Views on this topic are probably as numerous as there are people. Periodically I pick up a newspaper and look at the headlines as a barometer on prevailing attitudes. I did this last weekend with London’s Evening Standard.
On the downside were headings relating to lies, accusations and tensions:
Fake paramedic treated more than a 100 people
Worst times on trains for 12 years but fares rise 3.1% – employees blamed
G20 summit tensions
It was not a good start to my review. However I went on to find the following headlines. Sadly they were further back in the paper as bad news seems to sell more papers than uplifting news.read more
This is a big life question and there is no easy answer.
I have dared to give my views and guidance on how to improve your relationships. I believe we live our lives through relationships, so anything we can do to gain more insight into them can add quality to our lives.
Listen to the video and let me know your views – do the messages resonate or do you have a different view?
You will be glad to hear that this weeks video will be running from YouTube so the quality should be better.
Reflecting on the relationships in your life and what life lessons they may be trying to help you to learn is a key aspect of Your Soul Family. I will be releasing a free chapter from my new book, Finding Your Soul Family, which covers this topic.
Black Friday is nearly upon us again. Where has that year gone…
Is your inbox filling up with offers for Black Friday. Mine is without doubt. Have I been so click happy all year that I am now on so many email lists that I lost count?
My inbox is so full that I am finding it difficult to sift out the work and family emails from those that offer me a gift. It is driving me crazy.
When someone comes into your life unexpectedly, look for the gift that person has come to receive from you. To come into someone’s life is a privilege and comes with a purpose.
Be a gift to everyone who comes into your life and to everyone whose life you enter. How great would our world be if we each did this. Gifts do not have to cost anything. They can be an act of kindness, a hug when someone is finding life hard, a cup of tea at the end of a long and busy day.
In receiving a gift from you, the person is giving you a gift – the gift of experiencing who you are and fulfilling who you want to be.
Be careful not to enter someone’s life if you cannot be a gift.
If you have a question or want to book an appointment with me, Alison Wem, for intuitive life guidance, creative therapy or mediumship, contact me Here
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I’m Alison Wem: daughter, wife, mother, colleague and friend, and like all of you trying to find my way through life and it’s challenges.
In the early hours one night as, newly widowed and with children and a demanding job, I confronted my anguish – and found not chaos and more pain but a space of calmness and route to strength, love and guidance.
Student soul map wall
At last I had discovered my soul map – a route back to my ‘inner you’ – your sub-consciousness mind, higher self or soul depending on your beliefs.
I offer a new approach to managing stress and anxiety in our 21st-century lives. Your Soul Family provides you with techniques to help you to know yourself better and to enhance your sense of personal calmness so you can be more effective at work and live more harmoniously at home.
Talk over with Alison which session would suit you best. She is happy to answer any questions or concerns you may have.
There are easy-to-follow steps and exercises to gain insight into yourself to enable you to construct your soul map, a picture of you and your life. Choosing a soul map template to colour, you paint the geometric shapes in much the same way children paint by numbers. This soul art relaxes the ever-active mind and enables you to re-connect with your ‘inner you’ and the knowledge and wisdom to be found there. You can ask your ‘inner you’
What is the right thing to do next in my life?
This simple but important question can trigger a meaningful journey of self-insight and discovery.
Take the leap and join Alison in one of her sessions– manage your stress, reduce your anxiety and find out who you are and where you are going.
Discover what are your Life Lessons to create the life you desire?
On the evening that news was breaking of Mrs May, UK Prime Minister, agreeing to a draft Brexit deal, I was driving to see friends who live a 1.5 hour drive away. I listened to Mrs May’s speech outside Downing street and the immediate reaction on the journey out. On the drive back I listened to a late night chat show with members of the public giving their views.
What I noted was an overwhelming emotion of anger. All were angry – the extreme Remainers, the extreme Brexiteers and everything in between. How could all be angry with the same deal? Mrs May has an unenviable job of trying to draw people together to reach an agreement.
What I reflected on was that only four days ago on Remembrance Sunday, the national rhetoric was one of:
Remembering the past to create a better future.
As a nation have we learnt anything from the experiences of World War I and II and every conflict since then?
Wars are created because somebody has something that somebody else wantsread more
On Remembrance Sunday 2018 in the Tower of London around 10,000 candles were lit in the dry moat to remember those who fell in World War 1.
The event started with smoke drifting as in the battle fields of France.
A single flame was carried from the Tower. The flame was passed across the field, slowly the candles were lit to represent those who had fallen.
Eventually the whole Tower was circled with light. It was a moving display with the candle lighters creating shadows on the Tower walls like a tableau of soldiers in ‘no-mans land’ and haunting music was playing.
Listening to soldiers from many different conflicts, the meaning of Remembrance Sunday is to remember the;
companionship and love for their colleagues, some of whom did not come home
past to be able to create a better future.
These acts of homage have taken place in many parts of the world. It is a key Life Lesson of ‘living peaceably’ we are re-enforcing to all and teaching to the young. These are very visual displays and re-enforce the numbers of people involved when things go wrong.
As we remember times of conflict when were did not succeed in finding a peaceable solution, we are recognising the cost of this in human lives.
There are better ways to live and in doing so we will create a better future
If you have a question or want to book an appointment with me, Alison Wem, for intuitive life guidance, creative therapy or mediumship, contact me Here
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Remembrance Sunday for the end of World War I is this weekend. Personally I had not fully appreciated the scale of the losses and the impact on many communities. I was moved by a map of Newcastle which showed a red dot for each person who died. I was amazed at how many there were in each street. Some households must have lost father and sons. I cannot begin to imagine how you cope with such overwhelming losses.
The ‘Shrouds of the Somme’ exhibit by Rob Heard installed at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London conveys the scale of loss at the Battle of the Somme. There is a sea of shrouded dolls with each one representing an individual whose body was not found after the battle. The figures go on and on and is a poignant reminder of the impact of war.
These men made the ultimate sacrifice when the world was out of balance and power struggles were dominant. Today many people are out of balance in their lives, either giving or receiving too much.
Life is a collection of learning experiences through events shared with others. Through those life experiences you choose to share, a two-way process is enacted through giving and receiving. Energy moves backwards and forwards between you and those with whom you are sharing. This is commonly seen in acts of communication, helping others, teaching, guiding, co-operating and discussion. It is these acts which are needed for our survival and are critical to our development.
Sharing is a good way of practising balance.
When giving and receiving does not happen in a balanced way, you see argument, disease and war. Balanced acts of sharing are important for both your physical and mental health. Sharing has a positive impact for both the giver and the receiver. The symbol for sharing appears in many cultures, but perhaps the most well-known is the interlacing of Yin and Yang or male and female energy.
Development of balanced energy pictures is based on geometric shapes, which are such a fundamental element of our universe.
Many of our Life Lessons are about improving communication and interaction with another person. Where a person repeatedly gives of themselves, they can become out of balance and need to learn to receive. They can feel tired and unmotivated, taken to an extreme the person can make themselves ill.
To be healthy, learn to give and receive in balance.read more
This is a big life question and there is no easy answer.
Is your inbox filling up with offers for Black Friday. Mine is without doubt. Have I been so click happy all year that I am now on so many email lists that I lost count?
Be a gift to everyone who comes into your life and to everyone whose life you enter. How great would our world be if we each did this. Gifts do not have to cost anything. They can be an act of kindness, a hug when someone is finding life hard, a cup of tea at the end of a long and busy day.
I was surprised how powerful these sessions were. They made me re-think how I viewed my life.
On Remembrance Sunday 2018 in the Tower of London around 10,000 candles were lit in the dry moat to remember those who fell in World War 1.
A single flame was carried from the Tower. The flame was passed across the field, slowly the candles were lit to represent those who had fallen.
Eventually the whole Tower was circled with light. It was a moving display with the candle lighters creating shadows on the Tower walls like a tableau of soldiers in ‘no-mans land’ and haunting music was playing.
Remembrance Sunday for the end of World War I
The ‘Shrouds of the Somme’ exhibit by Rob Heard installed at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London conveys the scale of loss at the Battle of the Somme. There is a sea of shrouded dolls with each one representing an individual whose body was not found after the battle. The figures go on and on and is a poignant reminder of the impact of war.