Hubby passed this photo to me via an email, and I was so transfixed by it. I found out from one of my online buddies that it's the Hindu goddess of wealth,prosperity,and generousity (both material and spiritual) Lakshmi.

I wish that for myself and I certainly envision it for all my FBF pals. Hope you like the picture.

I've been busy on the YouTube producing my real estate/travel voiceover...

Runner beans make an excellent addition to summer meals but they can be quite fiddly to prepare.

They’re a relatively tough, fibrous vegetable, so firstly you need to de-string the beans and then there's all the slicing. If you cook runner beans without slicing then you face the choice of either overcooking them to a pulp or having the outsides cook while the inside remains raw/tough.

This is where a bean slicer is the tool you need.

You can either opt...

When we were in Glastonbury a few weeks ago, I found a little card with a prayer that’s been circulating around the town. You can find this card in many of the shops as well.

I think it’s a wonderful example of the power of collective consciousness used to create your own reality, taking charge versus just absorbing like a sponge. These merchants and residents are creating their own belief of prosperity, despite what goes on around them.

Maybe...

The other day I was working on a project. A colleague offered to help.

My first thought was ‘that’s ok’ I can handle this. Then — perhaps as a result of all the positive reading that I’ve done and podcasts that I’ve listened to — another thought came to mind, and the actual words that came out of my mouth were in the vein of…’this is what I’ve done — what do you think? How can I improve it?’.

In another instance a respected colleague said to me, ‘move...

Being a person who works at home a great deal of the time, I sometimes feel the need to get up and walk around. It seems to make me feel better and sometimes happier too, if I take a 20-40 minute walk outside at some point during the day. Or, I do some stomach work at my desk, by lifting my knees up whilst keeping my legs at a 90 degree angle.

And there's always putting my hands behind my head with elbows extended outward to stretch my chest and upper arm muscles after being in...