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Embrace the Lunar Eclipse with Archangel Haniel: A Ceremony for Release & Renewal

The moon’s cycles hold deep wisdom, and a lunar eclipse is a powerful moment of transformation. It invites us to release what no longer serves us and step into a new phase with clarity and grace. This is a time of heightened energy, intuition, and spiritual connection—a perfect moment to work with Archangel Haniel, the angel of the moon and Venus.

Haniel’s presence is gentle yet profound, guiding us to embrace our emotions, trust our intuition, and surrender to the natural flow of life. If you’ve been feeling emotionally heavy, uncertain, or ready for a shift, this ceremony will help you align with the moon’s wisdom and receive Haniel’s loving support.

Why Connect with Archangel Haniel During a Lunar Eclipse?

Archangel Haniel’s energy is deeply linked to the moon, the divine feminine, and Venus—the planet of love, beauty, and harmony. She helps us: ✨ Heighten intuition and trust our inner knowing ✨ Release emotional blockages and past wounds ✨ Find peace and balance amid change ✨ Enhance spiritual connection and manifestation

This lunar eclipse is especially potent because we are also in Venus Retrograde, with the planets aligning in the same positions as they were from March to mid-April 2017. This cosmic pattern invites deep reflection, relationship healing, and heart-centered transformation. Working with Haniel during this time can help us navigate these energies with grace and clarity.

During a lunar eclipse, the veil between the seen and unseen is thin, making it a potent time for healing and transformation. Haniel’s silver light can help illuminate your path and bring emotional clarity.

A Simple Lunar Eclipse Ceremony with Archangel Haniel

🌙 What You’ll Need:

A silver or white candle (representing Haniel’s lunar energy)
A bowl of water (symbolizing emotional flow and renewal)
A moonstone, selenite, or labradorite crystal
A journal or piece of paper
A quiet, sacred space

🌑 Step 1: Set Your Space

Find a quiet place where you won’t be disturbed. Dim the lights or sit outside under the moon.
Light your candle, feeling its glow connecting you to Haniel’s energy.
Place your hands over the bowl of water, imagining it absorbing lunar wisdom and Haniel’s presence.

🌕 Step 2: Invoke Archangel Haniel Close your eyes, breathe deeply, and say:

“Archangel Haniel, angel of the moon, Venus, and divine grace, I call upon you now. Wrap me in your silver light. Help me release what no longer serves my highest good and guide me toward my soul’s true path.”

Feel her presence around you, like a soft lunar glow or a gentle ocean wave washing over you.

🌑 Step 3: Release & Renew (Listen to the Guided Meditation below for greater connection)

Visualise the full moon in your mind’s eye, slowly being eclipsed by shadow.
As darkness moves over the moon, breathe out anything you wish to release—fears, self-doubt, past pain.
When the light begins to return, feel Haniel’s energy filling you with wisdom, peace, and renewal.
Place your hands over your heart and whisper: “I trust the cycles of life. I trust my intuition. I am ready to shine.”

🌕 Step 4: Writing & Water Ritual

Write down what you are releasing (old patterns, limiting beliefs, fears).
Hold the paper over the bowl of water and say: “I surrender these burdens to the moon and Haniel’s light. I let them go with ease.”
Tear the paper and drop it into the water, imagining your worries dissolving.
When ready, pour the water into the earth, symbolising full release.

🌙 Step 5: Closing & Gratitude

Thank Haniel for her guidance.
Blow out your candle, imagining the light now glowing within you.
Carry your crystal over the next few days as a reminder of your transformation.

Trust the Magic of the Moon

The lunar eclipse is a reminder that just like the moon, we go through cycles of darkness and light, release and renewal. With Venus Retrograde mirroring past energies, this is an opportunity to revisit old themes, clear emotional residue, and align with your heart’s true desires. Trust in the timing of your transformation and allow Haniel’s loving energy to guide you.

💫 Are you ready to embrace this shift? Join me in this sacred ceremony and experience the magic of lunar healing! ✨🌙

Here is the link if you’d prefer to watch on YouTube —>> Full Moon Eclipse Meditation with Archangel Haniel

How a Cluttered Home Affects Your Mind and Energy, and How Dragon Energy Can Help

The Mental Weight of Clutter

Having a cluttered home can really mess with your mental well-being. The chaos of disorganised spaces can make you feel constantly stressed and anxious. All that visual clutter bombards your brain with too much information, leading to sensory overload. This overload can make it hard to focus and process information, which can hurt your productivity and peace of mind.

Clutter often brings negative feelings like guilt, shame, and frustration. It’s a constant reminder of things you haven’t done and goals you haven’t reached. This mental clutter can make you feel unmotivated and overwhelmed. As your physical space gets more cluttered, so does your mind, making it hard to find calm and clarity.

Energy and Clutter: A Two-Way Street

The energy in your home plays a big role in attracting or repelling clutter. When the energy is stagnant or negative, it can invite clutter to build up. This stagnant energy can come from unresolved conflicts, emotional stress, or just a lack of movement and change at home.

On the flip side, a cluttered space can also create negative energy. Clutter blocks the natural flow of energy in your home, creating areas of stagnation and heaviness. These blockages can drain your energy levels, making you feel tired and sluggish. In this way, clutter and negative energy feed off each other, creating a tough cycle to break.

Using Dragon Energy to Tackle Clutter

Dragon energy, a concept from various cultural and metaphysical traditions, is a powerful and transformative force. This dynamic energy can help clear both physical and energetic clutter, bringing harmony and balance back to your home.

1. Invoking Dragon Energy

To harness dragon energy, start by setting a clear intention and purpose. You can do this through meditation, visualisation, or even physical movement like dancing or tai chi. Picture the dragon as a guardian of your space, its fierce and purifying energy sweeping through your home and clearing away clutter and negativity. I’ve worked with Dragon energy for years and have created a workshop and meditation for you to download here – great for your energy body as well as your home 😊

2. Clearing Physical Clutter

Once you’ve invoked dragon energy, use it as motivation to tackle physical clutter. Identify areas of your home that feel particularly heavy or stagnant. Approach decluttering with empowerment, knowing that you’re supported by this powerful energy. Donate, recycle, or discard items that no longer serve you, allowing the energy in your home to flow freely again.

3. Purifying Energetic Clutter

Besides clearing physical clutter, dragon energy can also purify your home’s energetic atmosphere. You can do this through practices like smudging with sage or Energy Cleansing Spray, using sound healing with bells or singing bowls, or incorporating crystals known for their purifying properties, like clear quartz or black tourmaline. My friend at Crystal Balance creates an amazing energy clearing spray that you can purchase from her website here.

Keep up to date with my events page for details.

If you have any feedback on the above or would like to talk further, please contact me by email or on Facebook 

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Tuesday 28th January

We all know that regular decluttering is good for us and our homes, but we don’t always get around to it. We’re too busy, or we’re stuck in procrastination because the task seems too big or unimportant.

What if I could show you :-

• How cluttered and scattered areas could be negatively affecting your business, relationships or even wealth,
• Why some areas seem to get cluttered again and again and what you can do about it
• How meditating with Dragon Energy can help you get on your journey to a calmer, happier home?

For just £11 book your place on this magical workshop now and bring a notebook, pen, warm slippers and some relaxing background music. Tuesday 28th January, 10:30am – 11:30am. Follow the link at the bottom of this page to book, or to get in touch.

The Perks of a Clutter-Free Home

A home free of clutter, with the help of dragon energy, offers many benefits for both your mind and body. Removing physical and energetic blockages restores the natural flow of energy, leading to increased vitality and well-being.

Mental Clarity and Focus

Clearing clutter helps your mind relax and regain focus. With fewer visual and mental distractions, you can concentrate better on tasks and goals, boosting productivity and creativity.

Emotional Peace

A clutter-free environment fosters calm and emotional stability. Less physical chaos means less stress and anxiety, creating a sanctuary where you can recharge and find peace.

More Energy

With the natural flow of energy restored, you’ll likely feel more energised and motivated. Eliminating clutter and stagnation revitalises your space, promoting physical activity and overall health.

Better Relationships

A harmonious home environment can improve relationships with family and guests. The sense of order and tranquility invites positive interactions and deeper connections.

So there you have it… the impact of a cluttered home goes beyond looks; it affects your mind, energy levels, and overall well-being. By understanding the relationship between energy and clutter, and tapping into the transformative power of dragon energy, you can create a harmonious living space that supports mental clarity, emotional peace, and vibrant health.

Secure your place!

I watched a news article where a hard working Mum, due to low pay, was worried about money. Her little boy, looking about 6-8 years old, said “I’m worried about what’s going to happen when she can’t pay the bills any more and we lose our home”. What a responsibility for such a young child! What a fear to live with! Even if we don’t talk about these things in front of them, children pick up feelings and tensions from the adults around them and at some level can tell what’s happening.

I imagine a lot of people are under financial pressure at Christmas, so here are some ideas on how you may be able to keep costs down and give the children what they really need at this time of year and beyond.

As Christmas approaches, please remember that what your child/ren need most is love and support throughout the year and a warm, secure home.

You can’t be that for them if you are worried about debt racked up over Christmas, arguing about money with your partner, and working all hours to try to pay everything back.

I know Christmas is fun, and it’s lovely to have lots of presents piled up under the tree or in their stockings, but it’s not worth it if you’re paying it back for the rest of the year, worrying about bills and keeping your home 💖

So if you’re worried about money this year, and they’re young enough, try some of these ideas…

• Buy things they’ll need anyway for their stockings…toothbrushes, bubble bath, pyjamas, clothes to replace what they’re growing out of.
• They’ll all look exciting wrapped in the stocking and seem more fun coming from Santa.
• Tell your child Santa’s gone “eco” so no more plastic… find shells, leaves, twigs or cheap craft materials, wrap them up and call them Santas craft kit 😊😍
• Find ways of giving gifts to others that are more time or experience related so you can control the cost…vouchers for giving someone a shoulder massage or home made gifts from your child.
• Set a (small) budget with adults for gifts and see how inventive you can be with your low cost gifts.
• Take time out to play games with your kids and even share movies with them rather than seeing TV time as an opportunity to get on with something else. Not all the time, obvs, we all need our quiet time lol! 💖😂
• If possible, arrange some “me time” where a Partner, friend or older siblings supervise the youngsters so you can get a 1/2 hour to yourself every now and then and maybe keep your cool more easily over the holidays. Remember some children benefit from “time out” too to help them cope with the excitement and overwhelm.
• For older children, explain that it’s been hard for everyone this year and that you’ll have to stick to a budget. Let them know what it is and help them decide which item(s) they want most this year -and which will fit best into your budget for them. Anything else they want they could save up for. A great exercise in money management! 😊💖 It may seem tough at the time, but you could try playing the “Needs and Wants” game – do we Need it? What will happen if we don’t have it? No electricity = no light, heat etc. No Playstation game means….?

Now I know money is a difficult subject for everyone and we all have our unique circumstances. I don’t want to seem blasé about your individual situation, only you know what’s going on for you. So please just pick and choose from any of the suggestions here – there’s no right or wrong way to do things.

Sending you love at Christmas,

Vicki x

How we can all be like Paddington Bear and our late Queen?

Wishing to pay my respects to a lady who has always been in our lives, I watched both the recent Jubilee and the sadder funerals that took place this year for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. People queued for hours to see her coffin, and to be at the parades, and everyone who spoke about her talked of how much she was loved and admired. It made me wonder – why was she loved so much, especially by those who had met her personally?

On further research, the answer seemed to be that she “made people feel good about themselves” when she met them. How did she do that? Well, she “always saw the best in people” when she met them. And what we expect from another, we tend to experience.

How does this relate to Paddington Bear, her co-star in the sketch recorded for her Platinum Jubilee? If you watched the sketch or have seen the film Paddington Bear 2, you’ll recall how Paddington is always very polite in his words (even if he is not yet familiar with how we drink our tea!).

In the film Paddington 2, he quotes his beloved Aunt Lucy: “always be polite to others, and they will be polite to you”. More than that, Paddington evidently expected people to behave well, even when faced with a huge, angry prison inmate and designated Cook. Using only kind words, he manages to overcome the violent prisoner and get him on side.  How does Paddington, and her late Majesty, do this? Bring out the best in others?

Always see the light in others

Perhaps the answer is in a quote from another former luminary and world-famous person – Hay House Author and Speaker, Wayne Dyer. During his career he studied many religions, Saints and other luminaries and embodied great wisdom from these studies. He is quoted as saying “see the light in others and treat them as if that is all you see”. I believe that is what Paddington Bear, and her late Majesty, did as well.

There is something very powerful in being treated as if you are more than you think you are. More clever, more competent, more special in some way. It makes people feel good and allows them to shine.

Although sadly our Queen and Wayne Dyer are no longer with us, and Paddington is limited to our TV screens these days, we can carry on their legacy. When you treat a child, a member of staff or someone serving you in a shop as if they are special, they can, and often will, live up to that expectation and you will have made their day.

I intend that I, too, can “See the light, and only the light” in as many people that I meet as possible so that I can play my small part in helping others feel good about themselves and help them to bring out their light for the world. How about you?

If you’d like to connect, please do head over to Facebook and say hi!

How does your ‘why’ drive you?

Take a few minutes to listen to my recent interview with Mariella Franker from The Franker Message, talking about my why for starting my Facebook group and which supports my Daphne and the Smiley Shells book.

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Mariella Franker is a natural productivity coach for introverts. She helps introverts achieve their business and personal goals without stress or fatigue. She runs her business from home and has a happy balance between her work and personal life. In this mutual interview Vicki and Mariella discuss their “Why” for the businesses, Daphne and the Smiley Shells and many other topics. Enjoy!

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Connect with me in my Facebook Group “From Self Criticism to Self Love” and join us in the community!

Feel free to also leave a comment below.

“You with the sad eyes, don’t be discouraged, Oh I realise it’s hard to take courage, in a world full of people, you can lose sight of it all, the darkness inside can make you feel so small”
– Cyndi Lauper.

I see your true colours

I’ve been there – hiding in a corner feeling less than good enough, and not wanting to worry anyone with my concerns. Putting on a brave face to everyone else, then breaking down in the bathroom or laundry room where no-one would see me.

No time

With two toddlers, I didn’t have time or capacity to deal with the deaths of my 3 Grandparents one after another, two of whom had effectively been my parents. So, I just buried the pain inside me when I felt the tears coming, pushing them down on top of all the other hurts, sleights, and frustrations of my past and current life.

Worrying

Worrying about others more than myself, concerned for our future as I and my husband navigated running a business and a family, together but so often mentally on different shores, both doing the best we could to stay afloat. And slowly I began to criticise myself more and more for my perceived (and let’s be honest, sometimes real!) shortcomings until it came to a point when I wondered whether I even deserved my own life. My privileged, fortunate life with two beautiful children, a loving and responsible husband and a lovely family home near the sea. I didn’t deserve it, couldn’t cope with it all and my family deserved someone better to take care of them.

Emotional cover-up

So, I used emotional sticking plasters to hide the pain – bought lots of kids clothes and toys to brighten MY life as much as the children’s, even though I didn’t get my hair cut for 5 years, because my needs didn’t count. Had tea with the boy’s late afternoon, and a ready meal dinner with wine and candlelight when my husband came home late evening. Ate chocolate, biscuits and sweets along with the kids and probably when they weren’t looking as well. Hated myself at Christmas and birthdays when Hubby or Sis wanted to buy me something nice to wear but I felt too big to look good in anything.

Professional help is not for me

The thought of getting professional help occasionally crossed my mind, but I thought I couldn’t afford it, and so spent more money on the sticking plasters instead.

Looking back

I wish I’d known back then that I wasn’t the awful, weak person I thought I was. That I was the best person to take care of my family, no-one could care for them like me because no-one else was their Mum. That my husband would continue to love me even if I wasn’t perfect. That all the mistakes I made, all the suffering I felt, was as a result of putting me last, and of mental programming from my past, not what was happening in the here and now. That I was the leader of my family – everyone loved and needed me.

That if I’d sought professional help, it would be more affordable than I imagined and reap so many benefits for myself and my family. I wish I knew that when I did, it would completely change my life view, my feelings, my experience of life for the better. And that one day, I’d be able to help others do the same with my Coaching.

No judgement

When I look at a new Coaching Client, I don’t see the faults they see, the mistakes they’ve made, their supposed shortcomings. I don’t judge them, for I know that they are doing the best they can to survive in their own unique struggles.

You are beautiful

I see a beautiful soul who has suffered and is ready to release that suffering, one step at a time, to learn to accept who they are and to plan a brighter and better future for themselves and their loved ones. I see a wonderful human being who was born to make the world a better place, just by being there. I see and sense your potential to make a difference in the world. I see your True Colours, and I celebrate them.

Does this sound familiar?

If this story resonates with you and you would like to begin your journey towards discovering your True Colours, please contact me for a complementary chat and trial coaching session.

Vicki xx

Does your Child have everything she needs for School? You might have forgotten something…

You’ve got the new Rucksack, the Stationary…you even queued up to get her young feet measured so they would develop properly in her School shoes. But have you thought about what else you’d like her to develop this School year?

Here are some of the things she might need this term and how to help her develop them.

A “Growth Mindset”

To know that even if she can’t do something right now, it doesn’t mean she won’t be able to do it forever. She can learn, practise and get better at it. Any progress is good progress. And to focus on the positives in life.

How? When she says she can’t do something, tell her she can’t do something YET and help her to imagine what it will be like when she can.

Self Confidence (or “Positive Self Esteem”)

To know that whatever others think or say about her, she’s a valuable human being with her own gifts and talents that are and will be useful, now and in the future. To notice for herself what she does well, where she’s been kind or thoughtful regardless of her academic achievements.

How? Get her to reflect regularly on what she’s enjoyed doing or tried hard to achieve, regardless of the result. Also to notice where she was kind or thoughtful or made someone smile.

Resilience

The ability to keep going, keep trying and persevere even when things get tough – to keep a goal in mind and follow her dreams. And to know she can handle anything that comes her way.

How? Teach her to label something going wrong a “challenge” for her to learn from rather than a disaster. Tell her how strong and capable she is…even if she doesn’t seem it just yet. The most powerful words in the English language are “you are” and “I am”.

And perhaps most importantly…

A positive body image

– acknowledging all that the body does for her regardless of its shape or size. How it helps her to enjoy her life, get stronger, play with her friends and be creative.

How? Get her to think about or discuss parts of her body (her eyes, hands, legs etc) and what how they help her to watch TV / play outside / play with her favourite toys or stroke her pet.

Why does it work? A child forms habits and beliefs about herself and the world around her up to the age of 7 and beyond, but most powerfully up to the age of 7. If you can instil positive beliefs about who she is, what she does and how she can be happy, she will take those beliefs and values with her for life. Forming a habit of this positive thinking will also become a life-long tool for her with practise.

If you’d like your 4-8 year-old child or Grandchild to develop these skills as a habit that could last a lifetime, then share the techniques embedded in the story book “Daphne and the Smiley Shells” regularly with a child you love and notice how you both grow…

Get your copy here, and join the Facebook Group “Daphne and the Smiley Shells 5-Day Challenge” to find out more…

3 Things To Do When you Feel Like You’re in a Tug of War with Yourself, Work and Family

I get it.

I really do.

Those times when you finally get down to some work and you’re interrupted by your child/partner/dog needing your attention – tug of war!

Or you’re at work completing an urgent project and the School calls needing you to pick up your child and self-isolate for two weeks. Or you REALLY need some time to yourself but there’s no-one to take care of the kids right now. And then there’s the needs and opinions of your parents, and don’t get me started on the in-laws!

Motherhood can be a constant struggle between work, home and family needs, including (and sometimes especially) the extended family. And if you’re anything like me, you can often feel like you’re in a “tug of war” being pushed and pulled by other’s needs and opinions and having to forget your own needs altogether.

I didn’t know how to explain this feeling, until I drew a stick figure version of me, being pulled in two opposite directions, like in a tug of war. I really felt I was being pulled apart and might break any minute, until I understood what was happening and ways to deal with it. So, what can you do to get out of this very painful bind?

1)     Don’t expect to be perfect

Recognise that you cannot be “perfect” for everyone and no-one should expect you to be. You are a human being, juggling the needs of many, and if you’re going to continue to do this, then you and others will have to cut you some slack when you occasionally drop the ball. You are working 24/7, on call at night and working three shifts a day…nobody can do that perfectly all the time.

2)     Your opinion and needs matter more than you think

Understand that every member of your family, work or friends is entitled to their opinion, just as you’re entitled to yours. And if you feel strongly about a situation then your opinion is as important as, sometimes even more important than others. Especially if you have a “gut feel” about something. It’s ok to stand your ground over what’s important to you. And you DO deserve a break from your job, so that you can gather the energy to keep going.

3)     Understand that there are many “parts” to you

– the Parent, the Partner, the Career person, the Adult and the Child (yes we all have an inner child even when we’re grown up), the daughter, daughter-in-law and many more characters in your subconscious, all wanting to go different ways sometimes. Each of these parts of you wants its needs met, and when they are not all working towards the same goal, life can feel very painful.

These characters reside mostly in your Subconscious mind, and can be encouraged to work together, making you feel more “whole” and less “torn” as you integrate them into a thriving “team”. An NLP Coach like myself can help you to get those parts of you talking, so they can start pulling together instead of tearing you apart! Imagine what it will be like when you feel whole again, and can face the world with greater confidence and clarity!

So, if you’re ready to call the “Tug of War” to a halt, heal within and feel ready to face the world once more, contact me and we’ll start helping you to feel strong and whole once more.

Speak to you soon! 😊