A bit about me

Hi and welcome.  Thanks so much for checking out this page

 

Below you’ll find a brief summary of the direction my journey has taken me so far.  Dates might be a bit vague…but then that’s how I am with dates.

 

 

“In order to become who we are meant to be we must first let go of who we think we are”

 

 

 

1960

Born

Middle of three children

Midlands UK

 

1971 – 1976

Attended comprehensive school

Lived with undiagnosed epilepsy

Left school during the heat wave of 1976 with few ‘qualifications’

However, achieved pretty awesome grades in all of my dance exams

 

1976

Parents separated

I left home and moved to London

 

1977 – 1980

Mixture of ‘live-in’ work and office work

Held my breath for 3 years

 

1980 – 1984

Moved back to the Midlands

Formative period of debilitating depression & anxiety

 

1984 – 1089

A period of clawing my way back to life one step at a time

‘worked’ as a volunteer

Studied with the Open University

Various work for the Local Authority & Probation Service

 

1989 – 1991

Full time student

Cert. of Qualification in Social Work

 

1991 – 2000

Child Protection Social Worker

Child & Family Therapist

 

 

1995

Married my soulmate Alex

 

 

 

2003

Moved to South Wales

Discovered Yoga

 

2008 – 2011

Studied Yoga formally at Mandala Yoga Ashram… Ongoing

Returned to Derbyshire

Taught Yoga until 2019

 

2016 – 2019

Discovered the work of Lisa Sonora and Creative Journaling

Studied her classes on line

Travelled to Mexico to attend workshop  ‘Creative Pathways to your Purpose & Power’ with Lisa Sonora Aaron Zimmerman & Emily Trinkaus

Completed Lisa’s Facilitator Training Programme

 

Well that’s about it, or me, in summary…so far

You’re just about up to speed with the ‘big stuff’

 

I enjoy simple bookbinding projects, making notebooks, journals and sketchbooks CHECK OUT MY LATEST OFFERINGS IN THE SHOP

I still teach the occasional dance class (I plan to start new classes of Bachata in January 2022) just to make sure my old bones don’t seize up completely !

I journal, read and love to discover inspiring teachers & like-minded creative souls

I am a (beginner level) but keen sewer

I play with paint, colour, paper and collage.  I am an avid collector of beautiful and unusual paper &  recycle as much as I can

I’ve run a free Journaling Project for the past three years (access these on the FREE STUFF PAGE)

Before Covid struck I had begun to dip my toe into running and hosting ‘in person’ workshops.

 

More changes are in the wind….with an overhaul of this website due for March time 2022 which I’m hoping will make it more interactive with

  • Monthly Journaling Prompts
  • Links to relevant/useful resources
  • Downloads
  • Reviews of Books/Podcasts etc

Have you read my e-book yet ?  ‘Creative Journaling… A creative practice to harness your purpose and potential’