Summertime... and the weather is... WET

Well, it rained on Saint Swithin's Day and true to form it's hardly stopped raining since. We did manage a Birthday picnic for Julie and Rich and the sun even made a brief appearance. So a good time was had by all!

I feel for the many families who choose to holiday in this country and recall camping experiences with my own young family so many years ago!

Caught in a sudden squall on the cliff-top camping site above Whitby, we all had to hang onto our frame tent to stop being blown away, which happened to other unoccupied tents.And Julie, who was wet, experienced a mild shock when she touched the metal pole.

On another memorable holiday with family and friends in bonnie Scotland we were literally blown out of Glen Coe at 10.0'clock at night, when a sudden wind riccoche'd (?) around the surrounding mountains. Sitting in our converted ambulance nursing a seriously sprained an ankle, (which happened while taking a short walk) I watched as the large frame tent, in which the young men and boys were bedding down for the night, suddenly disappeared, leaving a couple of young men standing in their underpants and the younger ones struggling in their sleeping bags, wondering what had happened!  The tent was recovered, but as night descended there was nothing for it but to bundle everything and everyone into the two vans and head south, braving the fierce gale that was bringing down branches from the trees. We stopped once, in eerily deserted Glasgow, to use public toilets, but as dawn broke over the Lake District, magically the sun broke through and we completed our holiday with tent repaired, in brilliant weather!

And the moral of this story? (There always has to be some moral for me.) So how about this one? Behind every cloud is a silver lining.
It gave us all a memorable experience and something to chuckle about ever since!

Memories are the glue that hold friends and families together and shared stories form strong emotional bonds; whether loving and joyful or unhappy and fearful.
My work in helping those with emotional issues is often through re-forming those memories and and releasing the bonds that have held them back and this is more easily achieved with EFT... the Tapping solution.
See www.patricia-wynne.co.uk for more information.

EFT at Findhorn

On the road to The Isles... Loch Tummell.

Julie shared the long drive with me to bonnie Scotland to visit Findhorn, a Spiritual/ Personal Development centre that we've known about for years, but never managed to visit until now.


While she stayed at the Findhorn community in The Park, near the small and pictureque fishing village of Findhorn, I had accommodation at Cluny Hill College, a very large, former plush hotel that now hosts many courses throughout the year.

I was there for a four day course i n EFT and what a great course we had, due in a very large degree to EFT Master, Rue Hass, who came from the US to impart her perspective on the Highly Sensitive Person. The setting was impressive, the group enthusiastic and I really appreciated the opportunity to experience Rue's inspiring approach to EFT.

Wisdom

I was interested to read in the Daily Telegraph last Friday, that according to the latest research, WISDOM comes from the brain slowing down in old age, making us elders less impulsive and driven by emotion. We may not hear so well either, so can take our time ponder over responses instead of simply reacting. If younger people get impatient with our lack of fast repartee, it's so they can learn patience, which is a great virtue!

Some have commented on my title of 'wisewoman' as being somewhat egoic, which I really must refute. What I aim for, in the words of this popular saying, is... to have the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change... the Courage to change the things I can... and the Wisdom to know the difference... and I believe that comes with maturity, whatever one's age.

'Wisewoman' is really a tongue-in-cheek reference to my business logo of the wise old owl. During the many years of my life I've learned much from study, training and life experience, which I'm able to pass on to help others if I can and that is my passion in life!!! Actually, I'm often not very wise at all, but don't tell anyone I said so.

Any comments will be gratefully received... to add to my wisdom... :)

Yoga in the mountains

I spent last weekend at Triganos, a centre for interesting workshops within sight of Snowdon, practising Yoga, Tai Chi and Chi Gong. The weather was wonderful, our teacher Rose inspiring and the company congenial. (That's Snowdon in the centre background.)

After delicious vegetarian nosh we relaxed in the garden to soak up the warm sun, so welcome after weeks of cold north wind.

it was a most relaxing and inspiring time, without TV, Internet and interruptions.

Roll on my next journey to Scotland next week!

Zummer is a'comin' in... at last!

Sunday dawned without a cloud in the sky and produced the hottest day since last year, at least!

Not a day to exert oneself too much, at least in the heat of the midday sun. So it was mid-afternoon when Phil, Julie and myself were inspired to go for a walk from Phil's caravan in the hills.


After meandering through boggy fields and negotiating barbed wire fences, we finally found our way to the waterfall, which Phil promised would be cool and refreshing. As you can see from these pics, we made the most of it, skinny-dipping in the wonderful cool water.

Even I got in with Julie's help, and Phil took this one on his phone to prove it!

And below... Calender girl for May?

THE FOG

Yesterday, which was supposed to be hot and sunny everywhere, brought a thick fog to Llandudno.


The Orme couldn't be seen from the promenade, as you can see in the first picture but holidaymakers were out doing their thing anyway!


The Fog stayed around most of the morning, finally lifting by late afternoon to let the sun shine through, when I went for a walk along West shore, though you can still see remnants of fog against the hills.

Re-branding

At last I've decided on who I am... and how to market what I have to offer! I have to admit it's not been easy to be objective about myself and over the past few weeks I've tried various ideas only to reject them as too pretentious or whacky. As my sister now has her new website... www.dianeholliday.co.uk, we are no longer under the name of WHO2, which apparently nobody could relate to anyway.

I've been working on my new website... www.patricia-wynne.co.uk and I'd love to know what you think about it. For instance, does this section of one of my photographs convey the idea of freshness and growth? Does the wording tell you what you'd like to know about who I am and what I do?

After all the training I've done and clients I've helped, I've come to realise that my passion is in the area of Personal Development and I think I do have a lot to offer to anyone who desires a more than ordinary life... and is prepared to tread the road less travelled.

I'm offering courses and workshops on the 7-Step Strategy for Transformation, also available as an ebook and online course. My invitation to women to Come to the Edge with me, to discover their true potential, is on again. I hope to hear from anyone who'd appreciate a 1-5 day therapeutic breakthrough intensive in my home in North Wales.

Please feel free to comment or email me at pwynne22@googlemail.com. (I haven't got the email linked to the website as yet.) Thanks for following my adventures... I love you!