Self Development Leicester

21/12/2025

Heart to Hearth

Winter Solstice is just after 3pm today in the northern hemisphere, marking the shortest day and the longest night of the year.

Whether you notice or not, and whether you are aware of it or not, the wheel of the year keeps on turning and from today, light will return.

A sacred time for stillness and inner reflection to contemplate the old year and the coming of the new. A time to plant seeds of anything you wish to grow and bring to flowering in the spring.

May you and your family have a blessed solstice and may your heart and hearth be warmed by the glow of twinkling festive lights.

With love - Vicki ❤️❤️

20/12/2025

The Vibration of Love

If you’re in London over the Yuletide Season drop into Choose Love at 245 Regent Street; raising awareness and money for refugees. A range of gorgeous organic cotton tee shirts, hoodies, tote bags and caps, all with the Choose Love logo.

Positive words have a high vibration and LOVE is one of the highest. Wearing LOVE makes a difference to the people who need it, and to the wearer, everyone’s a winner. Visiting the store is a blast, the team are literally buzzing!!

From my heart to yours - Vicki ❤️❤️

19/12/2025

Breathe

Why does the energy always get so crazy at this time of year? Everywhere you go, people are rushing and queueing, anywhere but present!!

As we approach winter solstice, the shortest day and the longest night, take time to be alone in nature and breathe. A few minutes daily will reset your nervous system and help you gain a sense of perspective and clarity in the midst of capitalist chaos.

Nature reminds us that things happen when the time is right. No diaries, no clocks, no deadlines. Everything unfolds in perfect alignment. Everything in the right place, just as it needs to be.

Nature will show you the way to calm;
if you let her.

Solstice blessings - Vicki ❤️❤️

18/12/2025

Freedom

The solstice newsletter is ready to fly. I have been contemplating Freedom and how those who are imprisoned, may actually be more liberated than those who appear to be free.

Mind made prisons keep us chained to perceived safety, acceptability and what we ultimately settle for. It takes courage and determination to step away from the crowd, to stand up, be counted and have an opinion, view or perspective which is counter to main stream narrative.

As we approach winter solstice I invite you to ask yourself what you want more of in 2026, what is holding you back and why do you continue to settle for less than you are?

Many people settle for less, you don’t have to!!

From my heart to yours - Vicki ❤️❤️

15/12/2025

Love Letters

“Real love isn’t easy,
easy love isn’t real.”

From my heart to yours - Vicki ❤️❤️

14/12/2025

Soulful Sunday - Invest In Palestine

One of the most positive things we can do to make a difference when faced with oppression is to invest our time, money and love in the economy of the oppressed.

I have been buying and selling Palestinian products for more than twenty years. Since February this year I have been passing on these beautiful Rift Valley dates, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Tahini, Zaatar and Sumac. New additions are the block hand and liquid Olive Oil soap made using traditional methods. The soap factory at Nablus is the oldest in Palestine and has UNESCO recognition.

Make yours an ethical festive season bringing the flavours and culture of Palestine to your kitchen.

If you would like to be part of this not for profit Peace Action please message to order in the new year. From humble beginnings of just £300 for my first order in February, this month was just short of £2,000.

In the last 15 months my friend Lisa Sbitany has sold £33,000 worth of products from her front room, all not for profit.

Investing in Palestine
saves lives!!

With love - Vicki ❤️❤️

13/12/2025

10/12/2025

Light Weavers

Every year at this time and also at Easter, Stoneygate Baptist Church organise a wreath making session which is open to everyone.

I was tired after work, hadn’t eaten and in two minds whether to go. However I knew I would leave at the end of the evening with something beautiful to hang on the front door and have the opportunity to connect.

There were some familiar faces, and some I hadn’t seen. Delicious home made cake, tea and coffee flowed in abundance and the church was warm and welcoming on a cold, damp winters night. We shared space, refreshment, creativity and reflection. We talked about making our gifting ethical, meaningful and local. We talked about Bethlehem and the illumination of the christmas tree, after two years absence witnessed by hundreds of Palestinian Christians, many travelling to the church of the Nativity from around the globe. Most of all we talked about unity and love, weaving our intention with every twist of Ivy, Eucalyptus and prickly Holly.

I left with more than a fabulous wreath.
I left with hope, an elevation of energy and
a lifted heart.

Always with love - Vicki ❤️❤️

08/12/2025

Share The Love Forward

Just finished the first edit on the winter solstice newsletter which will be flying soon.

If you enjoy this page, find it helpful, thought provoking, interesting, inspirational or uplifting please will you write a short testimonial?

A couple of sentences, or even one, will be great, and if you’re not on the mailing, let me know if you would like to be added….

With love - Vicki ❤️❤️

07/12/2025

Soulful Sunday - Freedom

I have been reflecting on the nature of freedom and how those who are oppressed, may well be more liberated in their views, perception and thinking than those of us who are technically free.

Visiting a local secondary school this week I was shocked at the level of security when entering and leaving the building, measures which have been introduced in the last few years. I wonder whether the actual cost, and liberty lost, are worth the feeling of restriction, containment and imprisonment I experienced that day?

To be imprisoned against your will is one thing, your jailer holds the key and the power to decide whether to release you or not.

To imprison yourself mentally by the restriction of your thoughts is another. You and only you hold the power and the key to open the virtual gate, whenever you decide to let go of fear.

With love - Vicki ❤️❤️

06/12/2025

Infinite Wants

In a capitalist society where the focus is firmly fixed on economic growth, the acquisition of material wealth and making money; it’s easy to be swept away on a tide of shopping for stuff you don’t need. Everywhere you look, the shops are quite literally rammed to the rafters.

If you want to make a difference and avoid contributing to the global machine generating wealth for the obscenely rich, be sure to buy gifts from ethical companies, small local businesses, artists and makers direct. Buy food, as much as possible, from independents and local growers, even better grow your own. Keeping as much money as possible in the local economy benefits your actual neighbours, rather than distant shareholders and billionaires.

It’s the season of giving and with a little thought and careful planning you can help those who really need it with the money you spend.

I found this letter to Santa scribed by our youngest when she was about 11. Must have been doing something right!!

With love - Vicki ❤️❤️