Holmedale Life

06/05/2025

Looking for a feelgood summer day out? The Summer Wellbeing Holistic & Craft Fayre in Llandudno is a vibrant celebration of wellbeing, creativity, and community spirit, all under one roof.

What to expect:

• A wonderful variety of handmade crafts, artisan gifts, and local makers

• Holistic and alternative therapies to explore – think massage, Reiki, reflexology, aromatherapy, and more

• A welcoming, uplifting atmosphere with something for everyone

• Just £1 entry, collected by Llandudno Rotary Club in aid of local charities

Whether you’re treating yourself, catching up with friends, or discovering something new, come along and enjoy a day that’s all about wellbeing and connection.

STALLHOLDER CALL-OUT:
We have a few spaces still available, especially for holistic and alternative therapists and craftspeople but please note we’re full for readers and Tropic skincare. If you are interested email wellbeingfairs@outlook.com

Pop the date in your diary and join us for a summer Sunday that supports small businesses, wellness and community.

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02/10/2024

TODAY 🩷 Come and join us 10.30-12 in Altrincham 🩷

Are you looking for an informal way to meet and develop new contacts? What better way than with Network She.

28/01/2024

I saw this analogy on and it made so much sense, so I’m sharing it too.

A bottle of water at Costco is £0.25.

The same bottle in the supermarket is worth about £0.50.

The same bottle in a bar costs £2.

In a good restaurant or hotel it can be worth up to £3.

At an airport or on the plane, you may be charged £5.

The bottle and the brand is the same, the only thing that changes is the place. Each place gives a different value to the same product.

When you feel like you are worth nothing and everyone around you belittles you, change places, do not stay there.

Have the courage to change places and go to a place where you are given the value you deserve. Surround yourself with people who really appreciate your worth.

Don’t settle for less.

📸 Noppadon Manadee

25/01/2024

JK Rowling // “Fat’ is usually the first insult a girl throws at another girl when she wants to hurt her.⁣
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I mean, is ‘fat’ really the worst thing a human being can be? Is ‘fat’ worse than ‘vindictive’, ‘jealous’, ‘shallow’, ‘vain’, ‘boring’ or ‘cruel’? Not to me; but then, you might retort, what do I know about the pressure to be skinny? I’m not in the business of being judged on my looks, what with being a writer and earning my living by using my brain…⁣
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I went to the British Book Awards that evening. After the award ceremony, I bumped into a woman I hadn’t seen for nearly three years. The first thing she said to me? ‘You’ve lost a lot of weight since the last time I saw you!’⁣
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‘Well,’ I said, slightly nonplussed, ‘the last time you saw me I’d just had a baby.’⁣
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What I felt like saying was, ‘I’ve produced my third child and my sixth novel since I last saw you. Aren’t either of those things more important, more interesting, than my size?’ But no – my waist looked smaller! Forget the kid and the book: finally, something to celebrate!⁣
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I’ve got two daughters who will have to make their way in this skinny-obsessed world, and it worries me because I don’t want them to be empty-headed, self-obsessed, emaciated clones; I’d rather they were independent, interesting, idealistic, kind, opinionated, original, funny – a thousand things, before ‘thin’. And frankly, I’d rather they didn’t give a gust of stinking chihuahua flatulence whether the woman standing next to them has fleshier knees than they do. Let my girls be Hermiones, rather than Pansy Parkinsons.”⁣

Credit:

21/01/2024

Letting go doesn’t mean we don’t care. Letting go doesn’t mean we shut down.
Letting go means we stop trying to force outcomes and make people behave. It means we give up resistance to the way things are, for the moment. It means we stop trying to do the impossible... controlling that which we cannot—and instead, focus on what is possible—which usually means taking care of ourselves. And we do this in gentleness, kindness, and love, as much as possible.

~ Melody Beattie

[Art: Duy Huynh]

15/01/2024

There is an Indian proverb that says that everyone is a house with four rooms, a physical, a mental, an emotional, and a spiritual.

Most of us tend to live in one room most of the time but unless we go into every room every day, even if only to keep it aired, we are not a complete person ..

~ Rumer Godden ~

Artist Credit : Rebekah Kreiger

15/01/2024

STILL A FEW PLACES AVAILABLE
Nurture your mind, body and soul:

AWAKEN AND BLOOM - YOUR BEST YEAR YET

What is it:
A day retreat to nurture your mind, body and soul with myself, Jackie Thomson, Mark Thomson, Zara Groves and Alison Smith
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When is it:
Saturday 20th January 2024, 10am-5pm
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Where is it:
Deganwy, Conwy
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How much is it:
Tickets are only £87
Tickets limited to ensure comfort and enjoyment.
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What's included:
- workshops to inspire and uplift
- refreshments and a nourishing lunch;
- one reading with Alison, Mark or Jackie *
- connection and friendship
- a goody bag to take away
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* We will do our best to accommodate your choice of reader; due to limited time on the day it will be first come first served, so book your place now.

Awaken and bloom for your best year yet, a day to nurture your mind, body and soul.

04/01/2024

AWAKEN AND BLOOM - YOUR BEST YEAR YET

What is it:
A day retreat to nurture your mind, body and soul with myself, Jackie Thomson, Mark Thomson, Zara Groves and Alison Smith
​
When is it:
Saturday 20th January 2024, 10am-5pm
​
Where is it:
Deganwy, Conwy
​
How much is it:
Tickets are £87
Tickets limited to ensure comfort and enjoyment.
​
What's included:
- workshops to inspire and uplift
- refreshments and a nourishing lunch;
- one reading with Alison, Mark or Jackie *
- connection and friendship
- a goody bag to take away
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* We will do our best to accommodate your choice of reader; due to limited time on the day it will be first come first served, so book your ticket early!

03/01/2024

I love this analogy!

You are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and bumps into you or shakes your arm, making you spill your coffee everywhere.

Why did you spill the coffee?

“Because someone bumped into me!!!”

Wrong answer.

You spilled the coffee because there was coffee in your cup.

Had there been tea in the cup, you would have spilled tea.

*Whatever is inside the cup is what will spill out.*

Therefore, when life comes along and shakes you (which WILL happen), whatever is inside you will come out. It’s easy to fake it, until you get rattled.

*So we have to ask ourselves... “what’s in my cup?”*

When life gets tough, what spills over?

Joy, gratefulness, peace and humility?

Anger, bitterness, harsh words and reactions?

Life provides the cup, YOU choose how to fill it.

Today let’s work towards filling our cups with gratitude, forgiveness, joy, words of affirmation; and kindness, gentleness and love for others.

(Shared from a friend whose cup is full of goodness and inspiration.)

#2024