The Story Behind The Story – Daphne and the Smiley Shells Where did Daphne and the Smiley Shells come from? If you google Vicki Tongeman, you’ll find she is a Wife, Mother, Artist, Teacher, Author and a Coach! And that’s all before her role as a ‘Magic...
The Dancing Santa Video courtesy of Bedtime Chapters I sat at my friend’s dining table, drinking her coffee, and spilled out my goals for my new story. I knew it was a mish-mash of ideas and problems that I wanted to solve, so that’s why I had decided to...
Do you remember the Fairy Story of the Ugly Duckling? The over-sized, clumsy chick who came out of a duck’s nest and grew up thinking there was something wrong with him because he didn’t look or act like his siblings and got made fun of? Eventually he left...
We keep hearing this advice more and more …”love yourself so you can love others better”…”fill up your own cup so you can fill others”….”put your own oxygen mask on first”. If you’re a Mum or Business Owner (or both), with all the demands from...
Here’s a story that I love, and that illustrates for me how I can choose to allow events to happen in my life, without getting emotionally affected by them. It’s an old Chinese proverb that I first heard on my NLP course… “An old and wise farmer...
Vicki Tongeman is a Wife, Mother, Author, Coach and Teacher.
She lives on the beautiful shores near the New Forest and loves walking and being mindful on the beach
and in nature.
Her friends call her the “Magic Mermaid” as she combines life changing coaching techniques with a
sprinkle of Mermaid Magic!
As an NLP Practitioner and personal coach Vicki is passionate about helping people develop their inner
self confidence and achieve their goals.
Vicki Tongeman is a Wife, Mother, Author, Coach and Teacher.
She lives on the beautiful shores near the New Forest and loves walking and being mindful on the beach
and in nature.
Her friends call her the “Magic Mermaid” as she combines life changing coaching techniques with a
sprinkle of Mermaid Magic!
As an NLP Practitioner and personal coach Vicki is passionate about helping people develop their inner
self confidence and achieve their goals. 
