Positive, Powerful parenting at your fingertips
Swanage / UK / Nationwide

Passionate… oh yes, I’m passionate about life, because life is wonderful. I have two incredible children, along with 4 year old twin grandsons from my beautiful daughter, and 18 month baby grandson from my fantastic son and his lovely wife. How blessed am I?!

I’ve had great experiences along the way in various different career roles, youth work (specialised in supporting girls and young women) out of school support for challenging teens ( Ooh – that resonated!), managing a women’s centre, selling seashells, crystals and sand dollars on a summer craft stall… to name but a few. Early years, plenty of hospitality work (as it is now called – basically I pulled a lot of pints!) and then lots of ‘work’ over time spent on ‘finding myself’! It didn’t always work that well as I sometimes wasn’t too keen on the person I found… but hey ho, its all a work in progress!

Nowadays I am absolutely loving where I have landed, living in sunny Swanage. I work with anyone who needs and finds me, beautiful women who believe they aren’t good enough (when they always are) teens and families experiencing difficulties and challenges… I offer anger management, chakra balancing, head massage, angel card readings… too much to mention really. And recently I realised something very important about myself. I have too often given myself a hard time for not seeking out and sticking with courses, education, pinning down exactly what I do and have to offer… But that’s not me. I work randomly, energetically, I connect with people who I believe are meant to find me at a point in their lives that works for them.

Animal lover, eco warrior, natural remedies are the way forward…

Love spending time at my office – basically down the beach in the sun as often as I can! And of course with a bucket to clear rubbish, nurdles etc – need to keep our world clean as possible.

Love walking along the seafront sharing smiles, meeting people, spending time relaxing with I love. And I love creating the opportunity for people to enjoy Sunshine 4 their Souls. Crikey – that's a whole lotta love!! But that's what its all about.

So – here’s to the moment – make the most of every one!

Sunshine and Blessings xxx

MY BOOK! SUNSHINE 4 YOUR SOUL Positive, Powerful Parenting… One step, one breath, one day at a time

SO WHO AM I to be writing a book?!
Hmmm – I’d say that is a very good question!
Well, firstly, I’m a human being – being the best I can be.
But I’m also a human doing – doing the best I can to experience life, grow from challenges, be a good person, and accept my place in this world.
So there we are – I’m no more special, and certainly no better than anyone else!

We’re all trundling along on our own journeys, trying to find our way through this maze of challenges that we call ‘life’ in the best way we can!

We all have some kind of traumas in our past.
We all have our ‘stuff’ to deal with – and I have mine, for sure.

I now accept that as a person, as a parent I didn’t always get it ‘right’ . And I often felt very alone. Convinced that everyone else was doing great, getting it right, being happy… and I was just one big, disappointing, messy failure!
Oh that F word – we use it so often! I was really, really good at giving myself a hard time, criticising and beating myself up – I certainly didn’t fail in doing that! But all this negativity was taking and draining MY time and MY energy, resulting in me feeling exhausted and stressed. Instead of focusing on and celebrating all the good little things, the acts of random kindness, and the positive achievements I made every day, I beat constantly beat myself up. Did I feel good??? Well no – I really didn’t!!!

Ahh, if only I had understood or found the support earlier on to have that realisation – things could have been so different!

But I came to realise that part of my journey was meant to be – and now quite simply, I want to share my story and experience with you in the hope that you can take something positive for yourself from my book and maybe make your journey a little easier. I write about my childhood, my rebellious teenage years, my parenting years… and I offer you the opportunity to explore what is happening in your life whilst giving you the tools to make some powerful, positive changes.

With over 27 years’ experience of working with teenagers I passionately believe that the behaviours they display are just their way of acting out their hidden emotions and fears and asking for help and guidance. Investing time, energy and love in our young people today means that tomorrow the world can be a better place. For them, for you, and for us all. And I also believe that it is our responsibility as parents to set the clear, healthy, positive boundaries and rules that our children need. Right from the word go – not just later on when they are teenagers and have learnt how to really push all our buttons!

Replacing negativity and hopelessness with a positive outlook and faith in the outcome can only enhance your family relationships and create greater harmony and balance.

However, the place to start is with YOURSELF. You can only truly make positive changes when you learn how to accept and believe in who you are right now. You’re a ‘human being’, but you are also a ‘human doing’ your best, so stop giving yourself such a hard time!

I am no longer the ‘superwoman’ that I tried so hard to be all those years ago. Hopefully now I am just a caring, passionate, insightful woman who has lived life, fallen down, made mistakes, picked herself up and carried on. And if something that I have learned or experienced can benefit you then I am happy and willing to share my story with you. You’re not alone. You’re not failing. You’re a wonderful human being and maybe by reading my book you will find a little personal Sunshine 4 your Soul.

Just one breath, one step, and one day at a time. xxx