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Beauty hype – playing the April Fool

April Fools Day – perfect for those of us who love to play with our Inner Child! So imagine my glee when I stumbled across a news item on GMTV (with Dr Hilary Jones participating) reporting on the newest anti-ageing technique.

Of course, specialising in facial rejuvenation treatments and natural skincare, I am always on the prowl for latest anti-ageing treatments. Not because I believe we should all be rushing off to try anything which will help us to look younger – far from it! – but because anything which can help raise awareness within ourselves to keep happy and healthy has to be a positive!

So beaming from ear to ear, off I went to pen a mini-blog about the Lirpa Loof programme. I diligently posted all of the links to GMTV’s own website (where you promptly redirected to an April Fool webpage) and also included an April Fool image at the bottom of the blog … and truly believed that no-one would take it seriously, that I would be rumbled within a few seconds of reading.

How wrong could I be?

I was inundated with enquiries, even telephone calls from France. It blew my socks off, so many people keen to find out about this new programme … and so it was left to me to gently reply to each enquirer individually that it was only an April Fools joke, posting an apology to reinforce my genuine regret that so many people had been taken in by the beauty hype that morn.

If only such a simple programme could erase years of sun-worship, stress, joyful living and environmental pollution!

Facial rejuvenation (natural face lift massage) treatments CAN indeed help to restore a youthful glow to your skin, to help re-train your facial muscles and gently smooth away some of the finer lines … facial yogacise and exercises at home each day can also help you to tighten facial contours. Even something as simple as smiling can produce great results!

There are many amazing products available (yes, you can find all-natural beauty products too) which can help to restore a plumpness to your skin, giving a dewy radiant glow – which is just one of the reasons why I am sure I have the world’s best jobs, so much lovely stuff to create and play with.

Still, a magical programme which can beam rays to smooth out your complexion and wipe away all that makes you really YOU, all that makes you truly beautiful and unique … that is, alas, something which is still yet to be achieved.

All we can do is try to find the best solutions which works with our lifestyle and our purses to keep us looking beautiful and radiant each and every day – it takes a little bit of hard work, a little bit of courage and a huge dose of adventurous spirit.

So please, exercise a little caution and remain a little sceptical of anything which promises you instant youth … it is highly unlikely that the elixir of youth has been rediscovered just yet. In the meantime, why not consider treating yourself to a completely natural, “no products used” facial rejuvenation treatment which will leave you glowing, full of energy and vitality to continue your hectic life as a busy business woman!

PS For anyone who saw the item on GMTV and saw the lady after “half an hour with this programme” – you can achieve EXACTLY the same look with mineral make-up!

Holistic Feathers blog: http://holisticfeathers.wordpress.com
we will shortly be combining our website and our blog into one)

Moon Walk

To help raise money and awareness about breast cancer I am currently in training for the 26 miles Moon Walk through London in my bra – and other clothes! I am up to walking 10 miles a week with two bigger walks planned just after Easter. Thank you to my regular 1230 TWC members for sponsoring me.
briony@briony-photographic.co.uk

Success!

What stories to tell! Thursday I attended 1230 Sutton meeting in the beautiful restaurant Toscana and met some extremely interesting business women; amongst them – Brenda Knight of thebestof Sutton, Briony Horkan of Briony Photographic, Ho Raven of Mummy Marketing, Maaike Vlam of Lets Just Create Ltd, Rachna Sachdeva of Mums in Control, Gabriella Avery of Back to Health Wellness Clinic. Well done Clare on such a vibrant meeting in such splendid surroundings, and what a menu! Can’t wait until the next meeting on 7 May – will you be there?

I finished off a fabulous day with Penny and Melanie Reed of NatWest by seeing Simply Red at the O2

Moon Walk

To help raise money and awareness about breast cancer I am currently in training for the 26 miles Moon Walk through London in my bra – and other clothes! I am up to walking 10 miles a week with two bigger walks planned just after Easter. Thank you to my regular 1230 TWC members for sponsoring me.

LOST & FOUND

A pretty earring was lost and returned to its owner during the 1230 AOB? event on 17 March. It was then found during the clearing up at the end of the day – it desperately wants to be returned to its rightful owner! If this is you, please contact Jackie on jgroundsell@1230.co.uk

Forward Focus

I have had two amazing sessions with Susie Jeffries on my vision board now.

Last weeks session was a very creative one. I had gathered pictures representing the areas of my life I wanted to focus on: My work/purpose, my relationship, my family and friends and what nurtures me.

I found that in looking at the pictures,( most of which came from my photo collection) and what they represented for me, I struggled at first to find the words I needed to accompany the pictures. However, once I focused on the feeling that the pictures evoked I found I was able to put some affirmations into place.

Working with Susie is an amazing exoerience, she is kindness itself. A very spiritual person and a natural teacher, who I feel is able to extend and develop me.

We started with a meditation, during which I was invited to take myself to a place of deep relaxation. I felt drawn to the sea and weather permitting will take a trip this weekend!

I was also invited to draw a card ~ I chose Integrity ~ Align your actions so that they match your values and inner knowingness of what’s right for you.

This need for realignment was something I had been aware of for some time.

This week has been an amazing one, in which solutions have been found and I am sure other solutions are on their way.

On Saturday night, my husband I went to the Cinema, then in search of supper found ourselves outside our favourite Restaurant. There was a parking place right outside! Naturally, on a Saturday night it was full of diners. Unperturbed, we went in and asked if there was a free table. We were shown to a table with a RESERVED sign on it. The waitress assured us that it was free and I said to my husband ‘ well that was meant to be, the Universe must have reserved that for us’ !!

I am finding that communication,connections and timing are going more smoothly.

Huge breakthroughs are taking place with people close to me and in my work.

I am continuing to attract new clients and have found some amazing speakers for my NLP Practise Group

I am now preparing my board for the final session, which I am so looking forward to and will keep you posted…

Love & Blessings

Beverley x

TOP AGAIN!

Utility Warehouse is top in the April issue of Which? magazine – again! When customers were asked in October 2008 it was clear that most energy suppliers weren’t doing nearly enough to keep their customers happy. We came top in that survey and are the only company to have IMPROVED – customer satisfaction 83% and awarded 5 stars in every category. It costs you nothing to have a chat about how you can save money and be on the receiving end of award-wining customer service. Give me a call on 0800 781 0765 or check out the French and Saunders videos on my website www.pingpom.co.uk
Paula

New direction?

All we ever hear from the media is doom and gloom – when such an economical climate is a time for diversifying our businesses, moving in another direction with our business ….or even trying a new type of business. Recently I listened to a marketing consultant on how to succeed during these challenging times. It has openend my husband’s eyes to new ways of earning an income in his business, such as offering workshops and offering other services related to his business. One key factor that was apparent was the necessity to give “the best” customer service, and not to drop your prices just to win the business.
In some cases, people look to join the industries that are actually “booming” in this climate, and thrive on people looking to make money in other ways instead of the conventional “job”. I am extremely fortunate to be involved in an industry where an adviser to the government, Edward Ludbrook, has said that ‘it’s time has now come’. The company I work with is set to explode in the next 5 to 6 years – such an exciting time and a great future for my business.

Every cloud has a silver lining…what is yours?

Heather O’Brien
07765 437360
heather.obrien@uwclub.net

17th March Conference

This message to say a big ‘thank you’ to all involved in organising another great event and the speakers had such passion and enthusiasum I found it very motivational and uplifting.

I had to leave the event early to attend to and urgent matter and was therefore not able to congratulate the winner of my donated ‘prize’, the travel gift pack & £50.00 holiday voucher, but I am sure it went to a good home and I look forward to helping find a suitable holiday for this year or next in which to use the voucher!

Thank you to everyone and to the new contacts I made it was just great!

Beverley
Your Personal Travel Consultant
Travel Counellors plc

RISKS

After attending the brilliant 1230 Conference 17th March, and listening to the great speakers talking about taking risks in setting up a business, I felt inspired to share with you all a poem that finally made me decide to leave teaching after 35 years and set up my business. I never thought that I would be able to do this so late in my working career. I have been successful and am loving every minute of what I do. It has been a huge learning experience and I am still learning.

The poem is called RISKS and is by Leo F Buscaglia.

To laugh is to risk appearing a fool
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental
To reach out for another is to risk involvement
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self
To place your ideas, your dreams before the crowd is to risk their loss.
To love is to risk not being loved in return
To live is to risk dying.
To hope is to risk despair.
To try is to risk failure.

But risks must be taken
because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing.
He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love …. live.
Chained by his certitudes, he is a slave: he has forfeited freedom.

Only a person who risks is free.