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Hello from London… January 10, 2015

January 10, 2015

Welcome to 2015! It’s a much anticipated year here with lots to look forward to.

Fortnum & Mason

As expected December was a whirlwind culminating with a fabulous visit with niece, nephew, great nieces and great nephew. Whew, that’s a mouthful! We walked, we ate, we shopped, we did tea…we walked some more. I can’t believe how much they packed into 2 weeks. The thing about London is that around every corner something is waiting to be discovered. A good time was had by all.

Christmas dinner at the pub was full of character (including the big black lab at the next table drooling over our plates!) and delicious, absolutely delicious, from the champagne to the rich dessert we groaned over but of course ate every bite!

Here is a ‘flavour’ of London at Christmas for all of you: beautiful, inspiring, and as always quirky!

St Christopher's Place — St Christopher’s Place

Till next month, Embrace Life!

Make your life breathable!

January 8, 2015

Make your life breathable! -Dr. Toby Silverton-

Looking back means looking forward

January 8, 2015

Looking back over 2014, we are asking ourselves what we Learned about ourselves, rather than what we did. Good, bad or otherwise, when you highlight how you changed within yourself, you can truly capture that strength and boost your confidence in significant ways.

For me there are 3 significant shifts that in 2015 will open my world to a new vista:

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I have rekindled estranged family relationships. I put to bed some old family ghosts and opened up opportunities to know my sibling in a whole new way. It’s good.
I have divorced unkind ‘friends’, because the stress it causes is not worth the friendship, nor my health. In the past I would have exhausted myself trying to keep the friendship alive, only to be accused of being bossy and ‘too’ something. No more.
I have made a decision that will change my lifestyle. Moving out of London to another city is not my first choice, but the reality of how expensive it is and the changing neighbourhood tells us it’s time, and might offer new adventures.

So dear lady, we are asking YOU to reflect in the same way. Look inward…

What have you learned about yourself over the last year? And as importantly, how will it change your horizons for 2015?

Let’s start a stream of comments here….

With love, The Burnout Queens xx

Living for today is your best decision ever!

January 6, 2015

Living for today is your best decision ever! -Dr. Toby Silverton-

Go Ahead and Change It! (and we don’t mean your hair colour)

December 27, 2014

We love change; small change, big change, change that is truly exciting and at times change that makes us go weak at the knees. Sometimes we embrace change without giving it a second thought, and then there are times…oh yes there are those times…we think it through until we drive ourselves nuts (that’s a clinical term by the way!).

Change is not necessarily easy, but oh (!!!) it is empowering.

Mostly when people think about ‘change’ they think about changing stuff: habits, things, hair colour, work, shoes. Anybody can change stuff, but if you find yourself thinking or saying, “I want to change my life! I want to change who I am!” then you are talking about a bolder, braver, bigger kind of change. This kind of change needs a real shift in belief and a willingness to stretch waaaaay beyond the familiar.

Change like this lifts you up and makes you defy ordinary.

To us change is a spiritual journey because it takes a lot of trust, courage, belief, honesty, faith and love.

You have to reach inside yourself and be alone with your fears.
You have to reach inside yourself and find the courage to step off into the unknown.
You have to reach inside yourself and find the strength to trust yourself.
You have to reach inside yourself and surrender to some guiding force, intuition, or set of beliefs you can rely on.
You have to reach inside yourself and confront the truth about your desires and dreams.
You have to reach inside yourself and acknowledge your shortcomings and your strengths.
You have to reach inside yourself and dare to take responsibility for it all.
Then you have to count to 3, hold your nose and JUMP! Now that takes real faith.

Once you are ready to do that you are ready to Defy Ordinary!

So as this year draws to a close and we all peak around the corner of the New Year in anticipation of what is to come, we invite you to join us as we Defy Ordinary in a year of change. Why not join us for the adventure?

Cheers until 2015!

Until next time…Grab Life by the Crown!