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December reflections
I’m taking part in Susannah Conway’s December reflections. The idea is that you post a photo along a different theme each day (prompts above) and hashtag it with #decemberreflections Susannah says...
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This year I wanted to feel like a writer. I’ve always wanted to be a writer and I wondered what stopped me. I’m me, so I can’t stick with something so nebulous! In order to make it a real goal I broke...
View ArticleWrap up
For 2015 I chose three words as my guiding focus for the year – these were creativity, contentment and compassion. I gave a detailed reflection half-way through the year. Not much has changed since...
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Word of the year – contentment
Last year I chose three words to try to live my life by – contentment, creativity and compassion. This year I have narrowed it down to just one – contentment. I think the other two fold into that. What...
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Busyness is toxic
I wrote about ‘how is your heart’ a couple of months ago, the idea that we should enquire after people’s true wellbeing when we meet with them, rather than asking ‘how are you’ and the standard...
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Yousician
I found this amazing app – yousician. It is fabulous! I bought myself a ukulele about a year and a half ago and have been noodling around on it, taking it on holiday and playing a few times a month. My...
View ArticleIt’s all part of the process
It’s all part of the process…. if that rings a bell, it is a lovely song by Morcheeba, who I once saw live in a flea pit in Leeds. Skye is even more beautiful in real life than she looks in her photos....
View ArticleDedication
I’m fed up with seeing articles around the internet based on the idea that five minutes of meditation a day is all you need. Or hearing people say that five minutes of spiritual practice is all you...
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Candles and Coffee
Over the Christmas holidays I made a couple of discoveries that I wanted to share with you. I used to love incense sticks, but I find them too overpowering these days and the smoke is a bit too much....
View ArticleBuying mindfulness
I am quite good at removing myself from mailing lists, but I had forgotten to do so for Not on The High Street after I recently bought something from them. In my inbox last week landed an email...
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#AprilLove2016 Dear morning…
Dear Morning Oh! How I love you mornings. Quite frankly you just aren’t long enough for me, there is so much that I want to cram into this sacred time that I want to get up earlier and earlier. I try...
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#AprilLove2016 Dear books…
Dear books… You have been my refuge and my friends for so many years. There are some of you I have read so many times I hardly need to pick up the book in the first place, the Discworld springs to mind...
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May’s Reads
Another monthly round up of a selection of my reads. I have completely forgotten to take pictures this month, which isn’t very helpful! Lisa Congden swimming I loved this book, Lisa’s passion for...
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The Ikea juggle
I recently was waiting in the car park of IKEA. There were a lot of people juggling various flat pack packages and goodies from the marketplace, putting them in, taking them out, trying different...
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Kelvedon Secret Nuclear Bunker
On our birthdays my husband and I normally take the day off of work so that we can go off for an adventure. for Gavin’s birthday we end up going to a military museum of some sort. While I am not...
View ArticleGoing gluten and dairy free
Don’t worry this blog is not going to turn into a foodie blog, not least because I really don’t care about food that much, I hate cooking and quite frankly would rather take a pill than bother with...
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Blissful yoga
I have practiced yoga for over twenty years now, most of it at home on my own, sometimes attending classes and more off than on if I am honest. Since I got sick I have done yoga every morning as a way...
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Being outdoors
Being outdoors is vital to me, I genuinely think I wouldn’t be as well as I would if I didn’t get outdoors. It’s kept me moving and walking on a daily basis, even when I am struggling with my health. I...
View ArticleWelcome!
Hello, I’m Jen Farrant. Consultant | Writer | Photographer. My blog is my space to experiment with thoughts, ideas and photos. Posts tend to fall into broad categories of: Creativity Living well &...
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Gala concert
no we are not going to be playing Frozen. This weekend Harmonie Concert Band is performing at the Basildon Towngate Theatre, celebrating 40 years of making music in the community. I have blogged...
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