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When Sick Children Need Transport to Hospital

Aug 13, 2017
2 min

When Sick Children Need Transport to Hospital

Photo: Charlie in her seat on the jet I remember years ago when my youngest daughter, Grace, was just a baby. She had a bit of a rough time with Kidney Reflux, a Bacterial infection and even Scarlett Fever. We had numerous ambulance trips and the most harrowing for me was when they took my baby away for a lumber puncture. They were scary times for new mum. Once, when Grace was in hospital my husband took his turn in sitting with her whilst I drove the 45 minutes home to hav

Embrace the good with the bad and try to go with the flow

Jan 3, 2017
2 min

Embrace the good with the bad and try to go with the flow

How many times have you said to yourself on New Year's Day "thank God that year is over"? It's a habit many of us probably have stating that the year just gone was quite frankly "bloody awful". I'm certainly guilty as charged, however this year I really thought about what I was thinking and realised that I was focusing on the terrible things that happened, rather than all the good things. One thing I have learnt in my years is to embrace the good with the bad and realise tha

Akiane Kramarik Interview

Jun 28, 2016
2 min

Akiane Kramarik Interview

Photos have been published with permission from Akiane. I have been a fan of Akiane Kramarik for years after searching for some peace to help me with the grief of losing my brother, Gary. Gary's suicide affected me deeply, the grief was overwhelming but at the same time it also was a deep spiritual awakening for me; I was searching for meaning of life and proof that there could possibly be another world after we leave this one. When I discovered Akiane's paintings I would sp

How Helping Others Gives a Sense of Achievement

Jan 27, 2016
2 min

How Helping Others Gives a Sense of Achievement

When I started my first blog Sydney Chic, I never realised it would grow so fast and take my social media influence level to the top 5% in the world (according to Kred). You can read the story about how this all came about on this blog post I did about the background of Sydney Chic. Read on ...this is not a post about blowing my own trumpet. As my lifestyle blog grew, the more I grew, and not just in online presence but as a person. In a previous post I did about having a pu

Four Morning Habits To Help Make Your Day Happy

Jan 3, 2016
2 min

Four Morning Habits To Help Make Your Day Happy

It’s so easy to get stuck in a rut of not wanting to get up and go to work, even I have those days and I work for myself; in fact my office is in my house. What I have found in my life is that when I am organized and stick to a routine in the mornings, things seem to flow the right way during the day. These are my tips on setting good morning rituals. GET OUT OF BED! As soon as that alarm bell goes off, jump out of bed with excitement. Now I know that can be really hard, but

How to flip feeling negative to positive

Jan 1, 2016
2 min

How to flip feeling negative to positive

Photo: Instagram In all the years I have had an interest in spirituality there is one thing I can 100% tell you works, and that is being positive, thinking nice thoughts and cutting out negativity does definitely attract good things to you. I can also tell you that when I am making a huge effort to meditate, think positive, be happy, and say my affirmations I attract a lot of nice people to me. I notice that people smile at me, I end up getting discounts, people gift me thing

Finding Joy When Times are Tough

Jul 4, 2015
2 min

Finding Joy When Times are Tough

At the time of writing this, my family is going through a rough time. Four years ago our mother suffered a stroke which left her quite disabled. Since then she has had two further strokes, two collapsed lungs and now is bedridden with emphysema after years of smoking. I have never smoked in my life and seriously can’t understand why anyone would pollute their bodies with this poison. I can assure you watching someone suffer from emphysema is harrowing. However this is not a b

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Gratitude: A story of 'what if'

Mar 14, 2015
3 min

Gratitude: A story of 'what if'

I imagined what if I had died, and my soul had gone to the Big Pearly Gates and God, Source, Creator or whatever you call the entity that is responsible for this Universe said to me: “Well Deb, how was it down there?” I replied, “Not bad really, but I spent a lot of time being unhappy because I let too many things worry me, like grey skies, people who let me down, trains being late, traffic jams, you know what I mean God”. Then God replied “Well that was a bit of a waste of

Morning Walk

Mar 8, 2015
3 min

Morning Walk

Every morning I go for a walk. This is not negotiable for me and I do it because it's the one time I feel so in tune with the Universe, actually I'm in tune with God, Source or Divine Spirit which to me means 'all that is'. It is on my walks that I notice the smallest and most beautiful things and I can see Spirit in everything. Sometimes my most beautiful Instagram photos come from just seeing something that most people might miss becuase there is too much chatter going o