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Well done and sincere thank you to the hundreds of visitors, exhibitors and speakers who came to the Mind Ur Health Expo, it was a fantastic success. The photos are wow-who would think that the venue is usually a night club!! The pics are on Mind Ur Health facebook page. The effort that you exhibitors went to, was spectacular, and all our guests commented on how welcoming the entire place was. As for our lecturers, the feedback was superb, know, that you all made a massive difference in hundreds of lives last Sunday, by sharing your expertise. Looking forward to the next one already! We have a very exciting line of courses over the next few weeks, from our half day events, Chakra Matrix, Herbalism, Menopause-Myth or Reality, and NLP to our highly acclaimed weekend of Aromatherapy, and the two day Suicide Assist Internationally recognised qualification, all of which are open to the generally public.

Mind Ur Health Exhibition We are delighted to be sponsoring the Mind Ur Health Expo, on Sunday week the 23rd Feb, and it is shaping up to be a fantastic event. All the proceeds are going to the very worthy Limerick Marine Search & Rescue Services, which is run entirely by volunteers, they do not receive funding, which is quite extraordinary considering that the Gardai regularly use their services for search & rescue operations. At any rate at another level this event is a fantastic educational opportunity for the general public, and people interested in volunteering in the field of mental wellness, for the first time to access all these wonderful services at a one stop venue. While the focus of the event is Health & Wellness there is a strong emphasis on mental health-which we at HCE are very passionate about. There will be exhibits from Pieta House, Samaratins, Mental Health Ireland, HSE, Grow,

What a start! I hope that all of you have had a marvellous Christmas, and what a start to 2014, we had a wonderful New Years Eve in Limerick with the launch of City of Culture, to see the city jammed with people was heart warming, and here’s to a year where we  re-discover and bring life back into our city. There is definitely a feeling that major positive change will be with us soon- bring it on-we have all had enough of the negativity. We should remember that quantum physics has proven that we create our reality according to the thoughts we have-so it is imperative that no matter what our “reality” may be showing us, that we rest in thoughts and visions of positivity. If I were to plan to get to a destination and input it into my GPS, I don’t put in the co-ordinates of where I don’t want to go-I

As Deepak Chopra says, miracles happen every day- when we see shooting stars they seem magical, but the streak across the sky all the time, we just don’t notice them in the sunlight, and just like shooting stars- miracles streak across our consciousness every day. Miracles or synchronicities (synchronised coincidences), are happening in our lives many times each day, but we are so busy we usually only notice the big ones. If you have seen the movie sliding doors, this really emphasises how the little coincidences/choices we make, in fact, chart our destiny. Let me share a recent personal experience with you-my husband recently decided to open a new restaurant and I was drafted in to help with interior design. This premises has spectacular views over the river Shannon, so I really wanted to use a nautical theme for the restaurant. I also think that every business should have what I call a “heart beat”,

Launch of Exciting New Program If my client demographic are anything to go by- I’m guessing that you know at least one person who is suffering with Panic Attacks and/or Anxiety? At last I am able to share a fantastic program that will stop a Panic Attack in less than three seconds, anywhere, anytime, FOREVER. I have used it with hundreds of clients in my private clinic and it always works. Because of the massive increase in sufferers I am delighted to be able to reach more people by offering this training to groups. The next training will run on Saturday 23rd Nov, from 11am to 3pm, in Murroe Village. The cost €150 per person. Please pass this information to anyone who you know of whose life is being destroyed by Panic Attacks and/or Anxiety, and allow them the opportunity to be released from their suffering after one four hour session. As you know, I

Exciting Events With the school routines now firmly established, its the perfect time for Mom’s to consider how to get maximum value for their time while the children are kept busy with activities. A recurring theme that I see is that Irish Mom’s devote ALL their time to their children and children’s activities, and while commitment to our children is of great importance in terms of their development, it is VITAL that we do not lose ourselves in the role. This is a tragedy on many counts, the obvious one being that when the children grow up and leave-and they all will!-then Mom is left with no sense of purpose of who she really is. More importantly ask any Mom- of girls in particular -this question-would you want your daughter to sacrifice her interests/hobbies/dreams to her children? The answer I’ve found is always an emphatic No. No mother would want their daughter to sacrifice what

Back to School That time of year when we all get busy again, after slowing things down a bit for the summer. Im very grateful for the superb rest that the good weather encouraged us all to take, because it’s all hands on deck now. It looks like we are going to be oversubscribed for some of our courses this year, which it a great issue to deal with! For those of you, who were considering enrolling, please do let us know as soon as possible. Most of you are familiar with our unique full time Holistic Therapist Diploma, but you may want to dip your toe in, so why not take the 6 classes of introduction to Ayurveda, or a weekend introduction to Aromatherapy, or my personal favourite of Reiki, or any of the modules of our Diploma course that you feel drawn to , these can be taken as part time courses, please

Summer Time and the Living is Easy! What a gift this summer in Ireland is proving to be-there is no country quite like it when the sun shines. I feel especially blessed to arrive home to this glorious weather after a spectacular holiday in Australia with the British and Irish Lions tour, and what a success that tour was-magic, truly a trip of a lifetime. Beautiful as Australia is though, Ireland (especially in the sunshine) has so much to offer, which we often take for granted. It was interesting to observe how a country can change just by the energy or ethos of those in charge of it-for instance, having lived in Australia for a few months in 1997, the “no worries” attitude was very evident and created a laid back attitude, however it was very obvious that rules & regulations are now the order of the day in Australia, and these very specific rules

Exam Time That time of year again, and the sun will surely shine as our students are stuck in exam halls. It’s that final cramming and pulling together of all the knowledge that they have amassed over the year. Congrats to our students who completed their practical exams last week, each of you did yourselves and HCE proud. Wishing each of you the very best of luck for 6 theory papers next week-you are so well prepared it’ll be a breeze to you. The key now is to reduce the stress levels at this point-that stress was important as a motivator to pay attention and learn, but examinations really only test your recall ability, so relaxation is the name of the game at this point. Actually a lot of my private clients are leaving certificate students, whose parents are anxious about them not sleeping etc, the energy therapies are excellent at achieving that, and there

Summer time! But the living ain’t easy –yet! But we are having lots of fun-all in the name of work! Speaking of fun-sincere thank you to all of you who attended our Holistic Centre of Excellence Open night last Wed, as always, we had a very sociable evening, and thank you to the artistic creativity of chef Tom Sparling-he never fails to impress us. We did forget one important detail though, we were to tell those of you who attended that there is an special early bird offer available to you if you book the course before the end of May, so please do get in touch via email or call 061-381947, in these financially challenging times, it’s especially important to make the most of discounts. For any of you who couldn’t make the open night, but would like to have the information that we shared, please get in touch with us. This coming