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Love is the Key

Love is the Key

Today I spoke to someone whose world is very different from mine. On the surface this lady has it all. A millionaire life style, a business which has reaped recognition and rewards, a successful husband and a circle of people around her who would be regarded as ‘in’ by the man on the street. Yet all this bounty seemed to me to stop … (click full story to read the whole article)

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Sometimes One Just Has to Trust the Journey

Sometimes One Just Has to Trust the Journey

“Sometimes one just has to trust the journey” is a well-used expression these days. Nevertheless it is so true. But what does it really mean? There is a big difference between being …(click ‘full story’ to read the full article)

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Did You Know That One Pound of Fat Equals 3,500 Calories?!

Did You Know That One Pound of Fat Equals 3,500 Calories?!

A month or so ago I looked in the mirror without any sense of self delusion. (An act prompted by my ever loving husband!). I saw a contented woman, happy in her way of life but slightly limited as to the physical enjoyment of it all by the extra …(click ‘full story’ to read the full article)

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Morality is not a choice made by humans alone

Morality is not a choice made by humans alone

This is fascinating, thought provoking, and funny. …(click ‘full story’ to watch the video)

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The Tsunami

The Tsunami

Last week there was another huge earthquake in Indonesia, it was on the scale of the one in 2004 which caused the dreadful and devastating tsunami which cost 250,000 lives. The first I knew about it was when my daughter …(click ‘full story’ to read the full article)

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Cycles

Cycles

Over Easter Robert and I had three of our sons with us. It was as ever a real celebration of our family – even though ten of us were missing! The interesting thing about that though …

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The Channelling Challenge

The Channelling Challenge

One of my friends phoned me recently to discuss a matter which had confused and upset her. She has been on her spiritual journey for years and has therefore studied many different ethos and concepts from every angle, far and wide. …

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Power of Compassion

Power of Compassion

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Julie talks about creating a better life. Click ‘full story’ to watch this video.

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Grandchildren and Dog Owning Bear Unexpected Comparisons

Grandchildren and Dog Owning Bear Unexpected Comparisons

Those of you who know how many children I have (eight biological and one surrogate) will probably laugh out loud to hear that …

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Everyone can see energy!

Everyone can see energy!

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In this video Julie explains how you can see energy – click ‘full story’ so that you can try this at home!

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Solar Storm Ahoy!

Solar Storm Ahoy!

It would be a bit hard to miss the fact that there was a solar storm last week! Not only was it in the media but I actually predicted it in this publication last July. So why, …

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Clairvoyance. Is it real ?

Clairvoyance. Is it real ?

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Julie says we all possess psychic power … discover yours … !

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Sawubona – “We see you”

Sawubona – “We see you”

Hands up if you watched the amazing animation film “Avatar”? Me! Me! I did and I loved it! As we left the cinema my teenage son sighed and said “I want to be an Avatar”. I suspect that most adults secretly felt the same, I know I did.

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Extraordinary!

Extraordinary!

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Author of ‘Beyond this Point there be Dragons

I suspect that anyone who is blessed enough to make a living out of something they believe so passionately in, as I do, is pretty high up in the fulfilment stakes. …

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Parenting Reflects Every Thing You Say and Everything You Do!

Parenting Reflects Every Thing You Say and Everything You Do!

One of the interesting and worrying things about parenting is that you never really know how you are doing until long after any particular phase. …

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The difference between Passive and Active Love

The difference between Passive and Active Love

I’m visiting my lovely daughter at the moment. She happens to live in Manila, the Philippines. Manila is a sprawling, incoherent, seething mass of ten million people. It doesn’t have much in the way of parks or entertainment places which we take for granted in the western world, mainly because money for most people is about surviving as opposed to spending on fun.

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Making History

Making History

As Robert has said in his Editor’s letter, we have just flown to the Philippines to be with our daughter for a couple of weeks. It’s a long and epic journey, involving a stopover at Abu Dhabi and hour after hour in the air – 21 hours in all! …

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Introducing the Long Awaited Sequel

Introducing the Long Awaited Sequel

Something amazing happened to me yesterday! I was practicing the discipline of streaming which I explained in last week’s article when I found myself looking, in detail, at a scene which I knew came from my new book. The one I haven’t written yet! …

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Developing Complete Awareness

Developing Complete Awareness

Apparently Einstein was a genius not because he was actually cleverer than almost everyone else, but because he thought and visualised concepts in a more lateral and unique way. For instance, his Theory of Relativity was developed because he refused to accept a scientific postulation of the time. …

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  • Symphony of Science – the Quantum World! Symphony of Science – the Quantum World!

    FEATURED ARTICLE A musical investigation into the nature of atoms and subatomic particles, the jiggly things that make up everything we see. … (click full story to watch the video)

  • Tali Sharot: The optimism bias Tali Sharot: The optimism bias

    Are we born to be optimistic, rather than realistic? Find out the reason Julie says that this video is funny, well observed and clearly underlines why good intent improves our lives … (click full story to watch the video)

  • Healing with a camera! Healing with a camera!

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    Rick Guidotti: From stigma to supermodel … (click full story to watch Rick talking about his passion project)

  • Innovative energy Innovative energy

    France24 English Environment is looking at innovative energy. …(click ‘full story’ to watch the video)