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In this video I attempt to talk about Louise Hay’s acne affirmations and Shazzie’s awesome free eBook, but I got a little distracted …

Here are the affirmations:

I am a Divine expression of life. I love and accept myself where I am right now.

And the less hippy version:

I love and accept myself where I am right now. I am wonderful.

Shazzie Rocks!!

I’m a little bit in love with Shazzie at the moment. She’s been a huge inspiration for me becoming a raw foodie … and she just seems like a really beautiful, loving person.

Her free eBook “Shazzie Whispers 100 Messages Of Love” is like wrapping yourself up in a big warm blanket, or devouring a bowl full of raw chocolate. It’s just a beautiful book to read - get the eBook here.

FRACK! 2009 has been a difficult year. It’s been the longest and most significant learning of my life so far. And of course 2009 didn’t want to be forgotten, so even though it’s not quite the end of the year just yet, it’s already gone out with a bang, or perhaps more of a gurgle or a bit of a vomit.

I feel as though life is speeding up so quickly for me and I’m learning lessons a lot faster. My house mates and I painted this huge yantra on the front of our house when we moved in to promote change, and change I have that’s for sure. And I’ve been manifesting and working with the divine consistently throughout the year so I guess in a way I asked for learning and got it. A lot of it!

It’s been really difficult but I am grateful for the intensity of the learning experiences I’ve had this year. My lessons have become consistently short and sharp since 2009 rolled in. Life really and truly has been hitting me over the head with its big stick …which brings me to the topic of this article - getting REAL and my own little life lesson that I learned over the past couple of months about that. Continue reading →

I received a beautiful email this morning which put a huge smile on my face and a warm little glow in my heart.

The email was from Diana, who had a coaching call with me last week. In the call we talked about how there’s a lot of stress in her life at the moment and how she’s not really giving herself a chance to have fun with life and enjoy every experience that comes her way. So we decided to write down a list of stuff that she loves and makes her feel really happy.

This morning I woke up to Diana’s “Love List” in my inbox and it was just beautiful. In the list she’s written down every activity that she loves and makes her feel happy. So I asked her to print out the list and stick it to a wall in her house, and to commit to a minimum of 30 minutes each and every day to make at least one of those activities happen.

I strongly feel that this is a beautiful way to bring more self love into your life. A lot of us have forgotten to take a step back from life and really enjoy it. Our mind is too full with thinking about what we “should” or “shouldn’t” be doing and our days are filled with work, study or raising our family. We get so caught up in the whole automated process of life that we’ve forgotten to actually live. We’ve forgotten to slow down a bit and really enjoy the journey. So wrap yourself up in love and take the time to really consider what you WANT to be doing in each and every moment of the day, not what you SHOULD be doing.

I was a little sad during the call with Diana when I asked her to list a few things that make her feel happy and she got stuck after listing just one. It was such a strong validation that we really have forgotten how to let go and have a really fun time with this journey that we incarnated onto Earth for.

So I would like to invite you to write a “Love List” just like Diana did. This list will include every activity that makes you feel happy. List everything that you absolutely love doing. I would then like to encourage you to print out the list and stick it on a wall in your house, place it somewhere that you’ll see often. And then (and this is the most important part), I’d like to invite you to commit to at least 30 minutes each and every day to do one or more of the activities on your list.

This is going to be a time in your day which will give you the opportunity to celebrate being you. To give yourself the love and nourishment that you really deserve.

I feel so strongly about the connection between self love and acne that I know it’s going to make a huge difference in your skin condition. Combined with a good wholefoods diet and regular exercise, your love list is going to help you to feel more open hearted, more self love, more self confidence, more self empowerment, and your skin will being to clear and glowing.

Yesterday I travelled to Sydney with a group of friends to see the Dalai Lama speak publicly. It was a truly beautiful experience and I feel so blessed that I was given the opportunity to be in the same room as the Dalai Lama in this life time.

It was actually quite funny how all of us had trouble keeping our eyes open during his speech. Granted we were all quite tired because we’d been up since the crack of dawn to catch the flight to Sydney, but there must have been something about his beautiful aura and his soothing voice that made us all want to drop off into sleep. In fact a couple my friends did and I was close behind!

I guess what really stood out for me in the talk was the idea of how important knowledge is, and how it’s a good idea for each and every one of us to be continuously educating ourselves. But at the same time it’s also important to gain this knowledge with an open heart.

To me this sums up my business and how I run my life perfectly and I guess this is why his statement resonated so well with me.

This blog and my coaching program require me to constantly research and experience new ideas in the area of alternative health and natural skin care. Which of course crosses over into my personal and spiritual life. In fact, each and every day I’ve been making a conscious effort to acquire new knowledge in some shape or form … and I love it this way.

And this year my heart has become a lot more open which has made me live and experience my life in a completely new way. I’ve begun to put love into every interaction I have and everything I do and it’s shown me how beautiful and joyful life can be.

So definitely acquiring new knowledge with an open heart is something that I’m enjoying the process of and I’m stoked the Dalia Lama talked about it in his public speech.

He is a such an amazingly beautiful, humble human being and I feel so incredibly blessed to have had the opportunity to attend his public speech in Sydney.

If you’ve been inspired by some teacher or amazing person that’s touched your heart or made an impact in your life, let us all know about it

I was out in the yard watering my veggie garden yesterday afternoon when a cute little head popped out of the neighbors window next door and asked if they could come over to play. My neighbor is this beautiful little six year old girl called Nina who has an equally beautiful hippy-ish mum who occasionally pops over to help me with my gardens.

So Nina came over to play. We watered the gardens together and tasted all the herbs I’m growing. Then we pulled a rug onto the lawn to do some kids yoga, acrobatics and play games.

To me children are little rays of sunshine. They have huge loving hearts, are exceptionally creative and love to play … and I feel we can learn an awful lot from them.

I’ve very recently noticed a pattern with the relationships I get myself into. A large portion of the close friends and lovers that I’ve had over the last 10 years have been very playful and childlike. I realize now that this is most likely a pattern that’s been brought on by being too “grown up” and not playing up enough myself. So I’ve decided that I need to have more fun with life, stop taking it so seriously and learn to play up and laugh more just like children do.

Part of me feels that we lose some of our spark as we get older. It’s almost like that playfulness in us gets shut down because we get taught that we have to go to school, and we have to go to school to get a job, and we have to get a job to earn money to buy a house and pay our medical bills and live the “dream” that we’re told is what we want out of life.

And all of this serious stuff turns us into really boring grown ups and we forget how much fun we had as a child, rolling around in the grass, climbing trees, dancing, laughing and just feeling okay to express ourself creatively in whatever way we wish.

So I’ve decided to become more playful from now on. I’m going to try and snap out of my grown up “seriousness” and learn to just have fun with it all! And you know what? I’m absolutely certain that play and learning from children is a one of the little keys to living a happier and more fulfilling life. Because who wouldn’t want to chase “happiness”?