Pre-Book Review of May Cause Miracles by Gabrielle Bernstein and ~ Day 1 of My Practice

Written by Gabrielle Bernstein

Published by Hay House

RRP £10.99 Hay House Price £ 6.59 

Hi everyone! Happy New Year!! 

This is my first very blog post of 2013 where I get to just chat with you about my hopes and dreams for 2013 and how I plan on being of service to you and the world. My main target this year is to help you all improve your lives through my Celestial Life Coaching practice, my writing, and through my work as a spiritual teacher/motivational teacher. One way I intend on developing my self is taking my practice with A Course in Miracles up a notch or two! 

So let me tell you all about this amazing book I am diggin' right now in this FIRST EVER FOR ME ~ PRE-BOOK REVIEW (I told you 2013 is all about Change!) This year is all about MIRACLES!! 

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I have been sent "May Cause Miracles" by Gabrielle Bernstein from Hay House UK to read and review, which I am super psyched about because is one of my Ultimate Inspirations! She is being for everyone what this world needs - happy, motivating, inspirational, thought-provoking, life changing and enthusiastic. She is a Miracle Worker! I have so much LOVE for her! 

So, back to the book. It is a 40 day - 6 week program where each day you work on yourself, you give yourself some Self LOVE, some Self FORGIVENESS (F-Word), and you make that decision to choose love over fear by being willing to see things differently.  

I don't have to read this book to tell you that it will change your life because I KNOW it will - It 'May Cause Miracles' in your life! How do I know this? Because not only is Gabby a rockin' spiritual teacher who has been likened to a spiritual guru version of my favourite muse - Ms Carrie Bradshaw (from Sex and the City),  she is an avid student, teacher and practitioner of the life changing spiritual text; A Course in Miracles and you all know how LOVED up on that text I am! 

Gabby has written "May Cause Miracles" based on the daily practices of A Course in Miracles (Available from the Foundation of Inner Peace), and added her own "Miracle Mindset" and awesomeness to the daily practices! If you've never read any of Gabby's books before then what better way to introduce yourself to her work and the healing work of A Course in Miracles than to read this book? 

Now I have read Gabby's other books; "Add more ~ing to your Life" and "Spirit Junkie" which are also based on healing your own life through using the outlines in A Course in Miracles and I simply LOVE LOVE LOVE her work! I would recommend ALL her work - I really would! 

So, there is a little about the book - Go and purchase it from Hay House UK right now (Which at the time of writing this is actually cheaper than Amazon), by following the links under the book picture at the top! 

Keep reading if you want to read about coming along with me on my journey of *May Cause Miracles* 

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Now, I want to share with you my 40 day practice of *May Cause Miracles* 

I am going to (try!) and share with you all my journey to a *Miracle Mindset* 

DAY 1 

So, Day 1, today, and for the morning activity I became aware from the reading that I needed to be willing to face my fears and see them for what they are - EGO driven illusions. 

I sat in meditation this morning and literally got my ~ing on as I allowed myself to acknowledge that by using my affirmation ~ "I am willing to witness my fear"  I could change how I perceive things! 

Now in all honesty, this wasn't a new concept to me because like I said before, I'm not new to gabby's work or in fact to A Course in Miracles so I have used this "Miracle Minded Affirmation" to help me heal some pretty grotty stuff such as my recent abusive relationship.

I used the following affirmation to stop feeling so scared of life and feeling guilty about actually wanting to follow my dreams; 

"I am willing to witness my fear. I am willing to choose love over fear" 

So, today I made sure that I used my affirmation, and took a mental note of how I see fear and in what areas of my life so that I can actually work on those areas by releasing fear and choosing love. I also have written in my *Journal of Miracles* how I feel exactly in that moment when fear rears its ugly head. 

I'm looking forward to going into my meditation space to reflect upon Day 1 and know that with time these fears from my ego will be transformed into love and miracles. 

Keep checking back as often as you can to follow my Journey on the 40 days of *May Cause Miracles* and of course at the end the FULL Book Review of this book! 

Written by Gabrielle Bernstein

Published by Hay House

RRP £10.99 Hay House Price £ 6.59 

Book Review ~ Money Magnet Mindset by Marie-Claire Carlyle

Money Magnet Mindset by Marie-Claire Carlyle

Published by Hay House

RRP: £8.99  Hay House Price £7.19 

To say that I LOVE this book is an ultimate understatement. It is quite honestly in my opinion 'the go-to manual to generate wealth' for yourself. 

I come from a finance background being a trained accountant and I hold a certificate from University in Business Studies, but this book can teach you skills that you are perhaps less inclined to find from a financial textbook.

What I utterly adore about this book is that you are constantly and consistently guided to question your motives for wanting more wealth, and also given the tools in which you can get a greater understanding about money, and more importantly, the money in your life. 

Since reading this book I feel more wealthy, I feel more in control of my finances, and more importantly, I feel that I will achieve my financial goals. 

Money Magnet Mindset does exactly what it says on the cover, it helps you create a Money Magnet Mindset - but you HAVE to put the work in. This is what I love about Marie-Claire, she doesn't promise you the world by doing some affirmations and visualizing, she literally drums it into you quite effectively that "YOU HAVE TO TAKE ACTION". 

There are far too many hints, tips and tools for me to mention them all here but a handful of my favourite include; Creating a Balance Sheet of your income and expenditure (possibly because I love those financial aspects from being an accountant), Asking yourself what actions you are taking DAILY to become a Money Magnet, Changing your limiting beliefs, and Discovering your True Value. 

This book can change your mindset if you read it and put the work in. My mind is completely focused and changed now! I know that if I ever start to dip down again I can literally pick up this 'manual' and sort my mindset out to become a Money Magnet again. 

This book is worth buying because this book is you making an investment in yourself and your future. 

Do you think you are worth it? 

Money Magnet Mindset by Marie-Claire Carlyle

Published by Hay House

RRP: £8.99  Hay House Price £7.19  

2012 ~ What a Year!

Wow! What a year 2012 has been! 

I think everyone has felt it this year in one way or another. My personal journey this year has been very much a roller-coaster ride of highs and lows. I've fallen in love and fallen out of love, I've achieved and I've failed, but most of all I've lived. 

Let's go back on a memory journey of 2012. 

Firstly this will be my 87th post this year and also my final one of 2012. 

In January 2012 I began participating in the Pagan Blog Project, something that I really enjoyed and also something that although I unfortunately didn't get to finish this year, I definitely am feeling the desire to take part in 2013 for round 2. I also had my first ever Life Coaching article published in the February issue of Soul & Spirit Magazine, something that has continued to motivate me, inspire me and something I'm proud of. Keep an eye out for more like this in 2013.

In February 2012 I discovered my love of Kabbalah, a spiritual practice that I still practice to this second! It has struck such a chord with me that I cannot exist without the guiding principles I have found so valuable to me. I am by no means a Kabbalah expert - in fact, i'm far from it, but I find such inner peace from Kabbalah. It is who I am.

I also vamped up my creative writing this month as I got further into my Creative Writing Module at University. I explored a love a poetry (Something I still try to do), although I don't take as much time lately to write poetry, it's something that I very much hope to start doing again in 2013.

March 2012 saw a huge spiritual blessing for me when Random House publishers approached me and asked me to read and review 2 books for them. As a spiritual teacher and writer this was a heaven sent gift to me as I could finally read books that were of high interest to me and get to share their magickal messages with all my blog followers. I also made very good friends with the authors whom will always have a special place in my heart. So, a huge amount of love goes out to Helen Parry-Jones and Ursula James - thank you ladies for sharing your story with us and for making our lives a whole lot better. 

In April 2012 was very eventful with my magickal dreams and meditations with mermaids occurring, and it also was the month where I unveiled part 1 of my Life Coaching Words of Love series. My "Words of Love" 3 part special was very successful and is still being requested now. Huge blessings from April. 

May 2012 was phenomenally magickal as I got to play host to Doreen Virtue as she took part in a Blog Tour promoting her event in London and her new Angel Tarot Oracle deck. It was amazing and I doubt words could convey the sheer bliss and joy I still feel now when I think about it. I have always wanted to interview Doreen and this year my dream came true! Thank you Doreen for the love and light you shine upon us all. 

June 2012 was fairly quiet for me because behind the scenes I was battling with a nasty demon... domestic abuse. 

July 2012 was much more eventful when I took a trip to Weston Super-Mare and really connected with my Mermaid self this month. I recognized my passion for seashells and mermaids, and also got to read and review my FAE Magazine fellow columnist and friend, Hannah Titania's books about seals and faeries. I also opened Faerie School. I intend to pick up Faerie School next year once I've have finally finished the Faerie School manual for you to purchase. Also, it was this month that I said goodbye to the first ever class of children I ever taught as they left Primary School. Boy did I cry for those kids... I think I must have cried for at least 14 hours that day. I still love them today and see them as they come back to say Hi and let me know how grown up they are! 

August 2012 was yet again a very testing month behind the scenes for me as the Domestic Abuse stepped up several notches. I didn't really have a summer holiday, I spent most of the time crying in my gazebo and sleeping on my sun lounger to wish the time away.

On a positive note though, I began reading and reviewing for Hay House and am still doing so to this day. I have been able to contact and speak to so many wonderful and inspiring authors who have become dear friends of mine through this. I take my role of book reviewing very seriously as I appreciate how much time, effort and love have gone into the writing of these books, and I feel that when I write up each and every review, I really must be objective and share the message with others about these books. I really enjoy doing the reviews and I hope this is something that all you lovely readers enjoy reading from me. Lots more still to come from 2013.
Also, I passed my Creative Writing Module at University this month! yay!!! Well done me!

And lastly, I began sharing my love of A Course in Miracles with everyone who will listen! having read this text many years ago when I was around 15/16 years old it's still a favourite of mine. 

September 2012 was very hard for me, again the relationship abuse I was dealing with took most of my time and energy. 

October 2012 I turned 24, and it was on my birthday my heart was broken when I discovered that through all the abuse, the love of my life was going to get married to someone else but wanted to stay with me until the marriage. It was on the 7th October, 2 days after I turned 24 I stood up for myself for the first time in our whole relationship and said "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH". I'm not going into what happened again, as you can find it here on my blog should you want to read about my journey through emotional and mental abuse.

In a somewhat twisted turn of the Universe, my story of how I manifested romance into my life was featured in the November issue of Soul & Spirit Magazine. The method works... I will be the first one to say that everything I asked for I got in my relationship and I will blog about this in much more detail in 2013 so that you can all manifest a HEALTHY relationship.

October was very much a month of finding myself, something that continued for the rest of the year. 

November 2012 I learnt more about faeries with their teachings in my dreams and meditations. I also got to review lots more books for Hay House and made a new friend in The Standards Guy, otherwise known as Derek Mills. Amazing Month full of Amazing people. 

I also recorded my first ever YouTube video class/tutorial about A Course in Miracles for the Faeries and Angel Radio Network. I loved teaching you all about A Course in Miracles and I fully intend on doing more of these in 2013! 

December 2012 brings us full circle of 2012 and wow! I can barely catch my breath. I've truly learnt who my friends are and just how loved and supported I really am this year and I am so so grateful to each and everyone of you. This month saw the Cosmic Moment 21.12.12 @ 11:11am and unlike what people would expect of me as a spiritual teacher to have done at this moment, I did something totally different. Rather than meditate in that moment and focus imagining peace and love, I was actively laughing, loving and enjoying the moment with friends at work. We were discussing "the end of the world" and were really joyful. A wonderful way to remember bringing in the light and love of the Cosmic Moment I think. 

I would say a huge thank you to all my colleagues and friends at my workplace and primary school, I would also say a huge thank you to the little darlings who make me smile and shout all in a days work. I'm so proud of all the achievements you've made.  

I'd also like to say a HUGE thank you to Lyn Thurman for sorting me out and fixing me up! You helped me stand when I thought I would always be on the floor. Thank you - you helped bring me back to life! I will always love you for that and be forever grateful my deal Soul Sister :) 

Thank you to all my facebook friends... I love you all! MWAHHH 

Thank you to Baba for helping me see my way forward right from the moment I fell xxx 

Thank you to Karen and Adrienne, my editors who are dear friends - Huge love xxxxxx 

Thank you to all the people i've done a psychic reading for this year, you are all amazing superstars! Go for your dreams! 

Thank you to everyone who reads this blog and supports my work on facebook in my groups. You guys and gals are amazing and I love you! 

Thank you to Pixie - You know how grateful I am to you for your friendship and for being my sister. Love you xxxxxxxxx

Thank you to the ladies at Hay House, you're so wonderful and great to talk to xxxxxxxxxx

Thank you to Naz from Soul & Spirit Magazine, I have truly met an amazing lady who I will count as a friend for life. You are amazing! xxxx

Good bye 2012, you have been fun, loving, heartbreaking, exciting, heck you've been one heck of an adventure. You have taught me so much this year. You are the year I lived , died and came back to life.

Hello 2013, Are you ready to go on one amazing journey of success? let's go!!! 

So all that's left to say is bring on 2013 and making dreams come true! 

  

Book Review ~ Mermaids 101 by Doreen Virtue

Mermaids 101 by Doreen Virtue

Published by Hay House

RRP: £ 9.99 Hay House Price £7.99

I've always loved Mermaids and found them so magickal and captivating. Their healing energy and positivity, along with their manifestation skills and teachings make them a highly intelligent spiritual species. 

Living with a Piscean Mother, the underwater realm has always been a part of my life from the underwater tropical fish that decorated my bathroom when I was a young girl complete with featured sand, to the frog pond that lives in my garden. My mum has always had a love for Sea Horses and would tell me as a child just how much she wished she could have one.

Reading Mermaids 101  warmed my feelings of love and connection for the Mermaid realm as I feel an affinity with the realm concerning a past life connection. In this book Doreen discusses people who earn a living as a mermaid by swimming in mermaid  tails using mono-fins. Doreen also touches upon the magickal significance and symbolism of the mermaid and how the famous Starbucks logo incorporates mermaids and manifestation into their business. 

My favourite part of this book is where Doreen discusses the incarnated mermaids and informs the reader about Mer-Angels, Mer-Faeries, and Atlanteans. From the descriptions I highly and strongly identified myself as an Atlantean rather than a directly incarnated Mermaid. I also really enjoyed reading the chapter containing people's experiences with the mermaid realm. 

If you love mermaids, you will LOVE this book and will treasure it within your heart. 

Mermaids 101 by Doreen Virtue

Published by Hay House

RRP: £ 9.99 Hay House Price £7.99

Gratitude Awareness Classes

Happy December Everyone! 

A few months ago I never would have dreamed that I would be in the happy, successful and exciting place that I am in right now. It's been a tough journey healing my Mind, Heart and Soul, but I am 90% there now. I will share this in another blog post real soon. But right now, I want to keep the happy flow going! 

As you can see from the above banner that now graces my NEW page on Facebook, I have come out of the closet - I am now using my birth name "Dawn" rather than my spiritual name "Aurora" for my work, blogs, social media etc etc. So hi everyone! 

This morning I woke up to find we were officially at December 1st! 

20 days to do before we experience some cosmic shift of perception.  

And I have to say I was and still am, over the hills stupidly and excitedly happy!  

I'm really not a morning person, but today I awoke with a fresh perspective and a feeling of closure on the past and a new beginning just waiting for me to cross the START line. So I jumped to it! I grabbed my new journal I bought yesterday and began my fresh practice of daily gratitude and affirmations. 

Then when I logged onto facebook, I visited "DAWN BRIERLEY UK" and began my new "31 Day Gratitude Awareness Class" and I posted the following; 

♥ Gratitude Awareness Class - Day 1 ♥ 

Today, what are you grateful for? Do you feel grateful during your day? Try and mentally make a note of those moments where you feel really grateful, glad to be alive, and in a state of pure bliss. 

My gratitude for today:

"I am truly grateful for the text "A Course in Miracles" because it inspires me to be the best version of me and through it I have found inner peace"

Tell me 1 thing that you are grateful for today below this post:

My Copy of the text: A Course in Miracles

So, I would really love you to join me on Facebook at "DAWN BRIERLEY UK" and take part in the "31 day Gratitude Awareness Class"

Over at my new page, you'll also get posts related to Angels, Faeries, Tarot, Celestial Life Coaching , affirmations, A Course in Miracles, Mermaids, .... everything and more. It's an eclectic mix - it's ME and who I am, and I would love to share that with you all.

Before I go, I want to share with you all something from my "Celestial Life Coaching" segment. I wrote about Mission Statements; what they are and how to write one. 

Please stop by and leave a comment. And while you're there why not hit "Follow" and check out what else I've written about there.