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When I was a young child, I would look at things upside down (literally!). Bending over and viewing the world from between my legs showed me how different and yet similar things looked, and taught me to consider all I came across from different perspectives. When you sign up to receive my blogs, you can suggest subjects that you might like to see discussed, and once a month I'll choose a topic suggested by a subscriber.
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The Power of Words
Words are powerful, perhaps we don't realise just how much. I see writing as weaving meaning with words, and words as being colourful...
creativenurture
Aug 21, 20231 min read
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Beyond Words
It's early on a Sunday morning and I’m getting ready to go and hold a Chakradance workshop. Mocha, my Earth Angel - a 17-year-old brown...
Helen Ferrara
Jul 24, 20232 min read
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When the glitch is the messenger
This was from a few years ago, a true story I had originally published in one of the 365 books edited by Jodi Chapman and Dan Teck I look...
Helen Ferrara
Jul 17, 20232 min read
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The Goodness of everyday life
Another story published in the 365 Book series There appears to me to be a fundamental Goodness intrinsic to life. What has brought me to...
Helen Ferrara
Jul 10, 20232 min read
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Body Wisdom
This was my very first true story published in 2016 in Jodi Chapman's and Dan Teck's 365 book series - '365 Moments of Grace': Waking...
Helen Ferrara
Jul 3, 20232 min read
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Reclaim your Creativity - reconnect to the child within
Have you ever walked right up to the television while it’s on, so that your nose almost touches the screen? I did as a young child, the...
Helen Ferrara
Jun 26, 20235 min read
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Daydreaming - a fresh look at ‘thinking outside the box'
Waiting in a café to be served, I catch sight of a pleasant shade of aqua on a wall; immediate tactile sensations of a warm breeze caress...
Helen Ferrara
Jun 19, 20232 min read
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The Car from Heaven
Following on from last week's blog, here is an example of a time I did ask for a benevolent outcome. It is an edited version of what was...
Helen Ferrara
Jun 12, 20232 min read
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Beyond the Shadow of Doubt
Sometimes, totally unexpectedly, thoughts and musings fit perfectly into place. Imagine a series of lenses pointed at a sought after...
Helen Ferrara
Jun 5, 20232 min read
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When I Grow Up...
How often did you get asked this question - "What do you want to do/be when you grow up?" And how has it all ended up for you? I don't...
Helen Ferrara
Apr 23, 20232 min read
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The drive that taught me how to see
I love the light of the dawn, and I'd like to share a true story I had published in a book titled - '365 Life Shifts’, about the power of...
Helen Ferrara
Sep 20, 20212 min read
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Creativity is not prescriptive
There is something I need to share. Even though I thoroughly speak of it in my book, I have not 'spelt it out' enough, and it is...
Helen Ferrara
Aug 18, 20212 min read
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Not a warrior, a brave
The idea for this blog came from a Facebook post, where a comment from a friend gave me the opportunity to talk about 'fighting'. I share...
Helen Ferrara
Aug 8, 20212 min read
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Love
Flowers for Mother's Day, Golden sunsets in WA .... Back in 2021, being on a deeply challenging healing journey, I had not shared on...
Helen Ferrara
Aug 4, 20213 min read
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Inspiring a resilient community through laughter and love
I have long believed that laughter is the best medicine. Here I share an occasion that brought much mirth and laughter as well as depth....
Helen Ferrara
Aug 3, 20212 min read
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