were to embrace your exercise and health goals what difference would this make to your life and your business?

Also in our meetings we’ll have time to celebrate our successes over the last month, take a private shap shot of where we are in our life and business right now – and of course there will be lots of interaction, laughter and insight. And as always… there will be cake! Yum!

Find out more by visiting our website www.fabfriendsnetwork.com and finding your nearest group. Alison Jones of Iron Mum will be generously hosting/speaking at High Wycombe, Basingstoke and online Truro Fab Friends in March!

Your first visit is complimentary, so if you’d like to be included on the guest list of any of our meetings, then please do contact us via the website.

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Feb

Hip Hip Hooray! Some Personal News

Posted in gratitude, happiness, Life Challenges.

As I write this to you, I’m preparing for something magical – a new hip!

You see, almost 23 years ago, I found myself almost unable to walk and the pain was eye watering. The Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis which my body had experienced since I was 9 had caused much damage to my left hip. And at 22 years old I was so fortunate to have a hip replacement. This hip gave me not only pain free mobility – it also supported me to have my two beautiful daughter who are now 19 and 20.

23 years on, my hip now needs re-replacing and on 5^th March I will be receiving this amazing piece of engineering with love and it feels like I’m birthing something magical.

Over the last few months, I’ve found myself preparing for this operation by taking better care of myself, eating more healthily – loving my new Vitamix!, reducing the medication, making some radical changes to my business model, taking more time to relax, booking in more massages, making more time to see friends and family. Decluttering and making my home more ‘homely’ – in fact, it’s like the pre-birth ‘nesting’!

And I wonder why I’ve waited until now to make these changes! And although, I’m experiencing pain, I’m also experiencing joy and feeling in the flow of life. If you were about to experience something life changing, what would you be doing differently right now? What would you choose to do with your time? In what way would you ‘be’ living differently? What stops you from starting to make these changes now? Do it!

It really does feel like the dawn of a new era! This new hip is coming and I’m ready! Naturally, I am going to be off the radar slightly during March, so please do bear with me at this time.

Thank you to all the lovely family, friends and my beautiful clients who are helping me and sending me healing at this time!

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Feb

“Who Am I To Be Brilliant, Gorgeous, Talented, Fabulous?” Join Me At Fab Friends In February

Posted in Networking, Personal Development.

Our Theme: “Who Am I To Be Brilliant, Gorgeous, Talented, Fabulous?”

Marianne Williamson in her passage – Our Deepest Fear, from A Return To Love – says we ask this question.

At Fab Friends Network in February, we will be exploring how feeling more connected with our truth, who we really are, giving ourselves permission to feel brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous – can have a massive impact on our life choices and our business.

And how can we step up into this feeling pace and stay there? What can we do to raise our self belief, level of vibration – to call in and draw in the experiences that we really want, which accelerate our levels of success.

Join us for another lively morning of insight, discussion, celebration, collaboration and fun. Surrounding yourself with an inspiring peer group of positive friends will not only support you to be the best version of you – you may also find business alliance partners too!

If you’d like to be on our guest list, your first visit will be complimentary, just message me to be included on our guest list at any of our meetings – ali@fabfriendsnetwork.com.

Find out more by visiting our website www.fabfriendsnetwork.com and finding your nearest meeting.

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Jan

What’s Been Happening? January 2013

Posted in Goal Setting, gratitude, Perfect Days, Personal Development, Setting up a business.

Today is the last day of January 2013! Can you believe it? Time really does seem to fly by doesn’t it? Has January, been action packed for you too?

Mine began with creating and delivery my first ever teleclass – something a few years ago, I felt just too scared to commit to. And as with most things we fear, it wasn’t so scary at all and in fact it was a lot of fun and well received! Thank you to all of you who signed up for the free Wow With Workshops call!

And the group of ladies who have joined me on Creating Divine Workshops, the 5 part series are all moving forward creating their events – so very exciting! Where is fear, stopping you from accelerating forward in your life or business?

Fab Friends members raised more money in January for our sponsor child Maria who lives in Kenya, at The Happy House. Laurie Spicer, of Gold Matters bought our old precious metal jewellery and the ‘hostess’ commission was sent over to The Children of Watamu!

And I was thrilled beyond belief to be taking 3 of my Divine Goddess Mentoring clients for Afternoon Tea at The Ritz! Such a treat, such a glorious day and in the perfect venue for our meeting! Imagined it was January 2014 already and we shared what we achieved in 2013 – as if it had already happened. So much magic was created, so many giggles and just the perfect high vibration environment to create powerful desires! When was the last time you treated yourself to something special?

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Jan

Janine Wood ~ Inspiring Member Of The Month

Posted in Uncategorized.

Our January Inspiring Member of the Month was awarded to Basingstoke Fab Friends member Janine Wood.

I’m sure you’ll all join me in congratulation Janine on this award and send your warm wishes over to France where she’s now living, since her move just before Christmas!

Janine and her husband Tony – and Junior the dog (although I don’t think he had a woof/say in it) decided last summer to move over to their French property within 6 months. Of course, this took much soul searching, UK house selling, resigning from their employment and commitments, saying their goodbyes, booking transportation companies etc… and there were many ‘rocks in the road’ along the way, which they managed to swerve, jump and smash through.

Janine really is a shining example of someone who had a dream – a dream that seemed impossible at times – who really went for it – and made it her reality. We’re proud of you Mrs Wood! To find out more about Janine’s holiday rental properties click here Click Here.

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Jan

What Is Your Money Story? Fab Friends Network, January 2013

Posted in happiness, Life Challenges, Personal Development, self esteem, Setting up a business.

January 2013, Fab Friends Network – our theme is: “What’s Your Money Story?”

Groups in High Wycombe, Basingstoke, Truro and Lichfield

What’s your money story? Are you living in financial abundance right now? Was there a time when you thought you’d have more money in the bank by now?

Some of us look at our bank balance and feel content – and some of us however, may feel that there is never enough. Are you ready to invite more in – or are you unconsciously pushing it away? If you had more money, how would you choose to use it?

In our January sessions, we’ll be uncovering our beliefs around money, considering any changes we want to make around those beliefs, looking at how we can attract more and what difference this will mean to us, our family and the greater good.

Join us for another lively morning of insight, discussion, celebration, collaboration and fun. Are you ready to make 2013 your best year yet? Surrounding yourself with an inspiring peer group of positive friends will not only support you to be the best version of you – you may also find business alliance partners too!

If you’d like to be on our guest list, your first visit will be complimentary, just message me to be included on our guest list at any of our meetings – ali@fabfriendsnetwork.com.

Find out more by visiting our website www.fabfriendsnetwork.com and finding your nearest meeting.

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Dec

My Reflective Review of 2012

Posted in happiness, Life Challenges, Perfect Days, Personal Development, Setting up a business.

As the last few days of 2012 trickle away, I’m left with a warm and happy feeling. It’s been a great year! And I have so much to be grateful for.

2012 has been a transformational year for me, my family, my business and my home. I’ve had the fortune of travelling to Marrakech, France and Cyprus as well as some beautiful places here in the UK.

With Andrew in Marrakech March 2012 after a hot air balloon ride!

When I think about my personal success and my business success, they seem to hold hands quite tightly – I guess it’s because I love what I do. It’s not so much a job as a calling.

This year one of my biggest learnings has to be that ‘fear’ when doing something new, is really just ‘excitement’. The resistance I have felt to stepping up, taking a leap in a new direction, playing bigger has been strong – and it’s all fear based, I guess of not achieving, things not working out and I’ve felt it on a physical level many times.

I’ve had to learn to play bigger, create a bigger vision and take bigger steps and above all to trust more. Trust that everything is unfolding the way it is meant to, trust in myself, my skills and calling – and to remember to breath. As we move into 2013, I know that these feelings will come regularly, I’m up-levelling, on a heart felt mission and I’ll just know that these fears are part of the process of self growth, like growing pains and – as Susan Jeffers said “Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway”. The more I do this, the quicker I am to realise what’s happening and to release the fear. If you believe in something, want to achieve something, never give up and don’t delay.

I’ve been so delighted to have been working with my mentor Carly Hope during 2012. Sometimes we just need someone else to help us to think outside of the box, don’t we? We can get too close and not see what’s in front of us and working with Carly has supported me to not only see my vision more clearly but to expand it. So thank you Carly! And thank you to Kate Gerry, the fabulous online Business Manager – who’s helped me to get processes in place, got my files ‘in the cloud’, found and recruited for me my perfect Virtual Assistant – VA Sharon (who’s completely amazing). It’s all made a huge difference to how I work. I’m so grateful to you all.

Some of the highlights of the year have been working with some incredible clients though Fab Friends Network, my personal coaching and mentoring groups – the Butterfly Circle and introducing this summer a new business mentoring group Divine Inner Circle. Working with individual clients and creating very special transformational VIP days with them. All of these exceptional women have been committed to making changes and it’s been a joy to watch them grow, take inspired action and choose their vision for themselves.

Many of our High Wycombe Fab Friends Network Members

In the spring I was busy working on the licence for Fab Friends Network, writing the documentation and the manual. It was a long process and I was so grateful to my partner Andrew for supporting me and helping me with lots of the details! I’ve discovered this year, I’m a big picture person!

With Helen Boss, Leader of Truro Fab Friends Network

And after the Jubilee weekend, I offered the opportunity on Facebook to invest in a Fab Friends Network licence – it felt like a huge leap of faith to put it out there and I was thrilled when I received a huge response!

Dawn Petherick, at the launch of Lichfield Fab Friends Network

And the two successful leaders came forward – Helen in Truro and Dawn in Lichfield – both inspiring women who quickly established their new groups. Attending their launches was moving for me. The dream and the vision for this community that I had, was now bigger than me and was reaching out and holding hands with others across the country… just as I’d seen in my dream. It was an honour to be part of it all.

In the summer I was surprised and equally thrilled to have been nominated Women’s Advocate / Role Model in the Women Inspiring

Women National Awards in Birmingham. And I was lost for words when my name was announced as the award winner on the night! Wow! I stumbled through my acceptance speech and my award now sits very proudly at home!

The local paper picked up my story too!

In October I took 7 gorgeous clients over to the south of France to Chateau Ventenac an absolutely stunning old house, owned by my good friend Julia Bristow.

This was the first retreat that I have run – and again, another leap for me! Each of the clients who joined us brought something very special to the retreat – themselves! During the course of the week it was wonderful to see each participant just relax, unwind, have time to do some of the reflecting and planning that they’d wanted to have time to do. Everyone looked different, seemed different when we left. It was magical and I look forward to running another retreat in 2013.

And my eldest daughter Becky celebrated her 20th birthday this year! She’s established herself as a successful photographer capturing weddings and portraits – plus she’s a test shooter for Models 1, Europes leading modelling agency and commissioned by Harvey Nichols for a shoot of installations in their Knightsbridge store. So proud of her! Well done Becky Rui!

Anna my youngest daughter started Uni at Worcester in September – a big step up for her moving out, being totally independent - and she took it all in her stride. She’s enjoying Uni and the social whirl that goes with it! And it’s much quieter at home – and tidier too! ;)

My gorgeous daughters Becky and Anna

So a really big thank you to Andrew my partner, my family, friends and very special clients for making 2012 a year to remember with great fondness and joy! Bring on 2013!!! What magical and miracles await us all? Let’s find out!

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