Live: South Devon, 5 minutes walk to the beach. Surrounded by green fields.
Family: 1 daughter, 1 husband.
Work: PR and marketing. HQ of business is still in Bromsgrove, I'm heading up the "southern expansion"
Interests: Saving green spaces, sustainability, making a difference.
Relaxation: Reading (of course!), writing, walking dog on the beach, cooking, eating, drinking good wine (though after a couple of glasses I couldn't tell the difference)
How I'd like people to think of me: Professional, creative and enthusiastic, always goes over and above the call of duty. Strategic and intuitive.
How they probably think of me: Loud, gritty, determined, forthright, impulsive and lucky.
Love: My friends and family, books, the internet, plants/gardening, start up businesses (the energy is amazing), the sea.
Hate: Tesco's, slipping on sea-weed, landfill sites, climate change, Tesco's, over-wrapped produce, oppressive regimes, Tesco's. Did I mention I hate Tesco's?
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I seem to end up spending a lot of my time saving green spaces, having succeeded twice in preventing Tesco's from building on community and recreation land. It's tough work and takes up a lot of time. So in my "spare" time, I love to spend time with my my family, walking the dog and enjoying the beautiful scenery where we live. (All the time looking out for planning notices, of course!). Other than the outdoors life, I also really enjoy entertaining and cooking, trying out recipes on unsuspecting friends and family!
I have just rounded the corner of being 50("on the outside", I always say). I do not seem to fit any mold of women my age, but I have realized by now,that it doesn't matter. I am creative and loving and always have many projects going on at once.I do not seem to have the time for everything, but perhaps that is society at present.I have two grown sons of which I am quite proud. They are struggling for their futures and I hope all works it way through. I also have 3 cats of varying sizes and temperaments.
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art,drawing and sculpture.music ,languages,can speak 3. have participated in community theatre for 30+ yr..both on stage and behind the scenes. I am usually found building or painting things or experimenting in the kitchen.I would like to travel and culminate recipes from different areas for a book..
Tony Burgess is a Director of the Academy of High Achievers.
Tony has a degree in Psychology, he is a qualified teacher, hypnotherapist, firewalk instructor and Master Practitioner in NLP.
As an experienced trainer, facilitator, professional speaker and coach, most of Tony's time is now spent designing, co-ordinating and delivering life-enriching programmes for people who are hungry for more fulfilment and success in their lives. He has worked with business leaders, teams within organisations, educators, students, sports people and members of the public to help them to tap into and release the full potential of their personal resources, allowing them to attain whatever outcomes they set out to achieve and much more besides. Before becoming a founding Director of Academy of High Achievers, Tony ran his own successful coaching and training company.
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I am passionate about life and becoming the best I can be (in terms of the depth and richness of my life experiences and any challenges I set for myself along the journey) and helping others achieve the same. I enjoy the fact that there is always more to learn and there are always ways of helping people even better - life is such an exciting journey of discovery! I make a point of surrounding myself with other positive, warm, exciting people - I find it contageous.
I love personal development and have made it my career. I also love reading, my heart leaps for joy when I go on walks in the countryside, I enjoy travel and exploration, I love good veggie food, good wine, good company. I adore spending time with my daughter Sophie who is a constant source of inspiration to me - aren't youngsters so very much 'in the moment' !!! They are so honest and expressive - whether Sophie has just woken up with sheer delight that it is a brand new day or screaming like crazy because she is hungry, it is raw and it is honest - no masks, no pretense at all at her age! Wouldn't it be wonderful if everyone kept that sense of wonder, adventure, honesty and tendency to be 'in the moment' all the way through their lives! And isn't life so 'real' when we are living like that!
I believe that success in life starts on the inside - by knowing that you have choice about what you experience, by sending and receiving tons of love, by having loads of gratitude, by paying attention moment by moment, by communicating with self and others effectively, by knowing your magnificent self-worth, by expecting the best, and by connecting with people with positive intention and with a 'can help, can do' attitude. The pinnacle of success in my opinion is living openly and freely as your true magnificent self with certainty that you are perfect in your imperfection.
I have a belief that making the choice to have an amazing life is the best decision anyone can make.
A successful coach, trainer, entrepreneur, speaker and author. I'm passionate about helping people to achieve the levels of success and happiness they aspire to. I also lead annual retreats to South Africa for people who want to reconnect to the important things and people in their lives. A life long student of the art of the possible. A dream catcher and somewhat nomadic. I would love to live in a motor caravan, travel the world and earn my living by speaking, writing books and articles.
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Travel, gardening, cookery, metaphysics, personal growth and development, alternative therapies, women and mid-life, women and leaderhsip, meditation, journaling.
