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Vicki Marston
Self Development

Therapist, Writer, Health & Wellness Facilitator, Lover of Life ❤️❤️ Sessions are in person and remotely via
Zoom & WhatsApp.

Vicki Marston - Self Development
An Integrated Personalised Approach to Healing

Trained as an Occupational Therapist in mental health, subsequently trained skilled and experienced in a number of healing modalities including:
counselling, talking therapies, nutritional advice, massage & bodywork, breath work,
flower essences, energy healing. Vicki worked within the NHS in inpatient psychiatry and community mental health for 15 years. In Higher Education for 5 years at Coventry University teaching Interpersonal Skills and
Health Education to Occupational Therapy and Social Work students. In Primary Care in Leicester for 7 years
co developing a psychological service for common mental health problems which was subsequently rolled out locally and nationally. “It became a flagship service, of which I am more than proud!!”
In independent practice for the last eighteen years with a sharp focus on disease and sickness prevention, mental health awareness and wellness promotion.

“prevention is always better than cure”

Offering one to one and small group sessions for anyone over the age of 16 including anxiety & depression, emotional eating, grief & loss, sleep & rest, understanding the stress response, relaxation & meditation, nutritional information and education, healthy weight attainment and the building and maintenance of nourishing relationships. Each session is personalised to meet specific
needs at the time of consultation. Vicki works with organisations to guide and assist
them in the development of a Wellness Culture leading to:

Optimal health & wellbeing
Increased motivation and productivity
Better staff retention
Increased presenteeism
Raised awareness of mental & emotional health
Increased Self Awareness
Effective interpersonal communication
Happier healthier joyful staff

23/10/2025

Growing Younger

The moment you find out you have maintained a 15 year difference between your biological age and chronological age. The first one matters in terms of health, wellness, wellbeing and longevity; the second is just a number!!

Living Longer Well is something I have been studying for decades. Living proof that good health and wellness is largely in our own hands exploding the myths that health necessarily deteriorates with age!!

Get in touch for a chat, a face to face consult or a zoom call if you would like to know more…

Good health naturally - Vicki ❤️❤️

22/10/2025

Wellness Matters

Health and wellness is not something easily achieved in a world where most of what we do is counter productive to the promotion of health, wellness and healing.

The concept of living longer well has long fascinated me in the knowledge that 50% of the Uk population are on repeat prescriptions. There is big money to be made in sickness!!

Today I am off for my annual wellness checks with a full range of blood tests, ECG, vital organ function and biometric testing to determine biological age!!

Wish me luck - Vicki ❤️❤️

21/10/2025

Griefworks

I have been talking about grief today. That messy, never ending process of letting go of things and people you love. Of coming to a place and point of acceptance, that change is the only constant in life!

We talk about losing people when they die;
truth is they are never lost,
how can they be
when they are inside you?

“Nothing you love is lost .
Not really .
Things , people .. they always go away ,
sooner or later .
You can't hold them , any more than you
can hold moonlight .
But if they've touched you ,
if they're inside you ,
then they're still yours .
The only things you ever really have
are the ones you hold inside your heart ..”

~ Bruce Coville ~

Go gently - Vicki 🫶🏽

20/10/2025

Light Over Darkness

Diwali in Leicester is massive. When our kids were small they would make clay diyas at school to light on Diwali day then bring them home to celebrate with friends and family. Lighting a candle is a daily ritual for me, both morning and evening with a blessing for waking up, and another for being safe at the end of the day.

The Hindu festival of light is celebrated by over 8000 million people worldwide, it symbolises the spiritual victory of Dharma over Adharma.

🪔 Light over darkness
🪔 Good over evil
🪔 Knowledge over ignorance

Whether you are celebrating today, or not, may the love, light, hope and blessing of Diwali fill your heart, your hearth and your home with warmth and joy!!

Light up your life - Vicki ❤️❤️

19/10/2025

Soulful Sunday - Good Vibes Only

Massive thank you to everyone who came along to our fabulous fundraising event on Friday evening. It was a beautiful space of community; demonstrating the power of the ripple effect and how we are stronger together. In these times of transition and social disconnect it’s more important than ever to seek common unity and work together for the highest good. Together we can do great things and promote health, wellbeing, community and peace.

We raised over £500 for Palestine Red Crescent Society who are currently engaged in vital work to protect the Olive Harvest. We also sold over £400 of Rift Valley Farms Olive Oil and Medjoul Dates-all not for profit!!

From my heart to yours - Vicki ❤️🫶🏽❤️

16/10/2025

S-AGEING WITH GRACE

Everyone: We have TWO tickets available for our soulful twilight well-being gathering tomorrow evening!!

Friday 17th October
7-9.30pm
Community Lounge
315, London Road,
Leicester, LE2 3ND
Parking available.

This is a fundraising event for
Palestine Red Crescent Society.

£15 includes delicious nutritious Palestinian snacks, hot and cold drinks, everyone’s a winner lucky dip.

An evening of warmth, friendship, connection, information, wellness tips, Tropic personalised skin care, Rift Valley Farms produce and most of all love!! ❤️❤️

Please spread the love by sharing this post, and if you can’t make it, donations to the work of this incredible organisation are very much appreciated, thank you. Message for a donation link 👍

A joyful collaboration between:
Vicki Marston & Carol Askew.

Tickets contact:
Vicki Marston 07985 056 574
Carol Askew 07929 037 139
Thank you for your love 🫶🏽

15/10/2025

Natural Health & Healing

The Native American ritual or burning sage to clear the air of negative energy wards off a lot more than just negative vibes!!

A recent study showed that burning sage in a room for an hour, reduced the number of airborne bacteria by 94%.

The room remained almost entirely disinfected for over 24 hours and seven strains of disease-causing bacteria previously present in the room were unable to be detected 30 days later.

”We have demonstrated that using medicinal smoke, it is possible to completely eliminate diverse plant and human pathogenic bacteria of the air within a confined space,” wrote the study’s authors, from the National Botanical Research Institute in India.

Sage is used in herbal medicine internally as a powerful antiseptic and anti-inflammatory. The smoke created by burning the plant can also be used as an insect repellent.

So with change of season bugs in abundance, instead of an expensive air purifier, try sage instead. And open the curtains, the windows and hang washing out to dry. Sunlight is know to be an excellent disinfectant.

Go well - Vicki ❤️❤️

13/10/2025

S-AGEING WITH GRACE

Everyone: We have a handful of tickets available for our soulful twilight well-being gathering this week!!

Friday 17th October
7-9.30pm
Community Lounge
315, London Road,
Leicester, LE2 3ND
Parking available.

This is a fundraising event for
Palestine Red Crescent Society.

£15 includes delicious nutritious Palestinian snacks, hot and cold drinks, lucky dip.

An evening of warmth, friendship, connection, information, wellness tips, Tropic personalised skin care, Rift Valley Farms produce and most of all love!! ❤️❤️

Please spread the love by sharing this post, and if you can’t make it, donations to the work of this incredible organisation are much appreciated, thank you. Message for a donation link 👍

A joyful collaboration:
Vicki Marston & Carol Askew.

Tickets contact:
Vicki Marston 07985 056 574
Carol Askew 07929 037 139
Thank you for your love 🫶🏽

12/10/2025

Soulful Sunday - Step Into Power

Today I visited the Tutankhamen immersive experience at Glasgow Sec. It brought back memories of a deeply transformative month long trip to Egypt years ago. It was something I had always wanted to do and riding out to the valley of the Kings and Queens from the Luxor ferry on a rickety old bicycle, is something I will never forget.

The ancient Egyptians knew how to to make a statement, they also knew how to celebrate life and death. Their belief in an after life and the need to prepare the physical body for this, necessitated sacred rituals each carried out with care, precision and perfect timing.

These people were not afraid to take up space. They were fully aware of their power in life which was acknowledged in elaborate symbols of protection and status which were buried with them, or close by.

“ I have not gone dead, I have gone alive.”

The richness and vibrancy of this ancient civilisation reminds me of the need to live while we’re alive. We can spend so much time planning for the future, we forget to be present and therefore miss life.

Never be afraid to take up space, to fully inhabit the space you are in. It isn’t just what you give out when you do this, but also what you open yourself to receive. Whatever you send out comes back manyfold!!

Love & light - Vicki ❤️❤️

11/10/2025

S-AGEING WITH GRACE

Join us for a twilight well-being gathering of beautiful souls:

Friday 17th October
7-9.30pm
Community Lounge
315, London Road,
Leicester, LE2 3ND
Parking available.

This is a fundraising event for
Palestine Red Crescent Society.

£15 includes delicious nutritious Palestinian snacks, hot and cold drinks, lucky dip.

An evening of warmth, friendship, connection, information, wellness tips,Tropic personalised skin care and most of all love!! ❤️❤️

We cannot wait to see you there. Please help us spread the word and if you can’t make it, donations to the work of this incredible organisation are very much appreciated, thank you.

A collaboration, between
Vicki Marston & Carol Askew.

Tickets contact:
Vicki Marston 07985 056 574
Carol Askew 07929 037 139
Thank you for your support.

10/10/2025

Digital Detox

Most of us know a thing or two about physical detox. Much less is known, and realised, about the impact and effect of toxic people, toxic information and toxic situations on health and well-being. We need to avoid, step back from, take a break from and protect ourselves from this psychic debris and contamination which is literally everywhere!!

I am taking a digital break today with a max of 30 minutes on social media. Back tomorrow,
I promise!!

Unplug Recharge - Vicki ❤️❤️

08/10/2025

In Visible

I’ve been reflecting on life, on the choices we make and on stress. So much unhappiness and anxiety is created by thinking it’s all about you!!

At school I was terrified someone would ask me to speak in assembly. That I would have to get up in front of the whole school and that everyone would be looking at me. This extended to many situations where I was “on show” from being a bridesmaid to getting married myself. Why did I think anyone was bothered what I looked like or what I said? I got myself so stressed about these events it became paralysing, I would literally freeze, until one day I realised I could step back, that it wasn’t all about me, I was merely the vehicle, the channel, I was there to serve.

From that day on, I shifted the way I viewed just about everything and was able let go of anxiety about public speaking and being seen. I spent a lot of my young life playing small, trying to remain invisible and hoping that no one would notice me. Those days are gone. We have work to do my friends and in order to do that work, we need to be visible and we need to be seen!!

The great awakening is here - Vicki ❤️❤️

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Leicester
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Thursday	1pm - 6:30pm
Friday	11am - 7pm
Saturday	9am - 10:30am

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