presented by Chris Stormer

Author
SRN SCM HV DipR
Acclaimed World Authority On Natural Health And Healing
Author, Presenter, Facilitator Of Soul Safaris And Dolphin Swims
 
Emotions are strange! One minute you may be feeling ‘on top of the world’ and then, within seconds, as ‘flat as a pancake’! Even though emotions are an integral part of everyday life, they are often elusive, seemly without rhyme or reason. After all, you cry when sad, but also when happy. Your smiles can be gestures of pleasure or otherwise grimaces of despair.
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by Barbara Cheney

When I visited Namibia in November I met with the extraordinary MaryBeth Gallagher who runs an after school programme at the Bernhard Nordkamp Centre. I’d found details of the centre on www.stuffyourrucksack.com (this website is for tourists/travellers and lists the needs of organisations in countries all over the world) and she requested picture books, footballs and computer CDs – and I took as many as I could carry. But my visit to the centre revealed another very distinct need – for volunteer helpers.

Located in the township of Katatura on the outskirts of the capital, Windhoek, the centre caters for 350 children who are either orphans or vulnerable children (or OVCs as development workers refer to them). They live with either a neighbour or relative if both their parents have died. Unless she has a volunteer working with her, MaryBeth single-handedly looks after them. She exudes passion for the children and her commitment to them is 100 per cent.

She makes sure that the children all attend school: if they don’t show up, she finds out why and rectifies the situation. She’s at the centre at lunchtime when the children come to have soup (she admits it’s not very nice but the cook makes the best of limited ingredients), and is there for the after school programme when the children can stay until the gates are locked at 6pm. On Saturdays, there’s organised football in the morning and reading in the afternoon. On Sundays all the children have the opportunity to go swimming: MaryBeth used her impressive powers of persuasion to arrange for all 350 of them to have free admission to the local pool. I saw this pool after the security guards kindly opened the gates for us after hours, and it is well looked after and surrounded by green grass – altogether a lovely environment for the children to spend a Sunday. But in contrast, down the road from the centre the two football pitches didn’t have a blade of grass between them. The ground looked harsh for young football feet to be running around on and there’s also broken glass, thorns and barbed wire to contend with. Nevertheless, the football programme is well attended and has the good fortune to be assisted by Coach Lemme, who used to be on the Namibian football team.

Considering the centre caters for so many children, it is small and it is clean. Opening off the open-air yard, and all kept locked when not in use, are a playroom, a computer room and a library. It may sound grand but the half dozen computers are dinosaurs and crammed into a tiny airless room.

The ‘library’ consists of a series of shelves on one wall holding the books, which are colour-coded and shelved according to reading age, with the books for the youngest children on the bottom shelf. MaryBeth says that none of the children are advanced readers but she obviously likes to bestow her love of books on them: ‘No! You don’t turn pages like that!’ she scolded as some children scrunched the corners of the pages with dirty fingers. She carefully wiped the greasy marks from the page and demonstrated how to turn a page and why it should be done like that. The children immediately focused on turning the pages without marking the book in any way, and were thrilled (in a very self conscious way) when they were praised.

Another incident again made evident the high respect the children have for MaryBeth. While we were talking in the playroom a dispute over a board game had arisen in the yard and two children came in quarrelling. MaryBeth simply asked: ‘Do you want Barbara to remember you as two fighting children? Or do you want her to go away thinking of you playing together beautifully?’ It took them only a split second to make their decision and quietly leave us. Being of a curious nature, I couldn’t help peeking round the corner a couple of minutes later, only to observe them engrossed in their game.

In the playroom the cupboards are packed with home-made games, lovingly crafted by MaryBeth and any helpers, including visiting friends and relatives, who were around at the time.

Although all children in Namibia are entitled to go to school, if they fall behind in class they have no support and little hope of catching up. MaryBeth says that none of the children who attend the centre are academic although she does her best to help instil basic numeracy and literacy skills. But her main priority seems to be good manners, reasoning that with good manners the children can at least get domestic jobs as a when they are older.

The children I met at the centre were delightful, and my heart continues to go out to them. MaryBeth works a 7-day week, and all her waking hours seem to be devoted to the centre. When she’s not at the centre itself she’s out scrounging supplies – she gets day-old bread for the Sunday swimmers, checks out and acquires anything useful that others throw away (all the games are made from reclaimed cardboard, yogurt pots etc), finds a home for inappropriately donated items, and talks to people who may be beneficial for the centre.

MaryBeth truly appreciates the help of good volunteers, but they don’t come often enough. If you, or anyone you know, are interested in dedicating some time (anything up to 3 months due to visa restrictions) as a volunteer it could be an immensely rewarding experience. You need to be prepared to work hard to stimulate the children and have heaps of energy. It could make a sound grounding for anyone who wants to be a teacher. For further details send an email directly to Marybeth: marybeth_gallagher@yahoo.com. But be patient waiting for a reply, she’s got 350 kids to attend to, first!


By: Vanessa Edwards

When I first began my studies to become a Feng Shui Consultant, in my ignorance I did not expect that learning to dowse was part of the plan, I had no idea that geopathic stress existed, or that to be able to clear and transform this energy was to become a vital part of my new work. These days I believe the energy we don’t see is as important as that which we do see. I realise this is an extremely profound statement, yet my work since 1998 has proved this time and again to be the case.
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By: Donna Sozio

 
Before you even begin writing your book there are three steps you must take if you want your book to hit the literary scene as The Next Big Thing. 
 
The First Step to create an instant bestseller is to ask yourself:  Does my book hit a universal nerve?  If the answer is yes, you must be able to define exactly what that universal nerve is.  Then your book should provide either a solution or at least a temporary escape from the universal nerve you just stepped on.  That way you not only identify your book's audience but also demonstrate your connection to them.  Which gives your future publisher a very strong reason to buy your book. Read On...

by Kianna Leighland

Back in December I shared my personal experience of working with Young Living therapeutic grade essential oils, and how they helped heal me of cancer. I will be telling you all about the different healing qualities of these oils very soon, but before we start it is important to learn about petro-chemicals and constituents. This will clarify why Young Living products stand out from the many other brands of essential oils and natural products available today. Read On...

by Wendy I. Coad

My students call me an amazing teacher, an imparter of wisdom. I've been teaching for almost 30 years. But I never considered it work because I love to teach people what I know so that they too can have a better life. Nothing could be better than the life I'm living. Read On...

by Jane Sheehan

My family laughed out loud the first time I told them that I was going to be doing foot reading on the radio. “Isn’t that a bit like ventriloquism on the radio?”

It’s probably one of the most effective things that I do to promote foot reading. When you listen to the radio, you feel as if the presenters are talking directly to you. It’s a very intimate medium and as near to being able to emulate that therapist/client relationship on a large scale.

Sally Teixeira asked me to write an article about foot reading on the radio for Universallyrio.com around the same time that I was asked to prepare for a January radio appearance. I thought I’d use that as an example. Read On...

By Kianna Leighland

Back in 2003, I knew there was something wrong with me. It turned out that I had cancer but by the time the doctors responded to my insistence on needing a scan, I was already in stage 4. My cancer was cancer of the cervix. I was away from home and even out of the United States at the time that they told me. I immediately had to cut my trip short because of the life-threatening situation and also because I really wasn’t feeling very well at all. Read On...

presented by Alorah Arliotis

To many, their world feels as if it is at war. The reason for this is we are shifting so rapidly and everything that we never spoke of, issues we only thought about, emotions we blocked, or behaviour we disliked in ourselves, are now here in our face to see, to feel and deal with. What we do with this sudden upsurge of issues is once again up to us…we can accept it all, as part of who we are/were, we can get assistance to help with working through these feelings and issues, we can focus on the lesson these represent, or we can watch these patterns and behaviours and wallow in them and remain where we are. Read On...

presented by Chris Stormer

Author
SRN.SCM.HV. Dip R
The Universal Foot Lady
Acclaimed World Authority within the field of Natural Healing and Health

Unscrambling the emotional messages of the body

Why is it that some people bloat up after eating bread and others don’t? Why is it that some react really badly after consuming certain types of food? There is no doubt that the body is conveying an important message, so unscrambling this should be invaluable for better health. Surely it can’t just be the food that causes such terrible reactions and infuriating ‘allergies’? If it was, then everybody would react in exactly the same way. Perhaps, then, it is something much deeper that is not being tolerated... Read the whole exclusive article here!

Christina Trevino

As I awaken early, the wind is blowing outside my window with a readiness of sound and story. This day I realize that my soul has the desire to speak on the flowing currents. Am I ready? Am I listening? As I sit to begin writing I notice that the moment seems to stand still. The music playing takes me to an openness within. I am in the depths of unawareness listening for the beginning. Read On...

Dreaming Synchronization Harmonics® into Being
by Edna Spennato
Inspired by the fact that Reiki works at a distance, and by the potential for sending healing energy to parts of the planet experiencing pain and to the consciousness of the Earth herself, I designed the Earth Heal globe, to be used by healers and people meditating for world peace, and in the meantime continued to work with clients in my private practice at home.   Read On...

Australian Life Engineer Jason McDonald invites us to explore The Correlation between Wealth and Metaphysics. In this, his first article for us, he encourages us to take action to bring about positive change. Having a more focused mindset will go a long way to helping you manifest the life of your dreams... and it doesn’t even have to be about money! Click the link above... Read On...

It’s not until you lose it, that you realise how much you depend on it. No, I’m not referring to a life-sustaining organ or body part… I’m actually referring to electricity. Living in the allegedly ‘civilized’ Western world, we tend to take the supply of heat, light and entertainment for granted, so it was quite a shock this week when I experienced the reality of a powercut while in the Scottish Borders. It did trigger one natural by-product, though, and that was some pretty profound thinking. Read On...