Healing Your Inner Child

Posted on November 25, 2020 by SpookyMrsGreen: Ghost Hunting, Vampire Books & Paranormal Family Adventures

How to take care of your inner child, even when you don’t know what they need.

Earlier this month I signed up for an online Reiki Summit, where I listened to recordings with guest speakers about a variety of topics centred on the use of reiki healing energy for self-care and good health. Some of the speakers offered short meditations during their talks, and I tried a few of them.

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Healing Your Inner Child

Healing Your Inner Child

One meditation I did was led by Ashwita Goel, who works with people to release childhood trauma and heal the inner child. It was a short meditation, but it made quite an impact on me. Ashwita guided me (us) to think about a situation that stayed with me from childhood; a small incident that had a lasting impact on my life. I couldn’t think of one straight away, so I sat with the question: what traumatic event from childhood do I need to heal? Then Ashwita asked us what age we were at that event. I was 4 years old and I was at preschool. I may have wet myself but I’m not sure. It might have been the day that I fell into the water tray and got sent home in spare clothes that were too big for me. My mum never tires of telling that story!

In this memory, I felt humiliated and I hated the way everyone patronised me. Being of short stature, I was always small for my age, and as a child I hated it when adults talked down to me, and especially when my peers tried to do the same. On this day, at that time, I know the adults were just trying to be kind, but I didn’t like it. Ashwita guided us to heal that child; to allow her acknowledgment for what happened. I sent distance reiki healing to her and affirmed that I will no longer allow embarrassment to control my feelings. I can accept help when it is offered, and I need not worry about how I am judged for it.

Compelled to chant Reiki symbols

When the meditation ended, I felt compelled to chant SHK, a Japanese Reiki healing kotodama. It connects to the heart and higher self, creating a harmonious balance within and without. I felt calm and content, and suddenly very cold! I had to put the fire on. Such is the nature of energy work, and especially working with Reiki. I have a collection of capes and warm slippers specifically for these situations. Have you worked with your inner child recently? What did they say?

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Enhancing Your Career Prospects During The Pandemic

Posted on November 23, 2020 by SpookyMrsGreen: Ghost Hunting, Vampire Books & Paranormal Family Adventures

The Covid-19 crisis has contributed to job losses and many people experiencing uncertainty about their future career prospects. If you’ve lost work as a result of the pandemic, or taking time out has inspired you to consider a change of careers, here are some tips to take on board. 

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Launching an effective job search

Searching for a job isn’t always easy, and it can be time-consuming and frustrating. Tailoring your CV, filling in applications, answering questions and writing personal statements takes time, and often, you fire off your submission only to hear nothing. If you are looking for a job at the moment, try and be patient, look for roles that complement your skills, experience and qualifications and take full advantage of the Internet. The web gives you access to hundreds of new roles every day, and you can also upload your CV to try and attract employers. If you have a specific job or industry in mind, sign up with specialist recruiters and register with targeted websites like Practice Match. If you’re open to ideas, or you’re just looking for something temporary to bring money in, you can join job sites with a wide range of positions and temporary jobs. It’s a good idea to consider seasonal roles and to look for employers who are taking on new employees in line with increased demand. Examples include delivery companies and supermarkets. 

Identifying new opportunities

There is no doubt that the pandemic has caused widespread havoc and disruption for job-seekers, employees and business owners. While there have been obvious negatives, every cloud has a silver lining. The crisis has created gaps in the market, and many companies and intuitive entrepreneurs have benefited from a surge in demand for certain products and services. If you’re currently searching for a job, or you’re thinking about setting up your own business, look for roles or opportunities that have emerged as a result of new trends and evolving consumer habits. Most people are now working from home, for example. This has triggered a demand for home-based entertainment, flexible furniture, technology that enables you to communicate with colleagues and friends via video calls, home workout equipment and virtual classes. 

Retraining and learning

Sometimes, taking a break can be a positive step, even though it can seem like a setback. If you’ve lost your job, or you have more free time than usual because of a reduction in your workload, it’s worth thinking about learning or even retraining. This is particularly beneficial if you’re thinking about a change of career paths, or you’re open to exploring the idea of going freelance or launching your own business. You can train online, choosing from hundreds of courses, workshops and programmes. 

The pandemic has left many worrying about their careers and what the future holds. While uncertainty continues to permeate the air, there are opportunities to enhance your career prospects. Search for jobs online, look for gaps in the market and new trends and consider undertaking training. Change can often be positive, even though it may not be welcome at the time.

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Stay at Home with English Heritage Shop #ChristmasGiftGuide

Posted on November 23, 2020 by SpookyMrsGreen: Ghost Hunting, Vampire Books & Paranormal Family Adventures

Whether you are looking for a book to assist with teaching your children, want to add some flavour to your baking or if you just want something to keep you entertained whilst social distancing, we have it all at English Heritage Shop.

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Wooden Wolf Play Castle. Protect your fortress from the howling wolves at all costs with this wooden wolf play castle. Crafted from sustainably sourced rubberwood, this play set is durable and can withstand years of active play. Click here.

A Street Through Time. Follow the life of a street, seeing it develop from a small Stone Age camp – changing over thousands of years – into a bustling riverside thoroughfare in the heart of a metropolis. This beautifully illustrated book brings fourteen key periods in history to life. Click here.

TOFT Crochet Kit – Emma The Bunny. Create a cute and cuddly friend with this TOFT crochet set. With everything you will need to make Emma the bunny, this kit is a lovely gift for a lover of all things arts and crafts. The wool included is British wool DK yarn to give the cuddly bunny a luxurious feel. Click here.

Dragon Costume. This mystical dragon costume makes for great fun when acting out your own stories and recreating fairy tales. With white pointy teeth and shiny yellow spikes, this dragon is not to be messed with.

Stonehenge Chess Set. Battle against your opponent in a historically inspired game of chess with this Stonehenge chess set. The board features an aerial image of the historic stones with a black and white check pattern over the top. Click here.

English Heritage Cluedo. English Heritage has launched its own creative version of Cluedo to celebrate England’s history and its fantastic sites. Use your detective skills to discover six hidden treasures within nine English Heritage sites, such as Roman coins, the Crown Jewels and the Excalibur sword.

Stonehenge Skittles Game. We wouldn’t usually encourage the demolition of our historic sites, but our Stonehenge skittles game is an exception!

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#Poem: “Firewood Burning” by Georgina Green (age 7)

Posted on November 22, 2020 by SpookyMrsGreen: Ghost Hunting, Vampire Books & Paranormal Family Adventures

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Firewood Burning: A Poem by Georgina Green

“Firewood Burning” by Georgina Green

As I sit watching

the wood burn in the fire

My eyes feel the warmth

My body warms up

I feel nice and warm.

—

Poem written by Georgina Green, age 7.

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#Poem: Fire Poem by Elliot Green (age 9)

Posted on November 21, 2020 by SpookyMrsGreen: Ghost Hunting, Vampire Books & Paranormal Family Adventures

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Fire Poem by Elliot Green

Fire Poem by Elliot Green

As the fire burns, I sit staring

The heat on my face

The light of the fire

Lights up the room

The TV glaring

But I stare at the fire.

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Poem written by Elliot Green, age 9.

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Pandemic Proof Your Life Right Now

Posted on November 20, 2020 by SpookyMrsGreen: Ghost Hunting, Vampire Books & Paranormal Family Adventures

Nobody knows how long it is going to be until we are out of this global pandemic, so we need to try to make the best of it while we can. This is something you need to make sure you get sorted as much as possible, and there are a lot of ideas that play a part in this right now. Make sure you come up with elements that are going to help you to achieve this as much as possible. 

Make sure you come up with ideas and solutions that are going to help you when it comes to improving and pandemic proofing your life as much as possible. There are a lot of things that you can do to achieve this, and it is important to make the most of this right now. Focus on what you can do to help make your life more pandemic proof right now. 

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Start Your Own Business

Starting a business during the pandemic is one of the best things you can do during the pandemic because it gives you an extra avenue in terms of a career path. There are a lot of things that you need to make sure you get right as much as possible, and one of these is to make sure you make the most of this moving forward. There are loads of amazing things that can be achieved here, and while you should make sure not to put all of your eggs in one basket, it is true that starting a home business has a lot of benefits. 

Keep Fit at Home

Keeping fit and healthy at home during lockdown is so important. This keeps your health and wellness maintained even while you are negotiating a pandemic, and this is something you need to make the most of right now. Try to do as much as you can to come up with ideas that will help you here, and there are a lot of factors that play a role in this moving forward. Make sure you come up with the best ways of keeping fit from home, and you might even like to create a home gym to help you work out properly. 

Stay Entertained

You also need to look at what it takes to make sure you keep entertained as much as possible, and this is one of the most important things that plays a role in this. Try to come up with elements that will impact you when it comes to making the most of this right now. There are a lot of factors that you have to consider and make the most of, and staying entertained is one of the best things you can do here. Anything from a Halloween mystery game to a lockdown pub quiz will help you to keep entertained when you can’t go out. 

There are so many ideas you can use to make your life more pandemic proof, and this is something that you have to make sure you get right as much as possible. Try to focus on doing the best things you possibly can to make the most of this right now, and there are a lot of things that play a part in this moving forward.

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5 Ways to Tell You Might Be Psychic

Posted on November 20, 2020 by SpookyMrsGreen: Ghost Hunting, Vampire Books & Paranormal Family Adventures

People can have different sorts of psychic abilities but they mostly involve an extrasensory perception. You might feel a strong connection to your past ancestors or rely on your gut instinct to predict the future.

Psychic people are also more sensitive and experience more empathy. This helps you to be more aware and connect with others. Whether your intuition is strong or you simply feel more than others, here are five ways to tell you might be psychic.

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5 Ways to Tell You Might Be Psychic

Your gut instinct is strong and accurate

If you are the sort of person that often relies on gut instinct then this could be a sign you have psychic abilities. If your instinct is almost overwhelming and what’s more, it turns out to be accurate then this could mean you might be psychic. There are different kinds of psychics, however, so if your gut instinct is powerful, find out more about what type of psychic am I.

You sense the thoughts and feelings of others

One of the main qualities of being a psychic is a strong sense of awareness. This includes being sensitive and aware of the emotions and feelings of others. If you feel you’re a very empathetic person this could be a sign of psychic abilities. There are also many other benefits of empathy. It allows you to connect with other people on a deeper level and truly understand them in order to help them.

You have a strong connection to the past

Perhaps you have a strong connection to your past. This could be visions of your ancestors or even frequent deja vu. There are meditation exercises you can try to hone in on this and connect with past ancestors. It might help you to form a better understanding of your present and future.

You have predicted the future

The ability most people associate with psychics is predicting the future. If you feel like you have predicted an event for whatever reason, whether it came to you in a dream or you simply had an overwhelming gut instinct, this could be a sign you might be psychic. It’s very interesting to learn how your brain makes predictions and how certain people’s intuition is much stronger than others. It’s worth trying to explore this idea further if you believe you have predicted the future. 

You experience vivid dreams

Another common association with psychic abilities is dreams and visions. You might be experiencing particularly vivid dreams or even visions which lead you to predict future events or to a knowledge of the past, you wouldn’t normally have. It’s often said vivid dreams and visions are a sign of psychic ability so if this is a frequent occurrence for you might have this. 

There are different types of psychics and psychic abilities. Many people associate being psychic with predicting the future but it can be more complicated than that. If you believe you have a stronger sense of intuition or awareness than most, then you could be showing signs of psychic abilities.

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How To Encourage Others To Talk About Their Mental Health

Posted on November 19, 2020 by SpookyMrsGreen: Ghost Hunting, Vampire Books & Paranormal Family Adventures

Your mental health is arguably more important than your physical health. If you’re not in a good mental place, your physical health will start suffering as well. During the global pandemic, more and more people are suffering from anxiety and other mental health problems. To compound the problem, hardly anyone speaks up about how they feel. We’re bottling our emotions and not letting them out into the world. 

You can’t force people to speak about their mental health and the sensitive issues they face. It’s up to them to come out and speak about it if they wish. However, you can definitely do your bit to encourage more people to talk about this topic. Many people don’t speak up because they’re ashamed or embarrassed.

Below, you’ll see some ideas to help you encourage more people to talk about their mental health problems.

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Share information on your social media

You don’t need a huge following to have an influence on social media. Share information through Facebook posts, Twitter retweets, and Instagram stories. All your friends and acquaintances that follow you will see this and read it. It’s such a simple way of getting more information out there so people understand they’re not alone. When a person is aware that they aren’t the only one suffering from an issue, they’re more likely to speak out. Or, at the very least, they could contact you for some private help. You’re not a psychologist or a mental health expert, but you do have two ears and you’re ready to listen. 

Raise awareness by doing something for charity

Raise more awareness by doing something for a mental health charity. This way, you can encourage people to make donations and share even more information. For example, you might decide to run a marathon or go skydiving. Post about this online and write a little backstory as to why you’re doing it. Raise money for a mental health charity to further help those in need. Another good idea is to arrange things like colour fun runs to get more people involved. Stuff like this might not be a good idea during COVID, but there are plenty of other fundraising ideas out there. The whole focus is to draw attention to the mental health charity and speak openly about different mental health issues and why they’re normal. 

Share resources and tips

If you’ve been through something yourself, you could be a great source of comfort to another who’s struggling. If you have tips for how to cope with a mental health issue or some resources to share, your information could prove very useful to someone else, especially if they trust what you’re saying. You can make sure you’re providing the right type of info by researching organizations like The Awareness Centre so that you can share information that’s well-researched and accurate. Open yourself up to questions and share your own experiences, it could have a big impact on someone else.

Create an Instagram page

Another social media-based idea is to create your own Instagram page that talks about mental health. More specifically, you can use it as a platform for others to speak about their problems. Set it up so people can message you or send an anonymous email talking about their problems. With their agreement, you post it on your page anonymously – or with their name if they wish. It can be an excellent outlet for people to talk about their mental health problems without feeling like they’re being judged. The anonymity of it encourages more people to speak out.

Look, we’ve all taken a mental battering in the last few months. Some people can deal with mental health issues a lot better than others. If we all worked together to end the stigma around mental health, more people would be able to get through their dark times.

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What is Hypnobirthing and Will it Help During the Pandemic?

Posted on November 17, 2020 by SpookyMrsGreen: Ghost Hunting, Vampire Books & Paranormal Family Adventures

Are you pregnant and wondering how to get through labour under the tight restrictions we have in the UK right now? Perhaps you would consider pregnancy yoga and hypnobirthing.

I used pregnancy yoga techniques and meditation to ease the pain of labour with both of my children. Yes, I felt the usual anxieties and I got very worried about how painful my first birth would be back in 2011. By the second pregnancy in 2013 I was much more relaxed about the process. My eldest daughter was born after a labour of approximately 13 hours, and although it ended in a forceps delivery and episiotomy (which I do not wish to suffer again), I felt pretty good about the whole experience.

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What is Hypnobirthing and Will it Help During the Pandemic?

While I was pregnant for my first time, I attended pregnancy yoga classes. They were fabulous. Not only did they give me a couple of hours of ‘me’ time once a week in the company of other women with shared experiences, but they prepared me for labour. The teacher is a wonderful lady who was very relaxed, helpful, and taught from experience. Alongside the women-only classes, I took my husband to a couple of workshops designed to prepare us for the labour itself, and my husband enjoyed the opportunity to be involved and learn about his role in the process. Lots of these classes are now available online via Zoom and other methods, so you can still prepare for labour in a way that will help you.

I don’t know much about hypnobirthing, but an article in the Huffington Post caught my attention. It sounds remarkably similar to the yoga breathing exercises I used during labour. There is no mystery and magic about natural labour. We have become a society where we focus only on pain and discomfort. We forget that the more we focus on pain, the more we feel it. Our mind and body will manifest whatever we think about the most, whether that be a delightful experience, or a difficult one. This concept might be hard to accept if you are a person that has suffered negative experiences, but it is something I believe in wholeheartedly.

Contractions were agony

When my waters broke, I was nervous, and when my contractions started, I was in agony. There is no other way to describe it. However, rather than waste all my energy screaming and shouting, I calmed my mind by breathing deeply and I focused on letting the contractions run their course. It didn’t take away the pain, but it did help me to work through it calmly and effectively. Once I was in established labour, my husband took charge of playing the meditation CDs I had chosen for the event, he helped me to count down my breathing patterns, and he was on hand to offer food and drink throughout. In fact, I couldn’t have done it without him. He may not realise this, but he was a key factor in helping me through what is a painful and intense process.

Ultimately, we women have lots of choices for giving birth here in the Western world. We are lucky to have the facilities of decent hospitals, specialist birthing centres, and the option for home birth if we prefer. My midwife suggested I try a water birth for my second baby, or even a home birth, but personally it doesn’t appeal to me. My hospital is easily accessible, and I would rather give birth in the hospital than at home, more for the practicalities than anything. My husband chose our music for the second labour, because my daughter appeared to fall asleep during the first one, which is why the surgeons had to intervene. He wanted to play his favourite heavy metal music, but she arrived so quickly that we never got chance to play anything. Divine intervention, perhaps?!

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How to Start a Business During a Pandemic

Posted on November 16, 2020 by SpookyMrsGreen: Ghost Hunting, Vampire Books & Paranormal Family Adventures

How I launched my Reiki therapy business while simultaneously managing life as a single parent with a chronic pain condition.

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How to Start a Business During a Pandemic

Incorporating

I had a bad couple of weeks with eye pain caused by ingrowing eyelashes recently. It resulted in an emergency appointment at the local eye hospital and a week of antibiotic eyedrops to soothe the scratches all over my corneas. When I finished using the eyedrops, I was right back in pain again and it got so bad that I almost went back to hospital less than two weeks after my previous appointment. However, I remembered that I had access to Reiki energy healing. I had neglected my practice for two weeks while I got busy with domestic life and boy did I suffer for it! I joined my weekly share session with The Reiki Association, and it was amazing to feel the relief in my eyes afterwards. I know that I can incorporate Reiki energy healing with my daily use of eyedrops and ointment to better manage my chronic pain condition.

Experimenting

Following on from that incident, I made a vow that I would redouble my efforts with Reiki self-healing and work on my eyes. I have gotten so used to the chronic pain that I forget I have a tool for easing it. Last week I joined an online Reiki Summit and listened to other Reiki Master Practitioners talk about their experiences with the practice. I decided to experiment and focus purely on healing my eye pain, and wow what a result! During the distance healing share session last week, I could feel my fellow practitioners sending healing Reiki energy, and as I sat with my eyes closed and my hands over my eyes, I could almost see the scratches on my eyes flare up and then fade as the energy soothed them. It all happens internally, but you feel it.

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Reiki Master Practitioner and Teacher Catherine Green from Goldstone Reiki

Sanitising

While we all accept how important it is to sanitise our hands and anywhere we regularly touch due to the coronavirus pandemic, I have been sanitising for many years. I still remember the day one of my consultants stressed to me that I should always wash my hands before I touch my eyes because they are extra sensitive to infection. I have no natural barrier like most people, and I have fewer eyelashes to protect my eyes because they grow on the inside of the eyelids, not pointing out like they should do. So, I am at higher risk of infection through my eyes, which might sound weird but it’s true! I have been carrying hand sanitiser around in my handbag for the past fifteen years or more.

Launching

This month I am launching a new business! My business plan has been signed off, and I am expected to begin trading as soon as possible. However, we are in lockdown here in the UK, and my Reiki therapy business, Goldstone Reiki, cannot operate because it is deemed not essential. Darn it! So, I have launched a business through the job centre on a government-funded scheme, and now they are preventing me from working, inadvertently. Personally, I believe I should be allowed to do hands-on healing treatments with clients if they want to receive them. The clinic I use has been fully accredited and deemed Covid-Safe. I wear PPE and maintain good personal hygiene. I don’t get too close to my clients, and I don’t even have to place my hands on them if they don’t want me to. But rules are rules, so for now I can only offer distant Reiki healing and will continue with my self-care practice at home.

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Christmas with the Vampires by paranormal author Catherine Green

Writing

With all this going on my writing has been moved to the bottom of my priority list. I am busy with blog work which is fantastic, and a welcome relief while I cannot operate my main self-employed business. My novel writing has all but stopped for now, but the stories are still developing in my head. I will write them down soon enough when I can squeeze them into my busy schedule. In the meantime, have you read Christmas with the Vampires? It is a short story I published a few years ago about vampires in Edwardian England, featuring Marcus Scott from The Darkness of Love and my Redcliffe novels series.

Chronic Voice Link-Up

I joined the social network for A Chronic Voice because I needed to find people who understand what life is like with chronic illness, people like me. Today I have written a post using the November link-up prompts, to show my experience of living with a chronic pain disorder. Click here to find other blog posts from fellow chronic pain sufferers, or #spoonies as we call ourselves online.

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The Darkness of Love by paranormal author Catherine Green

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