Vibration is energy and the energy you hold in your thoughts and feelings on the inside attracts to you like a magnet the results on the outside.
Success is first an inside job before it can result on the outside – ask any successful sports person, CEO or entrepreneur.
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In life and work, success begins with a goal.
Visualisation brings order to your mind and is actually based on neuroscience principles.
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We can often forget that the most intimate and closest relationship we will ever have is with our own self. So talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.
Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.
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Your body is always communicating with you.
Your body is an amazing, finely tuned instrument. It performs so many tasks each day without us needing to consciously think about it. So this is a gentle reminder…
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If you’re going through a divine storm right now – see it as a gift.
We’ve all had a divine storm in our lives.
Moments when you feel that life/The Universe is against us.
Nothing is going well.
I call it a wake-up call.
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The Law of Attraction states that what you focus on you will get, so focus on the outcome you want and remember that having all the things that we desire doesn’t guarantee what we really want, which is ultimately to be happy. Happiness really is a choice… you live in a positive and supportive universe that wants you to be successful and happy. When you set your positive intention you’ll feel the energy of the Universe supporting you. If you slip, say out loud to the universe what your intention is – the words you speak carry tremendous power.
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Manifestation is supposed to be effortless but we often get in the way of our own innate power to create. If we can train our minds to expect miracles then our experiences will radically change for the better. We just have to bust that resistance!
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The BAFTA Film Awards take place on February 12th 2017 hosted by Stephen Fry at their new location of The Royal Albert Hall. As a BAFTA voting member the screenings and premiers are pretty intense at this time of year! It got me thinking about what fun the movies play in our lives and this is one of the reasons I loved producing
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There is an invisible energy force around every one of us and it’s full of infinite possibilities - you just have to believe it is there, tap into it and make your life work for you by consciously creating what you want.
Read More'The limit of your present understanding is not the limit of your possibilities.' - Guy Finley
Be brave.
Do the thing that you think you cannot do.
Unfamiliar.
Uncomfortable.
But be aware that all along the way there will be signs and happy synchronicities calling out to you confirming you are on the right path. Be aware of them.
Read MoreI’m shortly to do a workshop in London based on the philosophy of best-selling author, and metaphysical teacher Louise L. Hay and my own life’s experience. As I’ve talked about this a few times and many people have asked me what this entails - I wanted to share with you some of the wisdom of this particular work.
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The past full moon and partial eclipse in Aquarius last Thursday (August 18th) has had a powerful effect and has really made me feel totally connected to my deeper soul with a true understanding that there are no limits. According to many respected astrologers, I gather we are presently in the midst of a karmic mission on both a collective and personal level.
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I recently presented a workshop on prosperity and how to make prosperity fall in love with you. I’m not just talking about prosperity in finances but in life too – be it career, health and healing, relationships, time, or whatever you want to create so that you are living in the great fullness of life.
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Congratulations to Theresa May - I wish her much success as we need her steadying and unifying female hand in these turbulent times - I believe she is the right person for this time in our history. The 21st century should be about authentic leaders who empower others wherever we are and whatever our backgrounds - we generally share the same fears, concerns and desires.
I truly believe we are in a new era of massive change and consciousness and generally people are looking for deeper meaning in their lives. The state of humanity is down to the state of its thinking so the better you feel the more you allow. Why is this not taught in schools? I plan to change this.
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The world order is changing because the people are demanding it.
I truly believe humanity is going through a massive shift at this moment in time, into a whole new energy and level of consciousness.
The future of global business will belong to the right-brain thinkers in this new conceptual age of quantum thinking where empathy and collaboration are key.
Read MoreSilence. Peace.
To access creativity, rest more.
Try less.
Relax into better thoughts and allow your grid to fill-in.
The flawed premise of our current world is that the more you do, the more you are worth. Busyness is the most flawed premise of all. I worked for 30 years under this flawed premise – and realised the futility of just striving to earn more money - I thought the busier I was the happier I’d be! With everyone else competing to be busier! How silly is that now?! It triggered a deeper quest for more meaning in my life.
Read MoreIn 2010 I saw the documentary ‘Food Inc.’ at BAFTA - a deeply unflattering look inside America’s corporate-controlled food industry and its knock-on effects to the country’s farmers and the health of its citizens. The film showed that the Big Food corporations put their vast profits way above a nation’s health and that this is happening on a global basis.
A year later I met Tracy Worcester who produced the acclaimed and widely broadcast documentary ‘Pig Business’. Now in 21 languages and 7 country-specific versions, it highlights the horrors associated with modern industrial-scale pig production. She continues to make films through her campaign Farms Not Factories, to raise awareness about the rise of factory pig farming, a system which abuses animals, pollutes the environment, threatens human health through dangerous overuse of antibiotics and wrecks rural communities. Her solution is to urge consumers to ‘turn their nose up’ at pig factories and only buy meat from high animal welfare farms.
Read More'All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.' - Buddha
'A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.' - Lao Tzu
'Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no-one thinks of changing himself' - Leo Tolstoy
I was invited to hear social psychologist Professor Amy Cuddy at a Harvard Business School talk last week at the Cafe Royal. I had heard Amy's very successful Ted Talk in 2012 about the very same subject so I was interested to hear more of her latest work. Amy argues that not only do our non-verbal communications govern how others think and feel about us, they also have a significant effect on how we feel about ourselves, i.e. 'your body language shapes who you are.' She links our body language to our feelings, physiology and behaviour. So if you act powerfully - even for as little as 2 minutes - you begin to think powerfully - and this will also change your body's testosterone and cortisol levels and more ultimately, it could change your life! How powerful is that?! Why is this not being taught in more schools? After all, we all teach what we need to learn!
I have believed for as long as I can remember that our non-verbals count for a lot. We are more than our bodies. When our physical, emotional, mental and spiritual forces are in alignment we are balanced and perform better in our lives. The physical affects the mental, emotional and spiritual and vice versa. You cannot separate any of these as they are all integrated and affected by each other. That's why a healthy body is balanced by a healthy mind and vice-versa. I know I love to exercise in nature more for my mind than my physical body - it is an essential part of my day - but I also know my body likes to feel fit and streamlined too - and so do my clothes - it makes for a better life. Exercise will diffuse tension and have a tonic effect on your whole body too. Simple to understand and simple to teach and oh-so life enhancing!
You can try an experiment right now - if you are worried or concerned about anything at present - just smile and look up - don't things feel better already?
We all look better when we smile anyway - but the pure physiology of smiling and looking up allows the endorphins to kick in and just that simple physical change can make you feel better! Yah.
Here are 10 ideas that help me with the Mind/Body connection - I hope you find them helpful too:
1.) Your emotions affect your health so be aware of your thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Your body responds to the way you think, feel and act - that's the mind/body connection. Poor emotional health can weaken your body's immune system making you more likely to get colds and flu and other infections during emotionally difficult times - especially at this time of year! Taking care of yourself physically helps you emotionally. Exercising to relieve tension, eating healthy food and getting enough sleep all help your physical and emotional health. However, I so believe in meditation to bring your emotions into balance by guided thought which ultimately calms your mind and body.
2.) Mind/body therapies can be helpful in managing arthritis and other chronic pain conditions. Just 15 minutes of meditation a day can help with anxiety and depression and help you stay centred and calm throughout the day. Relaxation and visual imagery can help develop resilience. Focus on what you would like to happen and believe you can have it - it really is a mind game. Intelligence is an inner form of beauty.
Some people find the tapping solution works for them which is a physiological technique. Others enjoy a yoga power pose and others affirmations. All of these things work at some level. I often sing or dance around the kitchen if I get stuck - it can take the drudgery out of what you are doing and lighten the whole procedure! Have fun! If animals find music calming, so do we!
3.) Food affects both our bodies and minds - we are what we eat. The food we eat affects our brains therefore our minds. Eat nutritious primal foods daily - they have a high vibrational count which is good for the spirit too. Overeating is a symptom of not properly quenching our needs - when you eat simply but well you are satiated and you can throw away the diet books! Also, hunger can be just a sign of de-hydration - so drink water and see how much energy flows into your body - the cells in your body thrive on water for cleansing and energy.
4.) Regular sleep is a must for mind and body to maintain healthy serotonin levels - it is important to keep up a consistent sleeping pattern in order to keep the mind and body healthy, otherwise lack of sleep stresses our bodies and eats away at our health.
5.) We need to teach in schools how to use our minds to help us with the most important survival skills - staying happy and healthy. It's all about personal growth and enjoying the process of self-discovery. If you can spend a little time each day clearing your thoughts and becoming aware of your inner self, you will accelerate your spiritual development. My meditation is 30 minutes in the park amongst nature, fresh air and peace. Hug a tree or walk on the grass barefoot which will connect you to the earth and can be spiritually enriching. We need to teach ourselves and our children how to calm ourselves so we are not in a permanent state of alarm. By changing your body - you can change your mind. Play in nature, watch a sunset, play with animals!
6.) Be gentle - for that shows great strength. I truly believe humanity is going through a massive shift at the moment into a whole new energy and level of consciousness - we are coming into a much more feminine energy era - where that hard nosed male, old fashioned, city aggressiveness will not work - there is a better, gentler way to connect with people in business and personal life. I do think a female USA President will help this new era come into fruition - Hillary Clinton will make Donald Trump's blusterings look like yesterday's news!
7.) Walk your talk with honesty and integrity - people will feel when you are not, by your non-aligned body language. We cannot teach what we don't feel but when you connect with people on a heart level by making them feel a little better - that's where the magic happens!
8.) Everything is connected. We are one holistic system and we need to understand the ecology of our bodies because a healthy mind affects our body and a healthy body affects our mind! Our mental world is where we live, the place we cannot leave, where all our experiences exist. The subconscious mind is a million times more powerful than the conscious mind - so it's worth getting to know how it works and understanding that past experiences stored in the subconscious can still be affecting our minds today! If you change your beliefs and attitudes you can change your life. The most powerful medicine you can have in the world is between your ears!
9.) In Buddhism the thing that they call me is in fact our mind and Buddhists can, with training, greatly reduce even physical pain by controlling the actions of one's mind. How empowering is that? Our mental environment is up to us. The most powerful medicine you can have is between your ears - so learn how to use it. I also know that all we send out into the world, will in some way, shape or form, return and this process takes some interval of time and is called karma. Worth remembering with your mind power hat on.
10.) Keep a gratitude journal of all the things in your life you are grateful for and keep adding to it. Make time for the things you enjoy.
I truly believe we are in a very empowering time and our mind is key - it is always creating and affecting our world and ourselves, our present and our future. We need to understand how our mind works and how we can bring this into the education of all children. I also truly believe that if you enjoy life and are happy the rest will follow!
If all else fails try reading Norman Cousins book on how he cured himself of a fatal disease with laughter! I have always chosen people I work with who make me laugh. Laughter and a sense of humour are essential to life and make it easier to let go of stress or conflict in personal and/or business life.
Laughter can cure you - so remember to surround yourself with like-minded people and have those comedy movies to hand too...
PS My Leadership Speech is worth a read if you enjoyed this - would love to hear if you did!
PPS I am delighted that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have put their considerable spotlight power to the launch of YoungMindsMatter in unison with the Huffington Post - to celebrate the amazing work being done to improve and understand the mental and emotional health of young children - and in the process becoming guest editors of the Huffington Post last week.
'We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others, that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.' - Francois de la Rochefoucauld
'An unquestioned mind is a world of suffering.' - Byron Katie
‘I am big! It’s the pictures that got small.’ - Norma Desmond (Sunset Boulevard)
‘Make your life be your art and you will never be forgotten’ - Charlotte Eriksson
‘You are the hero of your own story.’ - Joseph Campbell
‘If you can dream it, you can do it.’ - Walt Disney
I am a storyteller. We are all storytellers. We are the directors, producers and stars of our own movie called ‘Life’. I believe we are all stars.
When I started writing my first blog I called it ‘Life is an Epic Production’ because I wanted to get the message across that we really are the director, producer, writer and chief protagonist of our own lives - and if we treat life as an epic production that we get to write, produce and direct, what fun we can have! By being aware of what we attract with our thoughts and words we really can shine!
By becoming our own first fan, believing in ourselves and by understanding and accepting and embracing who we are we can love and nurture our inner screenwriter!
Also, dress for the role you want - become that person as Cate Blanchett or Mark Rylance would when practising for a role - she/he puts on the wardrobe, hair and make-up and becomes that person. That’s the magic of the movies and it’s also the magic of life but it goes much deeper than that…
Your mind is yours to direct too because your mind controls the results. Demand that your mind helps you. As you choose your family so you choose your life - with visualisations and affirmations - exactly how actors work on becoming the role they play.
Believe that what you want has already happened because you attract through your beliefs. If you’re not happy, change your beliefs in your subconscious because your subconscious is the one in control of the programmes in your mind.
Remember to be grateful for any negative moments too - see them as a positive for learning because we learn far more from our failures than our successes but also remember that there is no limit to what you can have. Don’t let the programmes in your subconscious sabotage you! Remember, we see the world not as it is but as we are, so re-write your inner dialogue to stardom.
As we live, we learn who we are and with self-knowledge comes self belief! Let your very identity be your hook. If you can dream it you can do it - that’s the magic of the movies too! And remember to edit out the unhappy replays that you have in your mind that can just be faulty subconscious thinking - make way for a new way of thinking. Choose to create long-term health and happiness for yourself because it really is a choice.
Make a statement of intent to be who you want to be - announce it daily to the universe. By working on your mental and physical fitness you will improve your attitude and energy levels and point of attraction too! And meditation/mindfulness can help give a lasting change to your beliefs.
Make people feel better and lighter - because you have unique gifts and talents to share and remember you have to be your own first fan!
You get to be the star of your life - and success and gratitude go hand in hand which every BAFTA/Oscar winner understands……..you are the star of your own movie so don’t cast yourself as an extra! Let the way people say your name sound like the sweetest melody but live for your soul not your ego because we have everything we need within us!
BAFTA voting is underway and it got me thinking about what fun the movies play in our lives. This is one of the reasons I loved producing. You act as if. I think that is why most people love Christmas - in that it’s fun and glamorous like a great movie.
May you have the most fun and glamorous Christmas and may your dreams come true in 2016!
And remember, when you wish upon a star we are also made up of the same material as the stars - energy and light!
Have a very Happy Christmas and a brilliant New Year!
With much love and appreciation,
Jane
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'We deserve the right to twinkle' - Marilyn Monroe