Musings Archives - Samantha Valand

Becoming 50

This year (2019) I will be fifty. Half a century. Whichever way you look at it, it’s a big birthday. I choose to see it as a halfway point, I plan to live into my hundreds! Personally I don’t think it’s by accident that such a big birthday happens...

My Favourite Books

Books, Exercise, Food, Health, Hormones, introvert, Mindset, Work Life Balance

My “go to” book when clients are stuck. Lot’s of aha moments when reading it. If you don’t know where to start with mantra’s there are plenty of examples here! The best introduction and explanation of Law of Attraction in a novel. Fallen...

End Of Year Reflections

Musings, Work Life Balance

This blog started as a quarterly, then as birthday musings and finally an end of year blog. This perfectly sums up the last 6 months for me. It has been a funny old year; it has not been a bad one. The last 6 month in particular since the August eclipse have had such...

My Favourite Books in 2017

Books, introvert, Musings

I love reading; it is one of my favourite pastimes along with learning! Below is a list of the favourite books that I read in 2017. They are in no particular order and a mix of fiction and non-fiction. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth...

Preparing for Yoga Teaching Training

introvert, Musings, Yoga

My Yoga Teacher Training course is coming up soon. I have never been on a Yoga course but I have attended many fitness courses, so I have a decade’s worth of experience to draw on. And I do love planning and getting organised! Let’s start with the practicalities of...

On…menopause meh

Hormones, On

Meh is a menopause symptom that is not often talked about. It would not be classed depression but a lack of oomph and love of life. It is not as high profile as hot flushes and there is limited research into it, but it still a challenging menopausal symptom What can...