Friday 13th, A Day of Happy Endings

So I began the day in a positive optimistic mood like I usually do on both Friday 13th and Tuesday 13th (the equivalent for Greeks), but it was like my morning coffee boost went sour! Seriously anything that could go wrong went wrong, like the fact that my stability ball lost it's pin to keep it inflated, I searched everywhere! Nowhere to be found!

Then there was the fact that I am just so seriously done with feeling "guilty" with not being the teaching assistant that is going to be walked all over, hence why I haven't been in the school since June! So I was going through a "Woe is me" moment (or hourS rather) and I'd quite clearly had enough of myself!

Further developments were that I was pretty pissed at the fact that I've paid to train, study and qualify as a life coach and since then, in less than a year everywhere I turn there is one of my "friends" who are launching themselves as a life coach just as if they woke up one morning and said in a Barbie tone "Oh, today I'm going to be a life coach!" and literally off they went! No credentials, no experience from their training because there is no training behind them, and in all honesty the mockery making of life coaching in my opinion is almost 30% away from being an utter mockery of a mess just like psychic readings have become "Entertainment purposes only!". These thoughts of mine then went onto start mentally listing all the people and ways people have stabbed me in the back and I thought, "you know what girl? You need a stab proof vest now!"  

Next I couldn't get registered on the course of my choice at University because I'd just missed the deadline by a day or so and they were not budging an inch! So I took a leaf out of a book I've read and reviewed and I said "F*CK IT!"

Then things started to shift. Not miraculously, but slowly. Mum found my stability ball pin, she literally laid her hands on it like any "Samantha - Be*Witched" style witch would, YAY!, then I found books from my childhood whilst going through boxes with Mum YAY! You know what... here's 13 ways that Friday 13th turned out to be a day of happy endings for me!

1. Mum found my stability ball pin
2. Discovered childhood books like babysitters club series, animal ark, fairytales, etc
3. My Core Secrets Workout DVDs came
4. Reclaimed my Jet Black hair seeing as the sun no longer has it's hat on and can no longer put a red tint in it through it's rays
5. Amazing news that is going to BOOST my career through the roof and into space beyond until I am at LEAST in my 60s (bear in mind that I'm only 24 now!)
6. Received the opportunity to revamp and update my wardrobe to an exceptionally high standard - twit twooo!
7. Found spell books I'd packed away for safe keeping whilst my home was being upgraded
8. Mum and I brainstormed a "Mother + Daughter" project :)
9. Mum informed me that she's been making me a surprise new duvet/complete bedding set including curtains
10. Amazing support from my Fitness coach :) Thank you hun!
11. Found a Pentacle pendant of mine amongst music CDs
12. Found a box of ornaments forgotten about
13. Found an old handbag with a purse that happened to have £45.68 still in it!

 

So you see, Friday 13th and in fact any day may start out to be a complete and utter pants day, but it CAN turn out to be a happy ending!

 

Happy Friday 13th xxxx

 

 

All written content on this blog is the work of © Dawn Brierley, Life Coach, Consultant, Intuitive Angel Therapist, Pod Cast Host & Mentor

The Miracles of Archangel Gabriel

 

 

The Miracles of Archangel Gabriel by Doreen Virtue

Published by Hay House UK

RRP £12.99 Hay House £10.39

 

 

This book by Doreen Virtue is a natural continuation of the series of books she has written about the Archangels, already available are The Miracles of Archangel Michael, and The Healing Miracles of Archangel Raphael, so Gabriel was a welcome book to be next written and received by angel fans and believers everywhere.

 

I couldn't wait to get this book and read it and admit that it took me longer than usual to read it and write up the review due to my own heavy writing commitments - assignment writing for my University degree. Archangel Gabriel is the angel that is mentioned in the bible and is probably most well known for delivering the message to Mary about her impending pregnancy and birth of Jesus. Doreen, in this book covers all the biblical history of this beloved Archangel and features pages upon pages of divine artwork featuring Gabriel.

 

Doreen documents just some of the many experiences that readers have shared with her about their heavenly visits and divine interventions with Archangel Gabriel. Some of these include Gabriel's intervention with pregnancy and conception concerns, parenthood, heavenly signs and visions of Gabriel that has offered 'healing' to thousands of people.

 

Archangel Gabriel is also the 'go to angel' for all people working in the creative arts including writers. I've asked Gabriel for help, support and guidance many times for this particular reason and have found Gabriel's response to ALWAYS be one of perfect love and support. On all occasions that I have struggled with an assignment I have called upon Gabriel and Uriel to help me write and recall important information, from creative writing modules to psychology and business studies. Gabriel can always be counted upon. It is through Gabriel's guidance that this review is written in italics and in my opinion is flowing beautifully and serenely.

 

I also call upon Archangel Gabriel's assistance when I am preparing for a Pod Cast show or am about to record a video to upload to YouTube. My Pod Cast shows have covered a range of topics from Unicorns, Gratitude, Ascended Masters and even the text; A Course in Miracles - all of which have flowed beautifully when recording and have been received exceptionally well by the audience. Delivering messages of any kind is also something that Gabriel can help you with and Doreen covers this in this book.

 

I would urge everyone who finds comfort, peace and inspiration when working with the angels and Archangels to read this book, even if you are not a mother, a writer, or in need of support when delivering a message - be it personal life related, business life, etc., EVERYONE can benefit from learning about Gabriel, and asking for help from this awesome heavenly Angel.

 

 

 

Reviews that are coming up here:

Mindful Living

Woman Code

and a Special Surprise!

 

All written content on this blog is the work of © Dawn Brierley, Life Coach, Consultant, Intuitive Angel Therapist, Pod Cast Host & Mentor

Indigo Angel Oracle Cards ~ REVIEW

 
 

 

Indigo Angel Oracle Cards by Doreen Virtue and Charles Virtue

Published by Hay House UK

RRP: £13.99 Hay House UK Price £11.19

Amazon UK : £9.09   Amazon US $13.05

 

 

 

 

Doreen Virtue has teamed up with her son; Charles Virtue to create an oracle deck that all indigo's have been waiting for. This deck speaks to everyone and is not limited in any way to indigo souls alone, yet it channels  44 powerful messages that all indigo warriors have been desperately desiring to share with the world since their mission began.

 

 

 

 

 

At first you may be drawn back by just how they are the opposite of the fun looking, and bright imagery that normally graces Doreen's angel decks, but you soon adjust to the deep indigo energy of the deck which  being an indigo soul myself, I find comforting as the healing power of the cards lie in the message itself and the knowledge that the angels are guiding us.

 
Indigo souls are children and adults who have incarnated since around 1978 and tend to have an indigo presence in their aura though it is not limited to this colour. Indigos tend to have a very warrior-like spirit and are determined to stand in their power and stand up for they believe is right, more so they are very likely to stand up to injustice of all sorts and hate conforming to societies expectations. They are very much a free-spirit and are highly intuitive.

 

A beautiful deck of angel cards perfect for the beginner and experienced alike, they have provided warm, loving and helpful advice to me when I've used them to connect to the angels. Perfect for adults and children to use to gain insight and feel supported by heavenly beings of light and love.
Each card is illustrated beautiful by Carol Heyers and offers a unique view of angels that we haven't seen before in Doreen's angel cards. I feel that this oracle deck speaks for itself when you hold them, work with them and connect to your guiding angels and indigo spirit within.

 

So, why not treat yourself to the Indigo Angel Oracle Cards by Doreen Virtue and Charles Virtue, they are available from Hay House UK, Hay House US, Amazon UK and Amazon US as well as good bookstores, and specialist spiritual themed shops. Let the indigo within soar with the help of the angels

 

 

If you are interested in having an angel reading for £25 / $40 from me you can contact me via my facebook page Celestial Life Coaching

 

Angel Blessings,

Dawn xx

 

                     



All written content on this blog is the work of © Dawn Brierley, Life Coach,  Consultant, Self Taught Intuitive  Angel Therapist & Mentor

 

My Prosperous Heart

This weekend Mum and I decided to simply have a weekend before all the hard work begins...by hard work I mean the erecting of a new garden shed, and then filling that garden shed with things we had to put in our spare bedroom when we had renovating done a few years back. It's amazing how much of a mess life and the home can get into when you decide to have a new bathroom and kitchen fitted, and then find out the whole house needs rewiring, and floorboards gets damaged when the new gas piping get's put down... It became our living hell! It's only really been this year that we've finally been able to start spring cleaning on a major level. A lot of our things got ruined through bad weather damaging one garden shed, literally my childhood school photos, textbooks, spiritual magazines from 2004 onwards - all ruined and now replenishing Mother Earth courtesy of the Junk Yard. So today was very much a positive day, let me explain why...

 

Day 11 of 30 : Blogalong with Effy 

I got out of bed this morning, changed my bedding and looked out the window at my front garden. Mum said to me; "shall we try and cut the hedging and mow the lawn?" "yeah why not" I replied. So that was our day planned.

I managed to trim and cut the hedging on the one side of our garden - We have two rows of hedging, framing each side of our garden - which by co-incidence we measured today, and each are 5ft thick! So that's a massive 10ft of garden we are losing out on... 10ft that could have lavender bushes, rosemary bushes, roses, buddleias' and other pretty magickal flowers.

Before long, it started to rain, heavily, like it usually does here in England. So we had to scoop up everything and dash for shelter. When the tidying up had been done I realised my forearm was really itchy and burning and when I looked at it, I had come out in the most awful rash and was covered in scratches from the conifer cuttings. I think I am allergic to the cypress oil in them. I think cypress oil is good for something if my witchy mind recollects, but I can't recall what. I would love to harvest cypress oil... I could literally make oodles of it, if I only knew how to. Do you happen to know how I would make cypress oil from the conifer hedging cuttings? I have a huge wheelie bin stuffed to the top of the cuttings!

So now my arm is bandaged up because it is stinging and so sore :(

Anyway, this afternoon I felt really sleepy, so I watched Stepmom on the TV and cried :( So sad. And then I thought I'd go sit outside a little because the sun had come out. So I grabbed a couple of books that I'm reading right now and sat at the table. Funnily, we'd moved the table and so I wasn't sitting in my usual place but I felt so inspired, important and special... am I the only one to feel like that when you change something so simple? So there I was reading the odd page from The Prosperous Heart by Julia Cameron and came across a couple of quotes. One was; "fear knocked on the door, faith answered but there was no-one there". I love that quote and it got all kind of imagery going on in my head. Then I read a piece on gratitude, and then I thought, let's take a few minutes to write down all the things that I'm grateful for today. So I listed them... I think I had about 13 within a few minutes. They were;

1. beautiful warm sunshine
2. inspired creative desk
3. 8x6 shed on it's way
4. Money in my bank account
5. 315 people on facebook who support me and believe in me as a life coach
6. ease of ability to cut and trim hedging this morning
7. time to get things done
8. a boyfriend and life partner who loves me as I am
9. a mind full of hope, ideas, creativity, youthful optimism
10. LOVE
11. lovely pink flowers to gaze at in my garden (Pictured above)
12. time out to honour myself
13. Clouds to daydream over

Then I just had this indescribable desire to pick up my sketching pencil and draw the outline of a heart, my prosperous heart that was full of all these things and more to be grateful for. No sooner had I drew the heart, I ran inside, grabbed a paintbrush (9 flat) and a selection of acrylic tubey paints; white, rose and violet. I grabbed a polystyrene plate and a tub of water. I squeezed a little violet and white, mixed it together and kept adding water to it until I had lots of paint. Then I painted the background, but ran out so tried to mix up the same shade and it came out lighter, but I found it added a lovely dimension to the background, so then I began on the heart itself, got the rose out and mixed some lavender and white to it and painted the heart. To add more dimension to the heart I flicked a little rose (neat) on there to show the darker shades, and then white, and found that it really brought it to life. I added white flicks to the purple background and saw how awesome it was when I outlined the heart like an energetic ripple of gratitude. Then I finished it off by painting a little pure violet around the one side of the heart to add shade to it. And this is what it looks like now...

 

I've also started a study support group for those wanting to join a community as they read Julia Cameron's The Prosperous Heart. You can read out it here and get all the details... we already have 2 people over there looking to start reading the book in the next few days, I'd love it if you joined us too! You can start any time and it's a lifetime's membership - to live with a Prosperous Heart xxx

Betrayal of the Sisterhood

Day 9: So here in the UK there is a huge media piece going on about putting men's 'trashy' magazines in protective sleeves so that children, and women don't have to see them .. if they don't wish to. At first, I was like probably so many women out there cheering the proposal on. Why should women and children and young boys for that matter be subjected to viewing half naked women on the covers of magazines, could this be the answer to men treating women with more respect and less like pieces of meat?

 Yesterday I was listening to a radio show that was debating this topic and they made some quite balanced points and now, I can see both sides to the argument.
Lads mags said something along these lines; "why should be have to screen our magazine covers from public view when women's glossies covers are lower for children to view on the shelves, and they are generally covers that bitch about women's bodies - isn't this against the sisterhood?"

And I was like... "Actually... you are so right there." I mean take just a few samples fo these women's magazines that I found on a quick google search...

 

Women, myself included buy these magazines weekly and look at the message they are sending out! Body battles --- there is nothing freakin' wrong with those gorgeous ladies bodies... sure they don't look like mannequins but NEWSFLASH... they are not supposed to, we're not supposed to! They are gorgeous, curvy and a positive role model to women to be happy with who they are.

 

Bad Skin Days ~ How utterly ridiculous! Everyone has bad skin days... EVERYONE!!!! I have them... you have them... why should these celebrities be pulled to pieces because they don't look airbrushed and happen to look real? yet we buy the magazines to read all about it.

 

Worst & Best Beach bodies ~ OMG! All those bodies look perfectly natural and gorgeous as they are! How can you say that one woman's body is better than another's? Does that make her any less good at her job? Does have cellulite free legs make her a better mom? Does wearing a more flattering bikini make her worthy of earning more money? Hell NO!

But sadly, we buy these magazines to read about how "normal" these women are... yet the text simply rips them to shreds about how much weight they've gained, how they are eating foods to cause break-outs, and how after having a baby, a woman is still to lose her baby weight... do we really need to fund these media moguls to be told that? Isn't that something we already know about?

 

Ugh! Shame on us ladies for buying these magazines and having them lying around our house sending us unconscious messages about our own identity and body image, and also to our children. Shame on ME for doing it! I totally betrayed the Sisterhood - something that I am trying to work hard against with my "Sexy Smart & Powerful Entrepreneuress coaching".

 

 

Another quote the lads mags said was that "at least our magazines promote women's bodies, we celebrate them and always advertise a positive message about women's bodies. We praise them, and show just how sexy and healthy women's curvy bodies are."

 

I have to hold my hands up there and say... maybe you do, maybe you don't... maybe some of your covers are sleezy and could be tidied up a little... but I guess you do send a more positive message out there about women's bodies than we women do ourselves... we are simply too bitchy for our own good.

Is there room for change here? Can we jiggle things around and come to a balanced agreement? Can we meet each other half way? What's your thoughts about this?