Positive Life Autumn 2015

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It seems like that to me anyway. The main feature this issue is a love letter to nature

by Vincent McMahon, and its inclusion was inspired by my recent fascination with all things natural - trips to Glendalough, walking in forests, hiking with friends,

“If you smile no oneinelse around, you really it.” ~ Andy will Rooney “Nothing haswhen happened theispast; it happened inmean the Now. Nothing ever happen in the future; it will happen in the Now.” ~ Eckhart Tolle animals thriving in the wilderness all led me to stop thinking and start feeling. We BRAIN. IT’S got me thinking. In our research this issue, I discovered that when you smile yourwe brain releases endorphins: dopamine andstar PRESENT MOMENT. the spiritual teachers talk about it.serotonin, It’s toTHE us how truly beautiful are.All Well right back at you nature, you’re our of this issue, thewhether biggest exclusive we have everorhad.

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PositiveNever Home Secrets of a feng shui goddess

Astrology A New Dawn by Andrew Smith.

Positive Beauty Seeing the beauty in our partners.

Rude Health Preview Dance Hidden gems old favourites.

The Law of Attraction with the and universe Zell Oxygen Plus Bottles of energy and better health.

Positive Personality Monk Cheongwol comes to Ireland.

Dee Wallace The best performance of your life Positive Personality A pair of positively generous brothers.

Confi dence Know that are.

Ireland 2012 Be where it’syou happening Tantra Encouraging healthy sexuality for our teens.

Identity Power Who arePack you,your really? suitcase, we’re moving ThePositive Nurturing Powers of Nature Embracing our ecosystems.

Reborn Julia Szvath travells to Costa Rica.

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autumn vibes “LIFE STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN WHEN IT GETS CRISP IN THE FALL.” F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

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20-21 September, RDS, Dublin The Natural Health Expo is an exciting new event from the Irish Health Trade Association showcasing the latest and greatest in health and wellness products and services. Shop around or pick up some expert advice, including business savvy insights from The Happy Pear’s David and Stephen Flynn.

Located in The Burren, The Boghill Centre is a residential venue available for events, workshops and more. It offers a sustainable complex including organic vegetable and fruit gardens, a nature trail, a stone circle, a wildlife pond, two rush labyrinths and woodland areas. It’s also renowned for its delicious and nurturing vegetarian food sourced primarily on site!

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TRE is a wonderful process developed by Dr David Berceli that teaches people to use their own body to recover and heal from trauma or overwhelming experiences.

Learn to shake off tension naturally with Steve Haines’ TRE course starting this November in Dublin. trelondon.com/tre-ireland

Change Simply Bernadette Bohan helps people learn to eat a nutrient-dense, primarily plantbased diet for improved health, energy and happiness. She found a healthier version of herself, and she wants to help you to do the same. She has a one day juicing workshop coming up this October along with a wonderful two day wellness programme in Cork in November. changesimply.com

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positively newsworthy GOOD NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE

1 Walking For Heroes By Elva Carri Alex Ellis-Roswell began walking around the entire coast of the UK and Ireland in August of last year. So far, he’s racked up an astonishing 3,500 miles of the 9,500 he’s attempting to travel. What is he doing it for? For heroes, though he’s becoming a hero himself in the process.

All the money raised by his trip is going to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). “The volunteers who give up so much of their time and put themselves at risk for others in need are heroes.” Alex says he felt the need to change his life entirely after losing his father in 2013 and by August of 2014, he had set off on his incredible journey.

“What is he doing it for? For heroes, though he’s becoming a hero himself in the process.”

What’s his favourite thing about the journey? Why it’s you of course! “Some people travel to explore nature. And although the coast around Britain and Ireland is plenty beautiful, diverse and ever changing, it became clear to me quite early

on that I was most interested in exploring people. What makes us similar. What makes us stand out from one another.”

He’s shared stories of the kindness, generosity and humour of the people he’s met along the way, giving him a home for the night, a meal and company. Messages fundraiser page. Maybe you’ll meet him along the way and offer him a bed for the night, maybe you’ll decide to donate.

Even if we each learn to be a little more open with the people we meet in our own daily adventures, he’s already given the world something wonderful. facebook.com/alexellisroswell

7 2 Choice, Chance, Change 3 U.S. Bee Numbers Reach 20

By Claire McNamara Nobody feels positive about life all the time and how we look at life is as important as what happens to us.

According to research

by Stanford professor Sonja Lyubomirsky, for her book ‘The How of Happiness’, while we each have a ‘set point’ for happiness, it can be reset and leaves 40% of our happiness under our own control. The highly effective applied to this theory.

Choices are at the heart of our humanity. For every choice, there is a consequence. A consequence also has consequences! Choices shape who we are, how we live, and what we become. But our attitude also plays a pivotal role. It’s Monday morning. One student arrives at school thinking “I have to be here”, another is thinking “This is where I want to be”. Our attitude not our aptitude determines our altitude.

one choice, if it doesn’t work, there are still four hundred and ninety-nine left.

Change can cause feelings of anticipation and fear.

It is a challenge and an opportunity to live life fully. As Napoleon Hill said, “Your only limitation is the one you set up in your own mind!” Sowing the seeds of change paves the way for growth, progression and prosperity. So, the best way to realise positive change in your life is by making ‘choices’. We are invited to choose life and to capitalise on it. The only thing constant in life is change so do not wait for your ship to come in swim out to it. Now is your chance.

Something holding you back? Change it!

Year High

There’s been a lot of concern in recent years about dwindling bee numbers. Not only do honey prices become less sweet, but the knockon effect of extinction on our fragile ecosystems would have big consequences. Bees pollinate around 70 per cent of the crop species that feed 90 per cent of the world. They are such hard workers that they’re indirectly responsible for $30 billion a year in crops!

A number of factors have contributed to the drop in numbers and last year a joint EPA-USDA study revealed that the biggest problem is a parasite called ‘the Varroa destructor’, a type of mite that is highly resistant to insecticides that beekeepers have used to control the mites from inside the beehives.

“Bees pollinate around 70 per cent of the crop species that feed 90 per cent of the world.”

However, the problem isn’t being overlooked. The White House Bees and Other Pollinators, a 64-page policy framework to save bees and other pollinating animals. Further research carried out for USDA Honey Production surveys then found that bee numbers are now at a twenty year high thanks to efforts by commercial beekeepers.

They came up with two strategies to replenish their stock; splitting one healthy colony into two separate colonies and adding one new queen bee, or buying new bees and a queen to replace the lost bees.

While it doesn’t solve the real causes, it’s good news for plants awaiting pollination, while we continue to come up with great local, sustainable solutions for the long term health and safety of bee populations. In the meantime, if you see a tired little bee in your own garden, be sure to leave him out a spoon of sugar water solution to help him out. usda.gov

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By Elva Carri

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“We did this because if there is a success, we have accomplished it all altogether.”

4 Everyone Profits in Turkish Tech Firm

By Elva Carri

Yemeksepeti, a Turkish online food ordering company, was bought out by German delivery company Delivery Hero this year. Selling moment for any shareholders. In this case, Yemeksepeti was bought for $589 million, the largest ever acquisition of a Turkish involvement by taking up a management role within Delivery Hero, but made a very surprising decision as the sale came. He shared $27 million with his 114 employees, with individuals receiving up to “Some employees cried, some screamed, some wrote letters of thanks...There were emotions, because you affect the lives of the people. People can buy homes, cars. They can immediately do

something that they otherwise could not with monthly wages of 3,000-5,000 Turkish Liras. It was a good thing; I wish we could have given them more.”

What was his reasoning? “We did this because if there is a success, we have accomplished it all altogether.” In an interview with Hurriyet Daily News he also added that other companies were going to dislike him, though I think this could be a great inspiration for other businesses. We saw similarly generous CEO behaviour in April too when Dan Price, CEO of Gravity Payments, throughout all levels of his company. yemeksepeti.com

5 A Pocketful of Positivity

By Elva Carri Washington DC high school students, Josh Kennedy-Noce and D’Mani Harrison-Porter attended a leadership camp a year or so ago and left inspired to start a community service club for their school.

One of the club’s activities is Sandwich Days, where teens gather to make sandwiches for homeless people and they have made thousands! As temperatures got chillier, the kids decided to collect and distribute coats. Not content with that gesture alone, they wrote kind, encouraging notes and placed them in the pockets for but these kids showed us that action is powerful. bradaronson.com

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Susan Quirke & Ruairí McKiernan We both moved to Galway in June 2006. We didn’t know each other then, but soon became colleagues, then friends. After a year had passed, we realised we had slowly fallen in love.

Magic surrounded us. There were many signs that we were meant for each other. Thankfully we listened, and last year got married. Actually, we got married three times! First we had a ceremony, just the two of us on the ancient hill of Uisneach. This was followed by a private legal and sacred family. We did it our way and continue to navigate the world in ways that feel right to us.

One of our vows was to hold each other accountable to our individual greatness. Marriage is about growing together, but it’s also about cultivating our own uniqueness, giving space, and encouraging and challenging each other giving up on our dreams, always diving deeply into what it means to be human while being of service to this gorgeous planet and its people.

Susan is currently recording her debut album. Ruairí is a social campaigner and member of the Council of State. ruairimckiernan.com

Kerry & David Lyons Coming from two different countries, England and Ireland, our paths wouldn’t typically have crossed. But the end of a 12 year relationship and a friend’s dislocated shoulder (long story), meant we were thrown together on a completely out-ofcharacter trip for both of us, which just so happened to be on the west coast of America.

A 14-day trek across LA, San Francisco, Yosemite, Vegas, the Grand Canyon, Phoenix and San Diego along with 13 strangers turned out to be the happiest coincidence of our lives so far. And within six weeks of the trip ending, we were both living together in Dublin seeing what other adventures our relationship had in store.

Since then I’ve learnt that he most certainly loves my relentless perfectionism, and I most certainly love his tireless patience. Not sarcastic in the least, nope! Fast-forward seven years and we’re now very happily married and living out that very adventure together. kerrylyons.com

“As much as happiness is a daily decision, so is love.”

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Natasha Tighe & Barry Irwin It was a ‘chance’ meeting in Club M 17 years ago that had been prophesied the summer prior. I was just back from travelling and Natasha was healing some war wounds!

It is a real and honest relationship and our motto from day one has been ‘always speak your truth even if it’s not pretty’. We believe in the discipline, commitment and maturity it takes for long-term relationships to sustain passion and intimacy. It is probably a shared vision that allows us to continue to invest in our relationship daily. Almost 20 years in and three children later, it is undeniably our proudest achievement. Natasha is strong having ten women in one.

Barry is more man than I have ever known and I respect him more than anyone I have met. My emotions can turn on a dime so having somebody who can hold for all the crazy has given me the security I needed at a primal level. I have been claimed by him when it might have proved wiser to release me. We have both passed each other’s ‘tests’ and continue to forge a powerful bond of friendship, solidarity and passion. We believe in the sacredness of our commitment to each other and we acknowledge a Divine witness.

Caro Schulz & Michalis Solomontos We moved to Dublin at the same time and met at work. Our discourage Michalis to keep on dating me! The fact that Michalis is from Cyprus and I am from Germany brings a lot of spice into our relationship. We constantly learn from each other’s differences but also discover lots of similar interests and shared beliefs. Michalis is a stable rock and and holds the space when I cannot. He is loving and warm-hearted and we connect on all levels.

What I love about Caro is the fact that she appreciates life all around her. She is a lively person who is mindful about people and nature. Her joyful way of living life is contagious and anyone that comes close is affected.

Our recipe: We trust each other, enjoy the good times and make it through the bad times together as a team. As much as happiness is a daily decision, so is love. Never taking your partner for granted but getting to know him or her as much as relationship.

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POSITI V E A STROLOGY

authentic voice & protection of the archangels TIME TO EXPRESS YOUR HEARTFELT DESIRES.

By Andrew Smith

Having reluctantly emerged from the warmth and security of her recent embrace with Sol, an invigorated, selforientated, youthful Venus lights up our early morning skies this coming autumn.

Her appearance as the morning stars heralds the dawn of a time where the old fear-based, poverty values can be released; and a death knell tones as the slavery of your time, your energy and your creativity by a system designed to shut you up and dull you wavers, further reinforced by other Autumnal Cosmic omens.

Henry Thoreau once said that, “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.� The song he refers is not music Intelligence within you seeking an outlet; that song may not be music at all, but may be something that gives greater expression to your divine nature, to the

“Open your heart to what you really value.”

13 openly and honestly about topics that matter. I am not referring to public speaking, but to initiating an authentic conversation about the values that you hold dear. Perhaps it has something to do with residing within a world that encourages you to not believe in yourself; wherein your opinions do not matter; and, moreover, that you do not really matter? Perhaps it has something to do with the innately human desire to be Speaking openly, an expression of the Libran zodiacal archetype, the sign wherein Mercury rests this September, ‘sing your song’ is one of the most raw and vulnerable experiences that you can have.

To have an authentic conversation you will have to take a path through a dimly lit region at the edge of your soul, a place

called fear - fear of rejection; fear of not being accepted; fear of not being loved.

Yet in spite of the fact that you may fear that you won’t be loved, to openly speak your truth is one of the most important things you can do in creating a world that truly honours your voice.

Imagine what your world would be like if you stripped away the layers of external thought forms that only on what you truly feel, think and believe! During the Libran/ September Mercurial retrogradation you have such an opportunity. It would be prudent to you speak of, is genuinely yours or does it come from external sources such as your parents and family members; your educational/religious/socio-economic conditions; or from your karma.

As Venus’s luminosity gradually increases through late autumn, the Cosmic Mind is infused with a charge of energy to better enable you to express your heartfelt desires on your own terms.

This process culminates as Venus and Jupiter, in the form of the Archangels Haniel and Tzadkiel, embrace on the 25th October. This beautiful pairing’s offer is to open your heart to what you really value; to show you the truth of how much you trust in your own creativity to generate the life your heart desires; to remind you that you live within an don’t need to focus on money as a means to enable you to pursue your true path.

Aniel’s presence enables you to develop and maintain a harmonious relationship with God and those souls that you come into contact with; to discover creative inspiration for artistic projects as well as to increase their Tzadkiel’s presence radiates comfort to you when you are afraid, wounded or grieving and kindles a desire for spiritual development in your heart. So if you are seeking to heal your heart or your loss

insecure; to open your heart in complete trust of life, of love and of spirit, tonight

for pure radiant abundance and love to emanate from your spirit.

HIGHLIGHTS OF AUTUMN’S COSMIC ACTIVITY SEPT 3RD Excessive optimism as Jupiter trioctiles Uranus SEPT 6TH Fulness as turns Venus Direct SEPT 13TH Virgoan New Moon SEPT 17TH Social break as Mercury Restrogrades in Libra OCT 9TH Social engagement as Mercury turns direct.

OCT 11TH A depth of Wealth as Jupiter trines Pluto OCT 13TH Libran New Moon OCT 22ND Anarchy as Saturn trioctiles Uranus OCT 27TH Surrender and discover as Venus is at maximum elongation NOV 5TH Unsettled as Jupiter quincunxes Uranus NOV 11TH Scorpionic New Moon NOV 26TH Do you believe? as Saturn Squares Neptune

As winter dawns, we will once again return to focusing on the veils that bind us to the dying hierarchal paradigm.

The gradual erosion of those veils merely enables you to feel how oxygen starved you have been as those tentacles of conditioning loosen and their hold on you is released. This cyclical dissolution of what you think you believe is better can only be attained through a process of surrendering, trusting and letting go.

Fighting the system will not work. The outer conditions of your world are merely without facing and friending your own illusions and prejudices, the world, your world, will remain within the hold of the security paralysis paradigm.

If you face; name; understand; heal and ultimately embrace your shadow, or in simple terms you get to a point where you can LOVE your shadow, it no longer has a hold over you. By cleansing your inner world, you cleanse the outer world.

Without those inner vanities the system has no hold over you and cannot exist.

So will you accept this gift and willingly embrace the ordeal of rearranging your perceptions and transforming yourself and therefore your reality?

Andrew’s private practice is in Blackrock, South Dublin. Email him on dastroc@gmail.com for further information on consultations, workshops or classes. Join him on Facebook for daily updates.

POSITI V E AT TR ACTION

the less confidence you experience in the When I go into creation process. And then the pattern of an audition, I limited creation begins again. have to have I mean, I couldn’t walk into the confidence Mr. Speilberg’s office without any within me that I confidence and book E.T. You can’t even can deliver a good have successful love making without read. I have to have confidence. And yet, we ask the Universe confidence in my to deliver to us when we aren’t confident healing that I can in the trust within ourselves to create it, make a difference or to handle the creation when we do. So, in someone’s life by the information that the Universe, being the very wise director comes through. I have to have confidence before I even sit down to write this article. it is, must experience your confidence to manifest your desire.

The one common principle in all these So, how does one create confidence? adventures: I have learned to trust my channel. Always and without question.

That is, of course, quite the opposite of what we have been taught. The definition of confidence is: full trust. And yet, our society has educated us in the belief that we can never trust our own judgment, and God forbid we really trust anyone outside of ourselves; and it is actually impossible to trust ALL energy. Quite a DO UNTOdon’t YOURSELF AS UNTO OTHERS. conundrum, you agree? If creation takes confidence,

By Dee Wallace and confidence is trust, and we are taught we can’t trust, then we can never be the confident vibration that creates. Ergo, the more you go into your mental mind to reason, figure and stay safe,

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‘I mean, I couldn’t walk into Mr. Speilberg’s office without any confidence and book E.T.’

I have been, and still am, tracking something and I am not quite clear about what it is. I thought it was regarding money. Now, as always, it is morphing L_summer_12_d1.indd 19 into something much larger and it is an interesting one with lots to glean from it already. It has to do with a shift of energy between the ‘rules’ we keep for ourselves, and those we have for other energy. It began to crystalise in front of me in New York, as I watched were claiming, how to get it, and how that affected other energy.

This is what I saw: 1 An inequality of happiness and freedom as we were actually creating what we want. This usually came from a deep-seated belief that we couldn’t/wouldn’t get it anyway, or that we had to struggle to get it, so we wouldn’t allow ourselves to acknowledge we were creating it.

2 We settled for less and then made excuses that whatever we created was enough. And then we said it was enough.

3 We thought there should/had to be more. So we were never content.

All this, in one way or another, led to an inequality of the exchange of energy. It also pointed to the fact that

meet in harmony, and create the child, a.k.a. the creation. The divine idea/ instinct/guidance must be taken out into the world with power by the masculine to successfully create. When that happens, confidence is truly in place.

So, ask yourself: do I have a lot of great, inspired ideas that I never do anything with? If the answer is yes, know that you need to balance the masculine so you have more power to deliver your ideas to the world. Or do you push and work and strive doing ANYthing, just to try and create, without a lot of success? Stop and take time to nurture your feminine.

Allow your channel to open and receive divine guidance, and then use the power that is in place to radiate that out. Then the creation is automatically in place, and confidence is reinforced.

Confidence is not something you get. Confidence is the vibration of knowing that you are. Be the knowing of the Creative Force that is you, and confidence is a no-brainer. Literally.

Dee Wallace has worked as an author, teacher, dancer and actress in film, television and the stage for over 30 years (E.T., Cujo, The Howling). Her book, Bright Light, tells that tale and shares the spiritual lessons she has learned from a life in acting.

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“Feel into the balance of when the energy feels equal and peaceful” we are not actually saying what we want, knowing the experience of joy after fully receiving it. The quote the channel gave me: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. I want to extend that to ourselves, also: Do unto yourself as you would have others do unto you. Are we giving ourselves the love? Are we giving ourselves the encouragement?

Are we giving ourselves permission to say and receive what we want? Are we giving ourselves the joy of knowing we are accepted, honored, respected, seen and heard in this life?

And are we giving that to others?

Are we asking more for a service so we can experience our worth by getting MORE of an exchange in energy? Or less so we can justify our perception that we don’t deserve?

Look back over the last week and feel into the balance of when the energy feels equal and peaceful. As I was doing this around a situation, I was given this clear guidance: In order for me to feel my integrity, or to be in integrity, I had to give more than I needed to give.

That creates an imbalance for me in the 05/06/2012 exchange of my energy with other energy.

And it sets up the experience of “not ever having enough to give.” Even down to Are you asking too much for the service/time/expertise you are offering in relation to how you are feeling? Look for the intention underneath that is driving it.

Are you asking too little in relation to the energy exchange with other energy?

Let’s demand that we hear and know the highest truth about what our true perceptions of ourselves are, because that creates the outcome. When we know our self-worth, and we know others’ self-worth, the exchange automatically goes into the correct alignment of the scales, and all is harmoniously balanced.

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Dead plants symbolise dead energy; replace them with living plants to grow your wealth. Tighten loose doorknobs and handles. If your handles are loose you cannot get a grip on your money! Tighten them and wealth will be within you grasp.

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place them here, as well as a symbolic item that makes you feel abundant.

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5 Kitchen Again, clear clutter including old, stale foods in cupboards and refrigerator. Use your oven; an unused stove implies untapped resources and opportunities. Kitchen counters should be clear with only items you use on a daily basis.

Lastly, other keys to prosperity are related to your beliefs about your deservedness. Do you really believe you are deserving and can be prosperous? I

allow you to attract the prosperity and abundance you deserve.

daily to attract prosperity: I deserve to be prosperous and wealthy; The more I give, the more I receive; I am a trust fund baby of the universe; I am a magnet to money.

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“I am a trust fund baby of the universe.”

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Emotions are an intrinsic and inevitable part of being human. You will experience a whole host of feelings, some comfortable and others less so. When it comes to enjoying true emotional freedom and better health, you need to learn how to be at peace with how you feel.

You may notice I didn’t just suggest that you ‘get rid of your negative emotions’.

This is because meditation goes beyond managing and controlling emotions to give you the ability to be in harmony with however you happen to feel. With many of us having been raised by adults who were unwilling to experience the whole range of their own emotions, it is rare in my experience, to have been taught to feel emotions fully. We have learned to tone down or turn away from intense feelings that are perceived as problematic.

Taught that some emotions were positive and others negative, we may have been conditioned to avoid the ‘bad’ ones at all costs. This has led to fearing certain feelings and constantly trying to control them, believing that it is somehow wrong to feel bad sometimes.

Two years after I started meditating regularly I went to my spiritual teacher to tell him that I didn’t think the meditation was working. Knowing that it was only

“Peace is not the absence of emotions.” my expectations that needed some help, he enquired, “How do you know it isn’t working?” I explained that I was still feeling anxiety. His response was nothing short of mind-blowing as he declared, “Peace is not the absence of emotions.” compute the statement! Peace is not the absence of emotion? How could I experience peace, if I was feeling anxious?

It made no sense at all. However, these seven words became one of the biggest things I’ve learned in my meditation journey.

Without realising, I’d picked up beliefs about what peace would feel like and what had to happen to experience it.

Peace had always eluded me because I had assumed it was a state of no emotion. I was experiencing emotions all the time so I felt I was failing somehow at being peaceful.

Since exploring the possibility that peace is not the absence of emotions, I’ve

discovered that I don’t need to make them go away to experience peace.

Learning how to be at peace with how you feel is achieved by being aware of the consciousness that’s observing your emotions. The more Self-aware you can

an unconditional calm that is perfect, whole and completely untouched by any temporary feeling.

Here is why. Consciousness is aware of your emotions. Consciousness is already and always peaceful. Therefore, peace is aware of your emotions. I appreciate that you might have invested a huge amount of time, effort and money in the search and acquisition of ‘positive’ emotions, and now here I am suggesting that you don’t need to wait a second more or spend a single penny, because the peace you seek is aware of your mind. Next time you meditate, I recommend playing with being comfortable feeling uncomfortable. Doing so can completely change your relationship with your emotions and lead to true emotional freedom and true peace.

Sandy will be returning to Dublin this autumn to teach meditation at the Mind Body Spirit Festival. sandynewbigging.com

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“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” – C.G. Jung Intimate relationships can be a source of much joy and much pain. So how can we constantly see the beauty in in your intimate relationship or even questioning what is it about. Perhaps there is a need to look differently as to what intimate connection is about.

Being in a relationship is not only about having a companion, or forming a close partnership, it’s where connection between another is direct, unrehearsed, fresh and heart-to-heart.

Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat Pray Love, says in her second book, ‘Committed’, “To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow, this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.” Jett Psaris and Marlena S. Lyons, authors of the book, ‘Undefended Love’, say “The way that you love is the way you can feel all the time “ But how do we make these statements the reality of our relationships?

1 Like it all! beauty and at other times the beast in

us! No matter how painful, there is something to learn, to integrate and transform. Problems that arise can be welcomed as opportunities to move to deeper connection. Couples consciously working on this will discover more about themselves and their partner or loved one, learn to engage with them in a deeper dialogue and discover ways to express the most profound and untamed aspects of the psyche.

“Create evenings dedicated to taking the time to love” 2 Use ‘I’ statements instead of ‘You’ statements Say how you feel i.e. “I feel frightened, I feel angry, I feel ashamed.” Conscious relationships don’t put responsibility on the other for how they react. Move attention away from the other to what is happening for you.

It then becomes an opportunity for reclaiming lost and forgotten places of

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3 Practise gratitude Regularly share with your partner what you appreciate about them. It could be that they remember to get the Saturday newspaper, how they look so attractive or honouring their courage to be real. and as a being of light and teacher in your life. Also see yourself in the same. To break the habitual judgments, practice appreciation, mentally and verbally.

4 Have love dates Create evenings dedicated to taking the time to love, to talk, to meditate together, to give each other a massage, to prolong lovemaking. for not doing it but do it anyway! It feeds the roots of connection and creates safety for rich sharing, emotionally and physically.

In enhancing your ability to see the beauty in your relationships, I wish you the courage to share from your loving heart, to brail your way with what you are feeling, so as to discover the hidden depths and beauty of your being in a relationship. It takes courage and patience but the rewards are plenteous. mary@maryberkery.com

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It’s important to me that we celebrate the great peopleorientated initiatives emerging around the country. These

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“It makes perfect sense; building a large, inspiring, temporary structure on a vacant piece of land to act as a community catalyst and hub.”

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Drama therapy offers unique methods to achieve personal development goals such as: spontaneous and dramatic play, drama games, role play, art work, stories, working creatively with metaphors and symbolism.

A dramatic talent is not necessary for participation as the emphasis will be on the experience of the group.

More information go to: www.gaietyschool.com/the-untold-story-drama-therapy www.paolotrenta.com Contact details: Paolo Trenta +353 89 2300 848 Email: paolo.trenta30@gmail.com

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By Hans Wieland

and independent living skills. The project the sweetness of sour in garden includes a polytunnel and is grant Gardening is

aided in 2012 by the National Lottery with a wonderfully flexible medium the specific purpose of ‘improving physical and mental health.’ that can DISCOVER FLAVOUR SERIES NO 3: SOUR The Senses Garden at The Organic transform lives,

By Hans Wieland Centre has become a well-copied feature, and, working and Helen McCauley - who works as a in The Organic Centre, I have seen first‘garden therapist’ in Cregg House - got hand how gardening can help everyone, many ideas from there. “The use of regardless of age or disability. raised beds helps our gardeners using We all have heard people say, wheelchairs to fully participate in the “Gardening isoftherapeutic,” buta the HSEdreaming Italy. The lyrics are actually garden project. Our sensory beds and funded Community Food Project (CFP) own literary connections to lemons stem flower gardens offer a restful place for all I coordinated from 2004 to 2011 proves in Genesis and travel writer (‘Driving over our other service users to enjoy through that with the following figures: since mountains in Andalucia to grow lemons vision, smell, taste, touch and sound,” starting with the CFP, participants have and other organic fruits. To compete with she says. reported 67% better health, 91% more as an organic farmer I started growing active,lemons 78%inimproved fitness and 81% less our conservatory.

We are living in the North West of Ireland after all. stressed. One of the other findings was who grow some together vegetables and fruits or that gardening provided ‘mental WHAT IS THERAPEUTIC HORTICULTURE? healthethical gains for when those with specific dilemma it comes to citrus Social and Therapeutic Horticulture is the fruits and air miles. And because I use a lot difficulties.’ (J.P. Burke: Growing in formal name given to the use of plants and also in2007 salad dressings I am in a bigReport) Confidence, Evaluation “After Christmas, usually harvest and gardening toIpromote personal dilemma. So “Grow it yourself” is my Researchers at Bristol University and challenge! development,from healing, this health and 15-25 lemons one tree.”

Can we grow our own citrus fruits?

University of London conducted research wellbeing. which suggests that friendly bacteria which It can be part of a person’s rehabilitation are common soil cause even in thein bestfertile of Irish summers.

They brain to enable them to recover from a difficult tree and enjoy the sensational taste and three tablespoons of juice. To get the cells to produce the beneficial chemical are an evergreen and tolerate temperatures time in their lives such as drug addiction, temperature lemon on the counter before serotonin. It also highlights the importance bereavement many of us lemons are synonymous with or physical injury. ripening fruits turn yellow. of gardening organically without using I started out a few years ago with with your hand as you roll it. This bursts It can help clients to learn new skills, and a three year old tree given to me as a chemicals and toxic sprays.

Christmas present. I planted it into a 30 has been shown to slow down the progress ThepotCFP has also working with litre and positioned it inbeen the south west extracted. of a degenerative illness. Acquiring new corner of our conservatory. During the the Occupational Therapy Department of summer I water regularly and feed with skills can also improve the chances of homemade compostServices and comfrey water conservatory fruit collection has been the Mental Health in Sligo. The finding employment. gardening oftree. a needs-based harvestproject, 15-25 lemons as frompart this one sensation while eating the whole fruit is that follow are more pronounced.

One of unforgettable.

Other benefits include increased physical therapeutic programme in the hospital, activity, social interaction, Hans Wieland hasopportunities been working and teaching has supported a wide range of individual of sour lemon juice was asfor essential to an with a thin layer of wax for preservation at The Organic Centre, Leitrim, since 1997. voluntary work and social inclusion. goals, e.g. relaxation, exercise, and attractiveness and stored until readysocialising, theorganiccentre.ie (Thrive 2011) motor skills development, motivation

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recipes TASTY TACOS.

Autumn is a magical time of year for vegetables. Early autumn and other fruit and vegetables that are usually associated a great autumn meal. The corn tortillas I use are by a brilliant until September to see them ripen. These are often ready for tortilla factory.

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By James Burca, vegan chef at Cornucopia.

“Autumn is a magical time of year for vegetables.”

Method for the cashew crema: 1 Soak the cashews in water for at least 6 hours.

2 Drain the cashews and discard the water.

3 Place the soaked cashews, 100ml of water, lime juice and sea salt into a food processor. Puree this until the crema is smooth and creamy.

(Can be stored in a refrigerator, in an airtight container for up to 7 days.)

Method for the roasted habanero sauce: 1 chillies.

2 3 Remove the chillies from the oven and set aside to cool a little.

4 Remove the stems from the roasted chillies and place into

41 BUTTERNUT SQUASH, BABY SPINACH AND SMOKED TOFU TACOS 4-6 PORTIONS, VEGAN, GLUTEN FREE, WHEAT FREE, CONTAINS NUTS.

(Can be stored in a refrigerator in an airtight container for up to 14 days.)

Method for the tacos: 1

Ingredients for the taco fillings 8-12 small corn tortillas 250g roasted butternut squash 200g grated smoked tofu 50g whole leaf baby spinach 50g shredded baby spinach, leaves lightly brushed with about 15ml rapeseed oil 1/8 teaspoon sea salt

and set it aside until needed.

2 Grate the smoked tofu and also set it aside until needed.

Ingredients for the cashew crema 100g cashew nuts 100ml water 30ml lime juice ¼ teaspoon sea salt

tortillas warm under tea towels until needed to avoid them

Ingredients for the roasted habanero sauce 2 red habanero chillies and 2 mild red chillies 15ml rapeseed or olive oil for roasting the chillies 50ml rapeseed or olive oil for the sauce 50ml water

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An Ayurveda Day EXPLORING INDIA WITH VEDAS BEAUTY.

By Elva Carri Ayurveda is an ancient system of health with its roots in the Vedic culture of

space in that they also offer Ayurvedic

and routines related to the seasons and

and pilates. He tells me my dosha is Vata.

Vata may encounter anxiety and fear. He

with an ayurvedic supplement and advice

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A Fertile Mind & Body MASSAGE FOR FEMALE FERTILITY AND CLARITY.

By Clare Blake

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Meditating on Mandalas A MINDFUL, ARTFUL MEDITATION PRACTICE.

By Patricia Fitzgerald

create a mandala, they lie within each and every one of us.

you. You have immediately opened yourself to a calmer place, where

on. Normally when we make decisions we use the left hemisphere

lives and our minds. healingcreations.ie

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Route to Calm

Being with the Angels

THE SHORTCUT TO PEACE OF MIND.

CONNECTING TO THE COSMIC FORCE.

By Sarah McLean

By Stewart Pearce Angels are ubiquitous, and being thus means they can be close to us with their loving comfort, providing succour in extraordinary ways - particularly when we toss and turn through the vicissitudes of life. If we can work in tandem with our own Guardian Angel, we are bound to evolve to a greater spiritual maturity, for their unceasing love is a conduit by which our own love can grow. Angels love for love’s sake, whereas we humans love for the sake of being

46 Though the sources of stress can be different for each one environment —many of the effects of stress are common to all: headaches, insomnia, indigestion, chronic pain, anxiety, depression. Here are three easy ways to prevent stress from overshadowing your day: 1 Take a Time Out for a Time In: Sit in silent meditation at least ten minutes a day. Close your eyes and bring your attention to the sensation of breathing naturally through your nose. If you get distracted, simply refocus again. And again. Don’t wait for something magical to happen, simply keep at it. Unplugging like this will help you create a new, relaxed way of being.

2 Slow it Down: When you notice you’re rushing through daily activities, stop and ask yourself, “Why am I rushing?”

driving, walking, reading, eating, or brushing your teeth, slow down deliberately. Being more mindful will help you savour this life of yours.

3 Relax and Reconnect: For a few minutes each day scan your body and relax on purpose. Relax your scalp, your forehead, your eyes, your jaw. Relax your hands and belly. being relaxed be your new normal.

Don’t let your life be hijacked by stress. Take a time out to enjoy the good stuff around you. You’re worth it.

Hay House Author Sarah McLean leads meditation retreats and teacher training programs in Co. Cork. McLeanMeditation.com

million times.

Perhaps you’ve felt how comforting your Guardian Angel can be when you’re feeling concerned, unwell, fearful or sad. Maybe you’ve seen the Archangels in heightened moments of life, for the Angels truly wish to be seen, whether they appear as human beings with wings, or as Orbs of intensely coloured plasma.

Being of Cosmic force they currently bring us solar energies that can increase our sensitivity, expand our light through this current phase of growth with the light of grace. Their rays are lifting the frequencies of our planetary domain, and augmenting the opening of powerful sonic vortices in the many dimensions. This is why the portals to the Angelic kingdom, Elemental domain and Ascended Masters realm are so open to us, and in unprecedented ways.

We are giving birth to a new way of being, and if we live a sacred pathway of devotion and veneration, we stand a pretty good chance of becoming at one with these wondrous beings of light. thealchemyofvoice.com | theangelsofatlantis.com

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Feeling With Reason CREATING AN ALLIANCE OF HEART AND MIND.

By Aiyanna Diyamayi

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In the western world we’re taught that we must base our choices on logical reasoning, but many spiritually open-minded people have recognised the need to listen to their hearts. But there are common pitfalls and misunderstandings in attempting to listen to the heart that we can overcome through ‘Karunyamarga’, the spiritual art of compassion.

The heart feels everything – true feelings like gratefulness, generosity, acceptance or kindness can give us direction, but we also feel emotions like jealousy, greed, anger and pain – results of defense reactions and aversions. When we listen to those emotions our thoughts and resulting actions can be painful for ourselves and those around us. But to only follow good feelings would be a form of avoidance. And sometimes illusions can feel

What we truly seek is an alliance of heart and mind. The mind carries essential principles we need in order to make a discriminative choice for the truth and emotions are important messengers we can use as part of the process. If we bring our mind into a state of receptivity, while being present to our ability

Hand-Righting VIMALA’S LIFE-ALTERING ALPHABET.

to feel, we can surrender all restrictions to our higher mind, which is one with divine mind. Once the right answer touches the feeling aspect of the heart, an alignment of mind and heart is ignited. We can perceive this as a sublime issuance of bliss. aiyanna.de

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By Elva Carri

Vimala Rodgers loved handwriting from a young age and spent years collecting handwriting. On hearing this is someone’s passion, you may wonder where it could lead – particularly in an age where we are much more frequently found typing or tapping than sitting with a pen and paper.

But Vimala discovered the power an alphabet could have to change our brains. By changing how we write, she says we can begin to uplift our lives. Vimala and researchers studied this process at Stanford University to record and document the effects. Through neuroplasticity or cortical remapping, something we can do through handwriting, we can improve how we see ourselves, our lives and the solutions and opportunities all around us. Vimala’s ‘t’ is unusually crossed at the very top which feels like a hard one to change, but on being told that Albert Einstein, Abraham Lincoln and Mother Teresa all wrote their ‘ts’ in this way, I’m willing to give it a shot!

When I asked about the effects of typing versus handwriting she explained an important difference. In typing, we’re accessing the reptilian, primitive part of our brain. When we write by hand we’re accessing the prefrontal cortex, the region associated with orchestration of thoughts and actions in

accordance with internal goals.

Vimala’s alphabet is available to download free from her website and though she’s very selective in allowing others to teach the practice, we’re lucky to have a course coming up here with Beata Januszczak this September. lightness@hush.com | Facebook: Change Mindfully

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Treat Your Taste Buds AN EXPO FOR EVERYONE.

By Elva Carri

The Allergy and Free From Expo comes to town again this autumn, 10-11 October in Dublin and 31 October - 1 November in Cork. It is Ireland’s largest event dedicated to those embracing diets that are free from gluten, wheat, sugar and/or dairy and one of the tastiest events to check out this year. nutritional health choices and producers making an increasingly delicious and wide range of products, it’s quickly become the go to event for health enthusiasts, suppliers, shop owners and

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café and restaurant proprietors - especially with new legislation meaning you’re required to list any allergens on your menus.

‘Free from’ diets used to mean a drastic drop in food enjoyment. Having adhered to a free from sugar and yeast improvements that have been made in the range of options available now compared to twenty years ago. While I admire my delicious as it looked, an apple would have been preferable! Heck even a piece of cardboard may have tasted better.

It’s also one of the few foodie events you can eat your way around without feeling bloated and unwell by the time you’re leaving. It’s a family friendly event so feel free to bring the kids and make sure to pack a notebook to jot down the expert tips. theallergyexpo.ie

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An Organic Evolution THE SPIRITUAL INSIGHTS OF KOSI. Interviewed by Paul Congdon.

Kosi, who was born Jill L. Warner in Pennsylvania, grew up in the suburbs of McLean Virginia. She studied Fine Arts and established a successful career in computer science. However, feeling her success offered no lasting happiness, her spiritual quest began, leading her to many of the world’s most renowned teachers. Now she herself is a spiritual teacher, sharing how we can come to the freedom, peace and laughter that she says is ever present in the core of our being.

She ran a course in Dublin recently called ‘The Yoga of Now’, teaching participants to allow and surrender. “We’re used to following the mind, having an internal dialogue, but in this workshop everything is focussed on surrendering the powers of mind to this moment, to discover what’s actually here and not what we imagine is here.”

The three primary aspects of what she teaches are satsang or self-inquiry, silence, through meditation, and sound or mantras and she teaches much of this in her book, Organic Awakening. “I called the book Organic Awakening because the minute you recognise yourself as pure awareness, which is seeing the consciousness that is looking through your eyes, it’s like own heart, and that starts a natural, organic evolution of your consciousness. And so it’s effortless, just like a plant grows.”

She travels the world to teach these ideas and practices and will be in Ireland this September. If you don’t catch her here, check out one of her online meetings.

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A Breath of Biomagnetism

By Colette O’Donnell.

session. I was more energetic, and could physically feel the lightness and cleansing taking place in my body. I also felt more listened to than I had at any stage of my diagnosis in hospital.

In 2011, I had problems with my digestion/liver, migraine, and even shingles. The following summer, I found myself struggling with fatigue and breathlessness - I couldn’t walk up stairs or from room to room. I was diagnosed with an auto immune disease called Sarcoidosis. I didn’t relish the thought of a six-month course of steroids and the possible recurrence of my symptoms for the rest of my days. I’m 26 and a yoga teacher so using inhalers for the next 60 years was not an option for me!

This is when someone recommended Biomagnetism to me.

The therapist looked at my whole, present, physical situation, as well as my history, emotional and spiritual states.

Through the combination of Biomagnetic Pair Therapy and Mystic/Ancestral Healing I was helped regain my good health.

But it didn’t stop there, the positive results kept coming!

After each session my energy levels went up, I was getting relief in my breathing, and my older digestive problems have gone. I am back to myself, and better! I’ve never been more energetic and

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kindly offered to take me under his wing (pun intended) and set me up with my bees. Skipping ahead a few years, my interest had become a mild obsession.

After being made redundant, I enrolled in college to start a chemistry degree. It was there that I met Mike, also a beekeeper and by default an obsessive

pondered about honey from ivy plants. source to many insects in autumn. I was amazed upon discovering ivy’s healing properties and its long history in both folklore and current medicine. Natural compounds called Saponins are linked to the plant’s medicinal effects; helping to clear mucus and improve breathing in the lungs. I wondered if I could look for these Saponins in honey produced from ivy

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asked, “Why don’t we keep bees and have our own honey?” I did a short course and joined my local beekeepers association in Limerick. There I met a beekeeper who

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BRONCHITIS is an infection of the main airways of the lungs (bronchi), which causes them to become irritated and inflamed.

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Mike was equally excited and I knew we’d make a strong team. What happens next is anyone’s guess! beeactiv.ie

Battle of the Sexes UNIFYING SEXUAL AND HEART ENERGIES.

By Mick Sawtell Like so many people who have struggled in relationships, I have felt the need for healing in emotional and sexual areas and have attended various workshops and trainings for that

much? Issues had only ever marginally improved, if at all, until I met Deborah Anapol and discovered Pelvic Heart Integration.

Big changes happened and are still happening. It’s a work in progress, but there is progress!

I learned techniques that release old hurts that were regularly being triggered. I’ve learned powerful breathing techniques that harmonise the connection between my heart and pelvic area. Previously, I knew that my sexual and heart energies needed to be more in harmony - but I didn’t know how. internal battle between masculine and feminine aspects of ourselves that we internalised during our childhood. We feel responsible for the emotional state we are in, yet it is the result of the presence, or lack of presence, of masculine or feminine support received from our parents.

Pelvic Heart Integration offered me techniques that I use in my own practice as a Tantric Massage Therapist, but most importantly, I have found more clarity and harmony within

Welcome Home CREATING A SPACE THAT REVIVES YOU.

By Yvonne Skelly & Olivier Florian

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Pelvic Heart Integration training will take place in Wicklow 2-4 October. Tantra-Tlc.com | pelvicheart.com

We’ve all been there, walked into a room where we feel we could cut the atmosphere with a knife. Everything that happens in a space leaves a residual imprint, and traumatic events in particular, whether known or unknown, can leave their mark.

When we started doing House Energy Clearing, we were amazed by the numerous stories of those who experience discomfort in the atmospheres of their homes. Often feelings as indications that the energy in a house needs to be cleared and balanced and to create a space that instead of holding people back, enables people to be in an optimum state of wellbeing and happiness. Your home is your sanctuary for rest and rejuvenation and you deserve for it to feel that way.

Our House Energy Clearing uses a unique blend of shamanic, sound and energy healing techniques to clear and re-energise a house with a more nurturing, energetic imprint The reason people call upon our assistance is varied and each clearing is a new adventure. However, the results are similar - clear and transmute the energy that is creating any imbalance and then consciously imprint the space with divine energies and intentions such as love, joy, peace, laughter, calm, playfulness - whatever the home owner feels is the right energetic imprint for their journey in life. deohealing.com

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You’ve probably heard it a million times, think it sounds great and agree, but love yourself. It’s not an ‘actual place’ to meet people obviously, but it’s an important state to meet people from. What I completely missed about it for a long time is that it requires time and effort. That and I also didn’t really believe it applied to me. I like how I look, I like who I am, I like the things I stand for. In theory, I love myself. It was only recently that I realised that loving myself in theory only gets one so far. Loving another person means nothing if you don’t show it in actions, loving yourself is the same. Look at something you’re neglecting or mistreating about yourself and start taking little bits of time to cultivate this, each day or week.

1 Spend time doing things that are important to you. Matthew Hussey is one of the most successful dating coaches in the world. I’ve watched the videos, I’ve been to the seminar. One of his best points is when he explains how so many women he works with say they want to be with a guy who loves going to museums/galleries/hiking etc. Yet when he enquires about where they go to meet

“If you want to meet someone who loves hiking – go hiking!”

men, they say bars and clubs. If you want to meet someone who loves hiking – go hiking! Join a hiking club, and keep going, and go on hiking holidays and join an online forum for hiking fanatics to discuss boots.

2 There are people everywhere.

Unless you live in an incredibly isolated area, there are people around you all the time. Perhaps they aren’t all your ideal partner, but start smiling or chatting.

Step outside of your comfort zone by the smallest amount. If you don’t ever look at people, take a look. If you never smile, smile at a few people. If you see

WHERE ARE THE OTHER SINGLES ALL HIDING?

By Elva Carri

someone regularly and always say hello, take it a step further and say “Hi. How are you?” Connecting with people you don’t know, just a little bit, makes it easier and less scary to eventually say hello to that hottie that appears one day out of nowhere. When he/she does, maybe ask for some advice on whether to get a Mars or a Snickers in the supermarket queue.

Full disclosure: I am amazing at doing me next to a hottie and I lose the power of speech entirely. However, I have handed out notes, shaking like a leaf but where there’s a will there’s a way.

3 Organise something that makes it comfortable to create a slightly bigger social circle than your normal gang. In GirlCrew, a crazy little friendship group for women that I run, we organise mixed pool tournaments from time to time.

Everyone is required to bring someone of the opposite sex and it’s a great excuse to say to a crush, “Hey, I really want to go to this pool tournament/games night/ whatever but I need a partner or I can’t go.

Any chance you’re free?” By organising the place and the activity, it means you also get to do something you enjoy and feel superb in the midst of.

Elva Carri is the editor of Positive Life as well as being the founder of GirlCrew, an online and offline social network for women all over the world to get out and have more fun. She has been on a LOT of dates. girlcrew.rocks

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