# Donna Higton - life coach and author

> Fall in love with your life


## Posts

- [I am moving web-house](https://donnaonthebeach.com/i-am-moving-web-house/): I am thrilled to announce that my web-home will be moving to a new address. Don’t worry, this site is staying here for now, but over the coming weeks and months, I’ll be redirecting pages to my new address. It should make absolutely zero difference to you, who are visiting this site…but if there is an issue, please use the contact page and let me know!
- [When you need time off, do you take it?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/when-you-need-time-off-do-you-take-it/): So this week I’ve been confronted daily with an energy drop to zero. On Monday I woke up more tired than when I went to bed. Sometimes, the morning routine will refresh me. This week, not so much. In the past, I would have forced myself to do the things I wanted to do, until I realised the futility of it (because my brain is not functioning) hours later. This week, I did an hour, got up to dance – to give myself a chance to check in with my body – at which point I realised working was a […]
- [Embracing the concept of hygge](https://donnaonthebeach.com/embracing-the-concept-of-hygge/): Here in the UK, it has turned decidedly autumnal. Well, actually it’s been decidedly autumnal for a few weeks. But now I have less hope that summer will reassert itself, so I’m preparing for the inevitable coming of winter. I have always hated winter – I thought I suffered from SAD, but it’s actually CAD (not the official title as far as I know) – Cold Affective Disorder. Over the last 2 years, I’ve done my best to embrace the good things about winter – roaring fires, early nights, curling up with a book etc. In 2019 an MS relapse […]
- [Do you work on your feel-good foundations?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/do-you-work-on-your-feel-good-foundations/): I’ve been thinking about how much you work on your feel-good foundations. I check in most days with my foundations to keep an eye on them. I have daily practices that support my self-care, joy, energy, and self-love. But deliberately working on them? Not really. I need a challenge (like Joy Challenge every April) to remind me to focus on one or all of them. Or I need the foundation to be so bad that I can’t coast along at a good to OK level anymore. How about you? Do you regularly, deliberately, intentionally, and consistently work on your self-care, […]
- [What are the consequences of ignoring your body?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/what-are-the-consequences-of-ignoring-your-body/): So, you’re exhausted, stressed, wrung out. Your body is saying “rest” and you do…what? If your answer is “of course, I listen to my body and rest” you may miss this article and go about your day. For the rest of us (including me), what would you do? And, before you read the rest of the article, what is the consequence of that choice? Answer before you read on. What do you think of that consequence? Does the consequence make you re-think the choice you’d make? I did this last week. I was shattered, wrung out and everything I touched […]
- [What is your body telling you right now?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/what-is-your-body-telling-you-right-now/): I’ve had 4 migraines in 3 weeks. Plus a stung foot that led to all sorts of fun with antihistamine, itching, swelling, and ended up with me worshipping the mighty Aloe Vera plant.  So it got me thinking:  What is your body telling you right now?  And are you listening?  My body was telling me to slow down.  Again.  It gives me this message a lot.  I don’t always pay attention the first (or second, or third) time.   It was also telling me to prioritise self-care and self-love, to practice what I preach (I’ve been talking about these things in […]
- [Are you missing my posts?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/are-you-missing-my-posts/): Hey regular blog readers! How are you doing? I hope all is well with you…do leave a comment or reply to this message if you’re receiving this in e-mail to let me know how you are. So I just wanted to do a super quick post to say if you’ve been missing my weekly blog posts, I am still writing weekly! I just haven’t been getting them up on the blog as quickly as I used to. Post MS relapse, I simplified my work week and cut out some regular tasks, including putting weekly articles up on the blog. My […]
- [Measuring Your Feel-Good Foundations](https://donnaonthebeach.com/measuring-your-feel-good-foundations/): At the heart of my coaching program is something I call the Feel Good Foundations – they are self-care, joy, energy, and self-love. If these 4 foundations are strong, life is easier, achieving goals and ambitions is easier and life is a great deal more fun! I’m writing the book on this as we speak – it’s due out in 2023. The first thing I ask clients to do is to measure how their foundations are currently doing. Here’s how: Take 5 deep breaths into your heart. Now ask your heart how is your self-care on a scale of 1-10 […]
- [368 Days of Meditation](https://donnaonthebeach.com/368-days-of-meditation/): I recently hit the milestone of meditating for 365 days in a row. I am so pleased with myself. I first started meditating (off my own bat, not when told to in a yoga class) probably 15 years or more ago, and up til this past year, the most I ever did in a row was around 21 days. I never even believed it possible I’d meditate every day for a year. I can relax now though, and maybe miss a day (once I got past 200 days, it felt like it would be criminal to stop now when I’d […]
- [What stops you loving life?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/what-stops-you-loving-life/): I’ve been asking over on my Facebook page what stops people from loving their lives right now. Obviously it’s tough times at the moment – crazy killer virus, lockdown, job stress and uncertainty, financial stress, future stress, the list goes on and on. So what exactly is stopping you from loving life right now? Before you read on, answer the question for yourself. No cheating! I asked myself the same question. My answer wasn’t Covid-19 related. What has been stopping me loving life over the past 8 months was the picture I had of what loving life looks like. There’s […]
- [What is Life Teaching You Right Now?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/what-is-life-teaching-you-right-now/): I was pondering the other day what life is teaching me right now. I think it’s ‘surrender’, and staying in the present moment (because the future is even more uncertain than usual). What do you think life is teaching you right now? Life isn’t the kind of teacher who has a cane and a difficult exam at the end – she’s more a ‘try this, do this, experience this, how does that feel, what would work better in that situation’ kind of teacher. If you actively participate in the learning, in the experiment of life, you will see that if […]
- [Focus on What's in Your Boat](https://donnaonthebeach.com/focus-on-whats-in-your-boat/): This article was written back in May…but as so often happens, it’s just as relevant now! How’s it going? How are you doing? Are you calm, relaxed, dancing easily with life even though the music is new and different? Or are you in a heightened state of alarm and stress, wondering what the actual fuck is going on and worried for the state of the world? Or of course, you might be somewhere in between. Or veering wildly between the two. Over the past weeks, I’ve been moving steadily towards calm and relaxed. Last week, after watching the news, I moved […]
- [Er, Crazy, Killer, Virus?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/er-crazy-killer-virus/): This article is a fictional conversation between a coach and a client. It was first written in May – mid lockdown in the UK, but it’s still just as relevant now. This fictional conversation is an amalgamation of several conversations I had in April, May and beyond. Do you recognise anything in this chat? Client: What’s wrong with me? I’m all over the place. Me: Er scary killer virus? Lockdown? Economic uncertainty? Friends being ill/in hospital/dying? Client: Yeah, but other people are worse off, I’m ok, it’s not so bad really. Me: Hmm. Ok, tell me how it’s affecting you? […]
- [How are you really feeling?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/how-are-you-really-feeling/): This article was written at the end of April 2020. How are you doing my darling? What’s happening with you? How are you feeling, really? Stiff upper lips aside, how are you? I’m rubbish! My darling doggie Mollie was put to sleep on Tuesday. So I’m absolutely devastated. She was nearly 17 years old and she was on lots and lots of medication so it wasn’t a shock. But there’s a big hole in my life right now. I’m heartbroken. And it got me thinking about how we feel, how we really feel. During corona-pocalypse (and during normal life), we’re […]
- [Find What's Wrong And Fix It](https://donnaonthebeach.com/find-whats-wrong-and-fix-it/): Back in April, I did a Facebook Live Video Series around Corona-pocalypse. In one of the videos, I asked: What have you struggled with in the first few weeks of this crisis? What can you do to fix that issue or make it better? It’s really important right now to be taking responsibility for how we’re feeling and how we’re doing. While also, of course, being kind to ourselves. For example: I’ve been slightly bouncing off the walls (to my surprise as I’m an introvert who normally works at home). My potential solutions are: going for a walk every day, […]
- [How's Your Energetic Self-Care?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/energetic-self-care/): Hasn’t 2020 been a mad year so far? Fire, flood, pestilience, murder hornets, protests for social change sweeping the world…goodness me it’s been busy! And it’s only June. In all honesty, I daren’t think ahead to what might happen next! The year as a whole has taught me to make sure my energetic self-care is taken care of. It’s not something I’ve ever been so aware of or focused on. In years gone by when I did onsite massage, I used to clear the space I worked in (asked angels to fill it with light), protect myself (surround myself with […]
- [How Can I Fall In Love With Life When Life is Ugly](https://donnaonthebeach.com/how-can-i-fall-in-love-with-life-when-life-is-ugly/): I’m starting to find my equilibrium again. The world at large has rocked me over the past week. There’s been horror and rage and heartbreak and spine stiffening and decisions. I’ve decided to deliberately take an anti-racist stance. I have always been anti-racist, but I’ve been part of what I believe is the silent majority. Like, this doesn’t need saying, right? No longer. It needs saying. A lot. I’m no longer a silent ally, I’m a vocal ally. The whole issue got me thinking about loving life while the world burns. How can we love life when life is ugly? […]
- [Have you swapped one busy life for another?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/have-you-swapped-one-busy-life-for-another/): I’ve been doing videos on my Facebook page about issues related to Corona-pocalypse and the challenges we face at this time. One of the videos from this week was around the things we thought we’d do if we had time…but aren’t! Are you in that position? Did you think that if you had time, you’d write a book, sort out all your clutter, repaint the cupboards, do 4 hours of meditation/yoga/cross training every day? One of the things I noticed from the responses to this video was the big list of stuff we all want to do (me included). Hilariously, […]
- [What do you want to come out of Corona-pocalypse?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/what-do-you-want-to-come-out-of-corona-pocalypse/): I was listening to a podcast today with interviews of various sports people, and I noticed their attitude was on the positives of the current situation (spending time with family/resting) and on what they want to come out of the situation with. They wanted to learn, to use the time constructively, to enjoy (as far as possible) the situation they found themselves in. Ok, these particular people are lucky in that they don’t have current financial worries, they are home with family and they will have a job to go to. But even if you don’t have those priviledges, we […]
- [What if this situation is for you?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/what-if-this-situation-is-for-you/): So, Corona-pocalyse has arrived. We’re all (to some extent) constricted and consigned to barracks (or exiled for the good of the realm if you prefer a dramatic turn of phrase!). The irony of this situation for me hasn’t escaped me – I spent the last 7 or 8 months at home, not going out much at all because I had no energy. And now, as I am getting to the point of feeling more able to leave the house, we’re on lockdown. What the actual fuck? This time last year I talked about the universe slowing me down. The universe […]
- [Feel how you feel](https://donnaonthebeach.com/feel-how-you-feel/): How are you doing my friend? How is the C word affecting you? In chatting with friends and family, we’re going through lots of feelings! Stress, panic, fear, anxiety, irrationality, irritability, tears, hysteria, paranoia, anger…. And for many of us, we’re shocked by how much we’re feeling, or we didn’t expect it to affect us this much. I was in that camp. I knew this lock-down was coming, and I thought ‘it’s OK, I work from home and am an introvert anyway, I’ll be FINE!’ Hmm. Nope. Still totally discombobulated by the whole thing. So I wanted to say to […]
- [Menu of helpful things for anxiety and catastrophising](https://donnaonthebeach.com/menu-of-helpful-things-for-anxiety-and-catastrophising/): When I’m not well, or in turbulent times, I get anxious. When I’m tired, or in turbulent times, I catastrophise. Right now, I’m noticing a spike in my anxiety and catastrophising (wonder why???). But it’s all good because I have ways I deal with the eeks and omg’s and what if’s. Here’s my menu of helpful things for anxiety and catastrophising: Ask for help Ask my divine team (usually guardian angels, but any divine being is welcome!!) for help. Breathe Breathe. Most important. Consciously, deeply and with the intention to calm my nervous system. Write. I do the morning pages […]
- [What if the purpose is life?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/what-if-the-purpose-is-life/): I’ve been talking a lot this year with clients about the purpose of life, especially when you’ve lost that purpose. I’ve had an enforced hiatus from my plans for world domination, and it made me wonder. What is my purpose when I have no energy to do anything? Am I merely waiting to get better so I can get back to my purpose? I know that’s not the case for me, life’s teaching me while I’m convalescing and I am learning. But there is a real sense among people that they have to do something to feel purposeful. When you’re […]
- [Patience is a necessity](https://donnaonthebeach.com/patience-is-a-necessity/): This week’s article was inspired by talking to a friend of mine about recovering from illness and injury and how much patience it requires. I’m not the most patient person you’ll ever meet. In fact, impatient has been one of the most used words to describe me over the years. When someone said to me “Patience is a virtue” I used to answer back “Which I do not possess”. But like so many other things in life (positivity, optimism, tenacity, courage, confidence), patience is not something you either have or have not. Yes, some people are naturally more patient than […]
- [Put your health first](https://donnaonthebeach.com/put-your-health-first/): I’ve thought a lot about health in the last year. Having had an MS relapse and burnout, it’s been foremost in my thoughts. So I wanted to say to you: Put your health first. I know some of you have health issues that mean you have to be mindful of your health, and many of you will be run down, exhausted and worn out by life. Some of you will be feeling ok healthwise. But is feeling ok the best you can feel? Would you rather be able to just get through each day or bound through with energy and […]
- [Don't forget the most important person in your life today (you)](https://donnaonthebeach.com/dont-forget-the-most-important-person-in-your-life-today-you/): This week, I got love on my mind. But not the love covered by intimate dinners, big cards and a profusion of red hearts all over the place.  I’m thinking Self-love. The Valentine’s kissy-kissy love is all fabulous…but I also want you to be making sure you’re loving yourself, whether you’re loved-up or single.  Because your relationship with yourself is the most intense, deepest, longest, and most important you will ever have. You’re the only relationship you cannot get away from, and if you love yourself, this will give you such strength, joy, and confidence. So here are 14 self-love exercises […]
- [Convalescence Day 122](https://donnaonthebeach.com/convalescence-day-122/): Keeping my promise to give myself the time I need to recuperate properly
- [The Ebbiest of Ebbs](https://donnaonthebeach.com/the-ebbiest-of-ebbs/): Note: This article was written in September, I’m only getting round to putting it on the blog 3 months on!! But not a lot has changed – another blog with the latest updates is coming soon… So, my summer was…not great to be honest. I have MS, my symptoms are made worse by heat and humidity, and this year, summer has totally kicked my ass! I got to August completely exhausted and depleted so I decided on a hiatus. Usually, after a few weeks (sometimes days) of hiatus, I feel refreshed, full of ideas and chomping at the bit to […]
- [Do What You Can With What You Have](https://donnaonthebeach.com/do-what-you-can-with-what-you-have/): So you know I’ve been talking about being slowed down for a while now? First there was that one project that kept getting delayed, then life kept throwing up things that got in the way of me doing anything. First of all, I’ve finally (mostly) listened. This month’s daily practice is to meditate, so I’ve been making sure I slow myself down and breathe, as well as doing my daily yoga practice to start the day chilled and centered. The other thing I’ve been doing is listening to the frustration and impatience, and easing the pressure a bit. When life is getting […]
- [Take life at your own pace](https://donnaonthebeach.com/take-life-at-your-own-pace/): I’ve been doing a few courses this year, and a few weeks ago, I realised I was 6 weeks ‘behind’ on one of the courses.  Not that there is any behind, the course is not going anywhere, there’s no deadline. But I had fallen short of keeping up with the weekly work.  I messaged the lady who runs the course, and she suggested (to my utter shock) skipping forward to the latest work and going back at the end to complete the other bits I’d missed.  Hilariously, given permission to do this, I didn’t want to. I don’t want to […]
- [Keep Calm and Carry On](https://donnaonthebeach.com/keep-calm-and-carry-on/): I am rubbing up against frustration at a disrupted week (again). So there was that week when the dog was ill, I didn’t get much work done. Then there was the week when I got stung by a bee and lost a day and a half thanks to being roofied by antihistamines.  And this week, yet another issue that means my work days are shortened by a couple of hours every day. (Nothing serious, just one of those things.)  Meanwhile, the work keeps piling up. And the editing project is STILL not complete. It’s close, but keeps being pushed aside by more […]
- [Normal life...interrupted](https://donnaonthebeach.com/normal-life-interrupted/): You know I talked the other week about the universe slowing me down? Interestingly it’s mainly been on certain projects…until now!   This week I’ve had a poorly pooch. My little dog is an old girl – she’s 16 now so any illness is potentially very bad news.  Fortunately at this point, there’s no devastating news. But between vet visits, a very fretful dog, late night/early morning trips to the garden (3-4 am), early morning cleanups of poorliness, and lack of sleep from worry, this week hasn’t been my most productive.  Ordinarily, I’d get agitated about this, thinking I’ve got to do […]
- [Perfectionism is an enemy of done](https://donnaonthebeach.com/perfectionism-is-an-enemy-of-done/): Proof copy #2 arrived in the post this morning. It looks ok at first glance. The images (the problem that delayed matters for another 10 days) are ok.  Not as good as they were with CreateSpace, but I suspect nobody but me (and now that I’ve pointed it out, you) would notice, so after a final read-through to check no glaring mistakes have crept in, this project might be complete this week.  (Hopefully that assertion won’t jinx things!)  I would love to get the images up to the quality they were with CreateSpace, but as I suspect this will mean […]
- [Do you ever get the feeling the universe is trying to slow you down?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/do-you-ever-get-the-feeling-the-universe-is-trying-to-slow-you-down/): The other week I was getting the book ready for the 2nd proof and I hit a snag. Apparently there’s been a technical issue with Kindle Direct Publishing which made my lovely stick drawings look blurry and terrible.  One of those weird things that’s never happened before, and stops a project in its tracks. I’m waiting for them to get back to me – hopefully by Thursday. Sigh.  At the time, it was a disaster. Like, the worst thing that could happen. And I went into meltdown mode.   You know…”oh forget it, I give up, I’m not going to write any more books. The universe hates […]
- [Smash the glass ceilings](https://donnaonthebeach.com/smash-the-glass-ceilings/): In May we had Feeling Good month in the Fall in Love With Life group, so I got thinking about the limits and barriers we have to feeling good.   The previous month I did my 3rd Joy Challenge with Amina Mahkdoom Lynch. Last year I hit a glass ceiling of joy – like there was only so much joy I could cope with!  This year I didn’t hit that barrier – but when doing some energy work (around activating good energies) I discovered a glass ceiling on appreciation. It was more like a greenhouse to be honest – my ability to […]
- [When your expectations are high, you have to be ready for a fall](https://donnaonthebeach.com/when-your-expectations-are-high-you-have-to-be-ready-for-a-fall/): I was watching Celebrity SAS: Who dares wins where some celebs are taken through some SAS training to see how they do.  When talking to one of the celebs (Olympic gold medalist Victoria Pendleton) they were asking about why she’s so hard on herself. She replied “Because I have such high expectations of myself”.  The SAS trainer Foxy said “When you set your expectations too high you’ve got to be ready for a fall. And when you fall, you can’t beat yourself up. It’s about going again.”  This really stuck with me. Because I have high expectations of myself. And […]
- [Are you doing the homework?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/are-you-doing-the-homework/): As I was pondering what to write today (which looked a lot like procrastinating!), I got to thinking about what a good student I am.  Not for school or course work – I procrastinate that forever and then force myself to do it at the last minute. But for personal development stuff. I started reading the Joy Diet a couple of weeks ago, which has 10 practices that you’re meant to put in place over 10 weeks. I had no intention of doing this, I was just going to read the book and see what I picked up. Practice number one is […]
- [Tension won't help get it done](https://donnaonthebeach.com/tension-wont-help-get-it-done/): Update on the editing project: I’m onto phase 3 – the edit of the paperback. Without going into too much detail, any changes to this document have the potential to cause mayhem in the formatting.  To give you a sense of how I normally work on this phase picture tears, rage, bewilderment, blind fury and despair.  It’s not been my friend up til now. Partly because Word has a habit of just randomly causing problems for no apparent reason!  Anyway, this time I’m noticing that I’m more relaxed in this phase than ever. When Word does something weird, I just […]
- [How hard is it for you to do nothing?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/how-hard-is-it-for-you-to-do-nothing/): Over the past few months, as you may know, I have been working on an edit of my first book to get it ready for a promotion I’m hoping to run sometime this century! In order to focus on the edit, I’ve been ignoring other things that need to be done. Because basically I just want this project finished. As a result, a lot of the good work I did at the start of the year has been undone. I’d cleared my desk paperwork mountain, got my e-mails down to a single page (under 50), I’d even tidied up the office. […]
- [Are you willing to stick to a task 'til completion](https://donnaonthebeach.com/are-you-willing-to-stick-to-a-task-til-completion/): I’ve been working on an editing project for my first book – I planned to do a promotion early this year and while checking for minor edits, I found a few old bad writing habits I wanted to correct.  So a quick check of the book turned into 2 months (so far) of editing!   I was talking to a friend yesterday about it and she was complimenting me on my self-discipline.  Because it takes a lot of that to stick with the editing. Especially when I’d much rather be working on book 3.  But I realised a few years ago […]
- [Are you ignoring your energy?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/are-you-ignoring-your-energy/): One of the biggest problems with energy that I see with myself, friends and clients is that we ignore our energy in favour of what we plan to do, need to do, want to do. We push through, force ourselves forward, burn the candle at both ends and in the middle, and generally take little notice of what the energy is telling us.   There are times of course when you just have to crack on with what you need to do – feed the kids, go to work, get on with the daily business of living. But the problem with paying zero […]
- [Give something up or start something new?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/give-something-up-or-start-something-new/): Lent begins today. Is this something you observe? I have, for years. I am not particularly religious, but Lent was always a good cue to give something up.  However, over the past few years, giving up things has fallen out of favour for me. I have come to realise that deprivation is not the best motivator for me.  And although I can give up chocolate, pop, junk food, cheese, bread or whatever for 6 weeks, once the time is up I go on a bender of whatever I’ve given up. Seems a bit pointless really.  If you observe Lent for religious reasons […]
- [Appreciate your body](https://donnaonthebeach.com/appreciate-your-body/): I woke up in the early hours the other morning, with my bladder telling me it was time to go for a pee. And I had a sudden wave of gratitude for my bladder, which does a lot of work on my behalf, with no thanks, no appreciation, and mostly without being noticed at all. Isn’t that always the way though? We don’t notice all the miraculous and wonderful things our body does for us…until it stops doing those things. Like when I had tendonitis in my shoulder. I have never been so grateful for all the things my right […]
- [What is Self-Love anyway?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/what-is-self-love-anyway/): Happy Valentine’s Day. Are you surrounded by bears and chocolate and flowers for Valentine’s Day or are you ignoring it completely? As a single woman, I don’t take a lot of notice of Valentine’s Day, but as a coach, Valentine’s Day always strikes me as a great time to think about Self-Love. Yes it is lovely to have others’ affirm your lovability in flower and chocolate form, but there is also an opportunity here to affirm your own lovability and love yourself, treat yourself, be kind to yourself. This year, I’m working on my third book, which is about the […]
- [Let yourself be where you are](https://donnaonthebeach.com/let-yourself-be-where-you-are/): My start to the year has been mixed. I’ve made some good progress on those loose ends and outstanding projects I talked about last week. I’ve started some good habits – daily (ish) yoga, some good energy work and self-care. I’m feeling good about 2019 – it feels like a good year. But. There’s something pulling me back from enjoying it. There’s a discontentment with being where I am at this moment. And I noticed when I did my yoga practice today that I’ve stopped doing this (mostly) in yoga. In today’s practice, there was a posture I couldn’t do. […]
- [Loose ends and outstanding projects](https://donnaonthebeach.com/loose-ends-and-outstanding-projects/): I’ve been in a bit of an ebb, a bit of a low. Partly because it’s cold. I am not a fan of the cold. Partly because I had decided at the start of the year to complete a few loose ends and outstanding projects before I crack on with book 3… …And it’s now the end of January and I’m not even halfway through the list of outstanding projects and loose ends. (To be fair, I tackled the biggest tasks first so the rest should take less time.) So I’m starting to get the hump about it all. I’m […]
- [My Vision for 2019](https://donnaonthebeach.com/my-vision-for-2019/): I have come up with my vision statement for this year….drumroll, please… I dance through life with confidence, ease, and joy. Isn’t it delicious? I love it. It’s not what I expected my vision to be for this year. I expected something to do with space and calm and peace – those were the words that came up over and over when I was asking myself what I wanted. But it feels so good. It feels right to me. And there lies the problem with pre-conceived ideas and hastily thought up goals. They don’t get to the heart of what […]
- [4 steps to creating and living your vision for your life](https://donnaonthebeach.com/4-steps-to-creating-and-living-your-vision-for-your-life/): I’ve had some great feedback from people working their way through my “Create and Live Your Vision” process. I am having some fun with it too – I did my perfect day exercise yesterday (what does your perfect day look like?) and really enjoyed bullet pointing some stuff that I’d love to happen on my perfect day. Best thing? Lots of it can happen any day! So I’m going to be working to bring elements of my perfect day into my every day this year. Anyway I was talking to a client about the process of creating (and living) your […]
- [What are you focusing on this year?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/what-are-you-focusing-on-this-year/): I’m curious…do you set goals from year to year? Do you do resolutions? Tell me, I’d love to know how you decide what to focus on each year. (Or if you just ride the river of life with no plan.) Maybe you have already decided on your focus for this year? Maybe you have already broken your New Year’s Resolutions? Maybe you intended to have a think but then got distracted by life? It happens – last year I didn’t set a vision for the year because I got flu on 1st January and then I was on holiday and […]
- [Use Last Year as a Springboard for Next Year](https://donnaonthebeach.com/use-last-year-as-a-springboard-for-next-year/): Woohoo! It’s a New Year. Feels like a good one. How’s it starting for you? Is it starting with a bang, fireworks and full speed ahead? Or is it same shit, different year? I do hope it’s not the latter. Last year (a couple of weeks ago), I talked about celebrating your small wins and taking stock of the year gone by. One side effect of doing this is realising how much you didn’t do. All the dreams left unrealised. All the ambitions you didn’t achieve. All the resolutions, intentions and goals that were left abandoned at the roadside. It’s […]
- [Celebrate Your Small Wins](https://donnaonthebeach.com/celebrate-your-small-wins/): We’re galloping at speed towards the end of the year, and there’s a lot of stuff around right now about counting up your accomplishments for the year. Which is awesome if you’re a high-flying, goal-achieving superstar. But for most people I know, they don’t feel like they’ve done much this year. They have. But you know, they haven’t earned £1 million, or published 8 books, or started a charity, or travelled the world, run 5 marathons in 2 days, or moved the world 3 inches to the left. Damn those over-achievers! But here’s the thing – all of us have […]
- [If Busyness is Taking Over Your Life](https://donnaonthebeach.com/if-busyness-is-taking-over-your-life/): I’m experimenting with something new this year – upping my levels of relaxation, joy and self-care at the end of the year. Normally from October onwards, it’s always forward momentum – I’m usually trying to finish a project, release a book, or pack a ridiculous amount of work into a short space of time. As a consequence, I’m usually ill over Christmas. Last year, because I had things to do over Christmas and kept telling myself I didn’t have time to be ill, I managed to postpone the illness until the 1st of January – at which point I got […]
- [How Laid-back and Relaxed Can You Be on the run up to Christmas](https://donnaonthebeach.com/how-laid-back-and-relaxed-can-you-be-on-the-run-up-to-christmas/): Are you getting ready for Christmas? Are you one of these terribly organised people who have all your cards written, pressies bought and wrapped and deccies up before December even begins?? Or are you, like me, less organised? I have actually bought a few presents. Unusually. But I still have the bulk of them to get. And people to see, places to go, things to do…and not many days left to do it all!! I don’t know how Christmas manages to sneak up on me every year – I think I’ve got ages to do everything… And then suddenly, it’s […]
- [Eat Sleep Work Repeat](https://donnaonthebeach.com/eat-sleep-work-repeat/): I’m starting to adjust to the winter routine, which goes kinda like this: get up, morning routine, walk dog (wish I had thermals), work, teatime routine, walk dog (decide to do some online shopping for thermals), get in the house, disappear under blankets and refuse to leave the house again. Repeat. I was talking to a neighbour about this “Eat, sleep, work, repeat” pattern, which seems so much worse in Winter. I think because you get home and it’s dark and cold and you don’t want to go back out into the world. The shrinking of the ‘light-time’ hours seems […]
- [Taking Joy Into Winter](https://donnaonthebeach.com/taking-joy-into-winter/): As soon as it gets to gloves-and-hats weather, I get the urge to hibernate! Sadly, life will not allow me to go to sleep for the next 4 months. And as much as I like to honour my energy, and the energy of the season, I also want to keep myself energised, active and happy. Because I’m not a natural winter-lover, I have to work harder to practice joy and joyful practices in winter. It’s one of the ways I’m working on not being such a grouch in the cold months. It’s going to be winter whether I like it […]
- [The Infinite Inspiration Tap](https://donnaonthebeach.com/the-infinite-inspiration-tap/): Are you interested in energy and abundance? If so, check out Michelle Lowbridge – she’s doing a series of abundance activations for free over on her Facebook page – get involved here. Today I did number 12 – feeling inspired – an energy I already have, and I thought I had it in abundance. But I realised during the activation that I was being a bit passive and limited with inspiration – waiting for it to strike, like it was lightning – fickle and unpredictable. Ok, I give inspiration every chance. I meditate and give myself space to be inspired. […]
- [Is 70% good enough?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/70-good-enough/): I restarted my morning yoga practice last week (I sleep better when I do yoga)…and I have a 70% success rate. It’s not perfect, it’s not 100%, but frankly, it’s good enough, and it’s certainly better than I was doing before last week. So often when I was younger, I’d commit to something – a diet, giving up smoking, going to the gym. Then I’d miss one day or fall of the wagon and that would be it. Perfection, or nothing. No inbetween. No “oh well, it is human to err. Git back on that hoss.” Just giving up at […]
- [What Frequency Are You Tuned Into?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/what-frequency-are-you-tuned-into/): A couple of weeks ago a good family friend died and I’ve been sad. I noticed that when I was sad and tetchy and feeling low, I more easily got to the places of discouragement, feeling like a failure and giving up as well. My Divine Team let me know that this was no coincidence – that because I was at a low frequency, I could more easily pick up other low frequency feelings. Like an FM radio – if you’re tuned into a particular station, it’s easy to nudge the dial and pick up another station that’s on a […]
- [What are you going to do with the rest of your life?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/what-are-you-going-to-do-with-the-rest-of-your-life/): I was chatting to a friend last week who’s in a ‘transition phase’ in her life. You know the ones, when things change (careers, relationships, age, family, loss) and suddenly you’re thrust into thinking ‘what am I doing with my life?’ and ‘what am I going to do next?’ and ‘is this all my life is about?’. I thought when I was 16 that this was the only time I would agonise over what I would do with the rest of my life. Hahahahahaha. I’ve wondered about it at least once every 3 years since. Which, when you think about […]
- [When Good Habits Push Back](https://donnaonthebeach.com/when-good-habits-push-back/): Have you ever tried to stop a bad habit and fallen off the wagon? You know, when you decide to give up chocolate, smoking, drinking and you have almost uncontrollable cravings?! Well, did you know that starting good habits can have a similar push-back? I’ve been doing 2 new things this month – first, the monthly practice of joy in the Fall in Love With Life group. Now you would think that bringing more joy in your life would be easy to do, easy to keep up with, no resistance. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Nope. I’ve ‘forgotten’ to be joyful, I’ve been actively […]
- [What do you do when you don't know what you need](https://donnaonthebeach.com/what-do-you-do-when-you-dont-know-what-you-need/): In the Fall in Love With Life group, this month’s daily practice has been body, mind, heart and soul self-care. This week, one of the members of the group asked this question – “What do you do when you don’t know what you need? When you feel totally lost?” I know she is not alone in feeling like this. At times, we all do. So when I feel like this… I stop. I breathe. I meditate (or simply stare into space if meditation is beyond me). I do what feels good. I ask my body, mind, heart or soul what […]
- [When it's not working, maybe there's a better way](https://donnaonthebeach.com/a-better-way/): Last week I had a very bad writing day…one of those days where everything seemed to go wrong, where ‘writing’ looked a lot more like ‘procrastination’, where I battled the thought ‘this is terrible’ all day long. Here’s the thing: I know the book idea isn’t terrible. This is the book subject I’ve been talking about for over a decade, this is the book I’ve most wanted to have already written, so I can give it to every client and every friend and every acquaintance, because pretty much everyone I work with or meet needs this book. But still, it […]
- [Don't Rush The River](https://donnaonthebeach.com/dont-rush-the-river/): I’ve had a weird year energetically. Everytime I want to be flying forwards with a project, something slows it down. Whether it’s proof copies of books getting lost in the post and delaying book 2 release day by 2 months, or hot weather making me disinclined to create and crack on with writing book 3. It doesn’t feel like an ebb, more a really slow flow – like a river that, rather than dashing to the sea, is meandering gently, no rush. If I were in a boat on that river, I would have time to examine every bit of […]
- [Get Rid of Botherations](https://donnaonthebeach.com/botherations/): Let’s talk botherations – things that bother you. I first learnt this concept from a coach about 15 years ago…he called them ‘tolerations’, but that word always bothered me! And I’ve been trying to find a better (to me) way to say it since then. In a session with a client last week, I finally found it…botherations! Those things that bother you. The leaky tap, the sagging mattress, the messy desk, the doodad that you said you’d fix (and then stuck in a drawer for 6 months), the unpaid bills, the car that needs a wash, the pen that fell […]
- [Is 2018 on course?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/is-2018-on-course/): Half the year is gone already…can you believe it?! Yeah, sorry to remind you. Don’t worry, I’m not going to ask you to do a half-year appraisal. I thought about it though (and if you do, make it a self-loving one that looks at what you have done right and enjoyed and been on track with), but then I thought it would be more useful to see if 2018 needs a course correct? Did you make any goals, plans or New Year’s Resolutions for this year? What did you want to create this year? This is not to give you […]
- [Do you Disconnect when you're Busy?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/do-you-disconnect-when-youre-busy/): When you’re busy, do you lose touch? Do you disconnect? I do. I realised this week that thanks to the busyness of the book launch followed by a tech issue that’s been driving me crazy and taking way too much of my time, I’d disconnected from my centre and from the Divine entirely. Meditation had fallen by the wayside. Often I didn’t have time to do the morning pages, which for me is a great source of mental, emotional and spiritual house-keeping. Time to sit and relax had been replaced by endless doing and nexting. I didn’t have time for […]
- [When was the last time you said "well done" to yourself?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/when-was-the-last-time-you-said-well-done-to-yourself/): When was the last time you gave yourself a big pat on the back? When was the last time you acknowledged all the good things you’ve done lately? When was the last time you gave yourself some kudos and appreciation and said “well done” to yourself? Let me change up the question. When was the last time you criticised yourself? When was the last time you gave yourself a hard time for something you did or didn’t do? When was the last time you berated yourself? I’m going to guess that the answer to the first set of questions is […]
- [Release date for Obstacle Busting Paperback](https://donnaonthebeach.com/release-date-for-obstacle-busting-paperback/): WOOHOO!!!! We have a release date for Obstacle Busting Paperback It is…drum roll please…1st June You’ll have to forgive my excitement…it’s been SO DAMN LONG. I ‘finished’ the paperback way back at the start of March, but thanks to a series of delays (including the final proof copy getting lost in the post!), I’ve only just been able to approve it and set a date. *happy dance* To celebrate, I’m running a giveaway over on my Facebook page. Make sure you’re in it to win a signed copy on 1st June. And if you don’t do Facebook, contact me and […]
- [Reflections on Joy Challenge](https://donnaonthebeach.com/reflections-on-joy-challenge/): Joy challenge 2018 is over. 🙁 If you don’t know about Joy Challenge, it’s run by a lovely lady called Amina Makhdoom Lynch every April (this was year 3 and my 2nd Joy Challenge). As the name suggests, it’s a challenge to bring more joy into your life throughout the month of April. It’s wonderful – Amina makes it a real event, with participation gifts, check in calls and a really lively and fun Facebook group. I love it – I’ve already signed up for next year’s challenge! (You can too, here) It’s great to have a reminder to focus […]
- [Does self-care give you the guilts?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/self-care-and-guilt/): I’ve had several conversations over the past few weeks with clients, with friends, and with people in my Fall in Love With Life Group where the subject of guilt has come up with regard to self-care. “I feel guilty if I sit down” “When I try to take care of me I feel like I should be doing something else” “Someone else is working hard, so I shouldn’t be resting (even though I’m so exhausted I can barely stand)” “I can’t take care of myself because I have all these other people to take care of” I get it, I’ve […]
- [Why is it so hard to embrace joy and self-care?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/why-is-it-so-hard-to-embrace-joy-and-self-care/): I’m part of 2 challenges this month – in my own group “Fall in Love With Life” our daily practice for April is Self-care, and in Amina Makhdoom Lynch’s Joy Challenge, the theme is of course joy. And so many people in both challenges are bumping up against their comfort zone in terms of taking care of themselves and enjoying themselves. Funny isn’t it? Why on earth should there be a comfort zone of how much we can take care of ourselves or how much joy we can have? Don’t you think that’s a bit crazy? And don’t think I’m […]
- [When Life Gets in the Way of Self-Care](https://donnaonthebeach.com/when-life-gets-in-the-way-of-self-care/): So in my new group (Fall in Love With Life) we’re talking about self-care for the month of April, and I did a little poll to ask what got in the way of people’s self-care. By far the most popular answer was “life gets in the way”. It does. I get that. We forget. We get busy. Self-care is low on the priority list, after everything else that needs doing. But the choice is in your hands. You get to choose whether to forget, whether to let life get in the way, whether self-care is a high priority to you […]
- [What to do for self-care](https://donnaonthebeach.com/what-to-do-for-self-care/): So a couple of weeks ago I talked about self-care – how to check on how cared for you feel and why it’s important…but what do you do for your self-care? Because it’s more than just massages (which are awesome) and eating the right food (which is good for you). It’s everything that makes you feel cared for. And sometimes what we do to keep healthy isn’t great from a self-care point of view (for example deprivation diets and punishing exercise regimes). Self-care is being kind to yourself. Self-care is honouring how you feel. Self-care is giving yourself what you […]
- [Where is Self-care on your priority list?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/self-care/): How is your self-care? Do you take excellent care of yourself? Is self-care high up on your priority list? For most of us, we do the bare minimum we need to keep ourselves functioning – able to work and do whatever else we want to do. Just. It’s the equivalent of putting fuel in your car to keep it running, but never washing it, caring for it, servicing it, MOTing it, checking the oil or doing anything above what you have to do to keep it running. Until it breaks down, then you’ll take it to the garage. When we […]
- [Does your head rule your heart?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/head-rule-heart/): Does your head rule your heart? Do you find yourself talking yourself out of doing things you want to do? Do you weigh up the pros and cons of every decision? Do you think about it, deciding in a sensible way whether to do what your heart wants or not? I was talking about this with a few clients last month. When we talked about the things they wanted to do, to create, to focus on, I could hear that their head was ruling their hearts. It goes something like this: Heart: Let’s write a book Head: That’s a really […]
- [Don't Let What You Want Overshadow What You Have](https://donnaonthebeach.com/dont-let-want-overshadow/): I’m a Big Dreamer – I love to daydream and imagine and create in my imagination…which sometimes leads to creation in real life too. All invention is born in the mind and all that. But there’s something we do when we imagineer our future – set goals, create wonderful visions, decide on Big Dreams…we use those cool things we want to diminish our present. So we want this big, shiny, sparkly, new life…and by comparison our current life starts to look small, dull, colourless, old. But ironically this dulling of our current life does not help us get the new […]
- [Self-Love and The Longest Winter](https://donnaonthebeach.com/self-love-longest-winter/): It’s been a bloody long winter here in the UK. We don’t normally get bad winters here – we usually get a cold snap, but also some mild months. This year it’s been fecking cold all the way through…and another cold ‘snap’ is settling in now, bringing snow and brass monkey temperatures. You may have heard me say in the past that I am not a fan of winter. This is a raging understatement – I believe I was a bear in a previous life and therefore genetically wired to hibernate once temperatures dip. For years I thought I had […]
- [Love yourself even though...](https://donnaonthebeach.com/love-yourself-even-though/): Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s the perfect day to talk about love… But you know me, I’m far more interested in SELF-LOVE. Because self-love doesn’t depend on the moods, whims and actions of someone else. While it is wonderful to be loved by your partner, your friends, your family, the more you love yourself, the more loved you’ll feel, the more confident you’ll feel, the happier you’ll feel – and it’s not dependant on anyone else but you. But so many of us don’t feel deserving of love, even from ourselves. Because love is only bestowed when we’re good, right? WRONG! […]
- [What are you taking for granted?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/what-are-you-taking-for-granted/): As I write this, I am sat in bed on New Years Day, watching Despicable Me 2 and utterly full of cold. It is amazing how much you appreciate breathing through your nose when you cannot. It’s actually a very good reminder for the new year – to appreciate what we all take for granted. Breathing for example! But also, everything else you have in your life. For example, do you have a car? Did it start the last time you wanted to go somewhere? (Mine did not. I had to walk.) But it reminds me to appreciate the fact […]
- [Have you done your yearly planning yet?](https://donnaonthebeach.com/done-yearly-planning-yet/): Have you done your planning for the year ahead yet? Have you set your goals and intentions for this year? No? Ah well, too late now init? Of course not. Your life planning can happen any time. New moon is a fabuolous time to set intentions. Chinese New Year comes 3-6 weeks after 1st Jan – a second chance for some New Year planning. Spring is a great time for new beginnings. And if you happen to be reading this later in the year, frankly any time you want to is a great time to plan and create your life […]
- [My Wish for you in 2018](https://donnaonthebeach.com/happy-new-year-wish-2018-gift/): In 2018, I wish for you to fall head over heels in love with your life. I wish for you to be happy and healthy and full of joie de vivre. I wish for you to know how loved you are. I wish for you to release that thing that’s always held you back. I wish for you to have (many) moments of pure joy. I wish for you belly laughs, excitement and many things to ‘woohoo’ about. I wish for you ease, peace and rest when you need it. I wish for you to learn the self-care you need […]
- [Obstacle Busting: Obstacles are good for you](https://donnaonthebeach.com/obstacle-busting-obstacles-good/): They look like they’re there just to cause you trouble, but these problems, issues, roadblocks, obstacles all exist to HELP you. They come up so that they can be dealt with. Once they’re dealt with, you can move on with less baggage, less mess and more spring in your step. Big Dreams and amazing lives stretch us, they call the best from us, and they ask us to be AWESOME. In order to have the life you wish to have, you need to eliminate self-doubt and low confidence; you need to develop problem-solving muscles; you need to become all that […]
- [Obstacle Busting: Beliefs that Undermine You](https://donnaonthebeach.com/obstacle-busting-beliefs-undermine/): Everyone has some of these – beliefs that undermine what you want to do and cause you to hesitate, stop and turn back when you want to move forward. You need to excavate and mine for yours and get rid of them. For example “people like me don’t get to have or do X”. I guarantee there is someone just like you who has had or done X, but if you have this belief you will stop yourself, you will hold back from giving it your best shot because of a belief. Not a truth, not a fact, just a […]
- [Obstacle Busting: No Money](https://donnaonthebeach.com/obstacle-busting-no-money/): This is another obstacle that is so common it’s almost a cliché. For many of my clients, it’s their go to obstacle – the first thing that gets in the way of anything and everything they want. So because they need the money and they don’t have it, that’s the end of their dreams. Only it’s not – there’s always a way forward from this obstacle. So if you find that lack of money is an obstacle for you, don’t panic, because it’s easier than you think to get over this obstacle. If what you need is money, you can […]
- [Obstacle Busting: Worrying](https://donnaonthebeach.com/obstacle-busting-worrying/): “Confront obstacles as they appear, don’t waste energy fearing what you may meet in the future.” Isabelle Allende This quote leapt out at me the first time I read The Kingdom of the Golden Dragon. I am a recovering worry-holic. I know it’s a complete waste of time, as most of the things I worry about never happen. In fact, it’s worse than a complete waste of time because worrying makes life worse. Worrying opens the door to fearfulness which can lead to bad decision making (which gives you more to worry about). Worrying can cause utter paralysis and stop […]
- [Obstacle Busting: Negative Self-Talk and Self Criticism](https://donnaonthebeach.com/obstacle-busting-negative-self-talk-self-criticism/): We all have an inner critic or gremlin; or whatever you like to call that nasty voice in your head that is negative and critical and mean and harsh and horrible. It’s a magnificent obstacle. Genuinely, it really is – because once you can get this one retrained, it will change your life. Just imagine going through life without that critical commentary in your head. The first thing to do with this critical inner voice is to make a decision not to treat yourself this way. You wouldn’t speak to anyone else that way (not if you expected them to […]
- [Obstacle Busting: Failure](https://donnaonthebeach.com/failure/): People think failure is such a big, scary, horrible monster. It isn’t. It’s just a consequence of trying. We’re all going to fail at some point, if we haven’t already. So we might as well get comfortable with it. “I never lose. Either I win or I learn” – Nelson Mandela Going after success means risking failure. C’est la vie. It’s no big deal to fail – it means you tried, you learned something new and you’re closer to success. Failure is going to happen, it’s going to hurt…but it’s not that bad. After a few failures, you start to […]
- [Obstacle Busting: Being Realistic](https://donnaonthebeach.com/being-realistic/): For those of you dropping realism bombs on your dreams before they get a chance to get off the ground… Ugh. Realistic. One of my least favourite words in the world. Because what is “realistic”? Is flight realistic? Electricity? The internet? Brain surgery? Space travel? A black man becoming president in apartheid South Africa? A 17 year old schoolgirl winning a Nobel peace prize after getting shot in the head by the Taliban? A book about a teenage wizard selling 450 million copies? Realism is in the eye of the beholder. It’s a concept, not a fact. Many people have […]
- [Obstacle Busting: Everything Taking Longer Than You Expect](https://donnaonthebeach.com/everything-taking-longer/): This is a weird one…but one that I am often tripped up by. It’s not exactly an obstacle as such…it’s more a weight tied to your legs that slows you down and gives other obstacles a chance to catch up with you and attack. And many of us are prone to underestimating how long everything takes…especially when it comes to creating a fabulous life. After all, we see all these other people doing things in a snap of a finger…right? Only they don’t. We just see them when they arrive on our radar as a writer, singer, businessperson, beach bum. […]
- [Obstacle Busting: Biting Off More Than You Can Chew](https://donnaonthebeach.com/biting-off-more-than-you-can-chew/): If you’re anything like me, you tend to think you can take on way more than is physically possible for any human who wants to keep her sanity. It’s a new global disease – busyness is an epidemic; having it all is something we’re all trying to chase. Unfortunately having it all can mean relentless action to maintain it all. And this can end up being completely self-defeating, because rather than admit we’ve bitten off more than we can chew, we just carry on, pretending to be superwoman and drowning in too damn much to do. I know, I’ve done […]
- [Obstacle Busting: Don't Know What to Do](https://donnaonthebeach.com/dont-know-what-to-do/): This one feels like the Mount Everest of obstacles, because when you don’t know, you don’t know…but it’s actually one of the easiest obstacles to get over, because all you need to do is find out what to do. Simple, eh? It’s not always that easy, I know that, but thanks to the internet, it’s never been easier to find out anything than it is now. Auntie Google has more information about anything you could ever ask for than you could ever read. It’s incredible, it’s wonderful, it’s magical (I grew up in the non-digital age so to me it’s […]
- [Obstacle Busting: A Personal Earthquake or Seismic Change in Your Life](https://donnaonthebeach.com/personal-earthquake/): Sometimes life throws a grenade into your world, causing everything to shift and change. Something happens that stops you in your tracks, distracts you, takes up all your time and attention, and all the work you’ve done on your dreams sits in a corner gathering dust. It happens to us all. Life is unpredictable and full of surprises…some good, some God-awful. It could be a new job or new child or an amazing inheritance. Or it could be illness in you or a family member, a loss, a disaster that rocks your world. Be gentle with yourself, rearrange your life […]
- [Obstacle Busting: Energy and Health Issues](https://donnaonthebeach.com/obstacle-busting-energy-health-issues/): There are times in most of our lives when our health and energy become a problem – to the point that it gets in the way of us having the most magnificent life possible. Those damn bodies of ours, right? Er, no. Listen, your body is the machine that gets it all done, so taking care of it (plus your mental, emotional and spiritual health) is always your highest priority, because if you have poor health and no energy, it is incredibly difficult to do anything. So, the first thing you must do when you have energy and health issues […]
- [Obstacle Busting: Getting on a Negative Train of Thought](https://donnaonthebeach.com/negative-train-of-thought/): Have you ever noticed the destinations of your trains of thought? Are they positive trains that make you feel good about yourself and your life? Or are they negative trains of thought that lead you directly to The Land of I Suck? For example, when you start on the train of thought: “This chapter isn’t flowing” which leads to the thought… “This is so hard” which leads to the thought… “Writing is so difficult” which leads to the thought… “I don’t know why I’m trying to do this, I suck” which leads to the thought… “I’ll just go off to […]
- [Obstacle Busting: Life Getting in the Way](https://donnaonthebeach.com/life-getting-in-the-way/): You know what it’s like – there’s so much to do, you’re so very busy and important. Week after week after week you find you ran out of time to do anything with anything…and 3 weeks later you have zero recollection of what you were doing in all that ‘very important busy work’. How on earth can you make time for creating the life you want when life just seems to keep getting in your way? But wait, the first thing you need to check is that you’re not practicing some kind of avoidance strategy. “Life getting in the way” […]
- [Obstacle Busting: Never Getting Started and Not Taking Action](https://donnaonthebeach.com/obstacle-busting-never-getting-started-not-taking-action/): Aah, the joys of a dream, what fun to imagine living on that beach, writing that book, creating that business, moving to the farm in the country. Such fun to imagine what we want in life…but then, turning the romantic ideal into reality…suddenly it feels like work. Or we don’t know what to do. Or it seems too big. Or impossible. Or we don’t have time or money or space or support. So many things can get in the way of the dream…it’s no wonder so many of us never seem to get started or take any action. So, if […]
- [Obstacle Busting: No Time](https://donnaonthebeach.com/obstacle-busting-no-time/): It’s time for another chapter from the book “Obstacle Busting” that I’m currently working on editing. This one’s another one that’s come up a lot from the lovely people who’ve been sharing what obstacles are in the way of them creating a life they love – no time. Oh boy, if I had a pound for every time I heard this one, I wouldn’t need to work ever again. So, the first thing you need to know is that ‘no time’ is a really common obstacle – many people say that lack of time gets in the way of them […]
- [Obstacle Busting: Fear](https://donnaonthebeach.com/obstacle-busting-fear/): For the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing chapters from my new book (while I’m feverishly working on the final drafts, edits, formatting, promotion and all that guff!). I’ve been asking what’s getting in the way of you creating the life you want to live so I can share the most relevant chapters and help you get over, under, round or through those obstacles. (Thank you to the lovely people who’ve shared what’s getting in their way…it’s not too late for you to share and influence which chapters I’ll be sharing in the next weeks – leave a comment below […]
- [Do You Fight or Fold in the Face of Adversity](https://donnaonthebeach.com/fight-or-fold/): Watching wimbledon the other week, a commentator said the difference between the great and the good was the ability to fight back in the face of adversity. Some players, at 2 sets down against the greatest players in the world will drop their heads, lose belief…and that final set will be a walkover. Some players, at 2 sets down against the greatest players in the world will shift up a gear and fight like a cornered tiger. It doesn’t always work…there’s not always a happy (winning) ending, but those players will know they left everything out on the court. Are […]
- [All Credit to Those Who Show Up For Life](https://donnaonthebeach.com/credit-show-life/): So, did you watch Wimbledon this year? Here in the UK, we have the number one ranked male player in the world, Andy Murray, who unfortunately due to injury, was not able to progress past the quarter finals this year. And as usual, the keyboard critics jumped in – he didn’t try, he’s a shit player, etc etc. Leaving aside the fact that you do not get to be the number one tennis player in the world by being shit, and the fact that the guy was injured and clearly playing in a lot of pain, and the fact that […]

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- [Housetraining your critical thoughts webinar](https://donnaonthebeach.com/freebies/housetraining-your-critical-thoughts-webinar/): Sign up to get the replay Do you have a lot of critical, negative or unhelpful thoughts about yourself? In this webinar you will learn my 8 step process for learning to use those negative thoughts as a force for good in your life. This is the process I use to take a thought like “I have failed at life” from making me feel like shit to being excited about that thought (true story!). If your shitty thoughts have been getting you down, you will LOVE this process. 
- [Here is your Webinar replay](https://donnaonthebeach.com/welcome-to-the-webinar/): Here is the companion mini ebook with all the details of the process, an example (of the shittiest thought I’ve had in years), and a worksheet:
- [Values Exercise](https://donnaonthebeach.com/freebies/values-exercise/): Your core values impact everything you do, and if they are not being met, it can make your life more difficult!  For example, if you have a core value of freedom and you feel trapped, it can make your life miserable.  However, if you know one of your core values is freedom, you can work to incorporate more freedom in your life and celebrate the freedom you have in life. Step one:  Highlight any of the values below that resonate with you. Achievement Adventure Beauty Charity Community Creativity Dignity Ethics Family Freedom Friendship Fun Generosity Growth Happiness Health Honesty Honour […]
- [Welcome to the Daily Practices!](https://donnaonthebeach.com/admin/welcome-to-the-daily-practices/): Thank you for signing up to receive the Daily Practice e-mails. Here’s what you need to know: You will get daily e-mails with thoughts about this month’s practice I try to keep these e-mails pretty short, but sometimes there’s a lot to say Your first e-mail will arrive at 7 am UK time (middle of the night US time and evening Australia/NZ time) You will automatically get next month’s daily practice on the 1st. If it’s not a practice you want to participate in, you can either unsubscribe (and sign up again next time there’s a practice that appeals) or […]
- [Join our Daily Practices](https://donnaonthebeach.com/freebies/daily-practices/): Daily practices help you to get into good habits. Good habits help you to love life. So, every month I choose a new daily practice (things like self-care, dancing, joy, laughter, meditation) and we explore that practice. On the first of each month, there’s an intro video to tell you what the practice is, and an EASY way to practice it. Then we have daily reminders, thoughts and inspirations about that month’s practice to help keep us focused on the practice. To join in with the daily practices, you can join the group on Facebook here or sign up below […]
- [Create and Live Your Vision (Plus Coaching) Instructions](https://donnaonthebeach.com/shop/create-and-live-your-vision/create-and-live-your-vision-plus-coaching-instructions/): Congratulations! You have bought the “Create (and Live) Your Vision” Program PLUS the “Create a Life Worth Falling in Love With” Program PLUS coaching with me…woohoo! I am delighted to be helping you to create a vision for your life you love…and to start living that vision within days! Here’s the link to the “Create (and Live) Your Vision” Program https://donnaonthebeach.com/create-live-vision-package-material/. Your password is “wonderfulyear” I recommend that you take a look at this program before you book your first coaching session, and do as much of it as you can before we speak. This will ensure our time together […]
- [Create And Live Your Vision](https://donnaonthebeach.com/shop/create-and-live-your-vision/): Create (and live) the life you want in 2021 How do you start a New Year? With resolutions, goals or a vague thought that this is the year you’ll…fall in love with life, do the thing you’ve wanted to do for years, get fit, change your job? How is that working out for you? Are you moving steadily towards your ideal life every year? Or are you (like most people) giving 5 minutes thought to what you want next year…and then forgetting about it until the year has gone and nothing has changed in your life? In years gone by, […]
- [Privacy Policy](https://donnaonthebeach.com/admin/privacy-policy/): Darlings, if I collect any data on you, this is how it’s used. If you sign up to my mailing list or request a gift I’m giving: I use Aweber for my mailing list. They are fully GDPR compliant, we use a double opt-in…ie you sign up then you get an ‘are you sure’ type confirmation e-mail. At any time, you can unsubscribe. The links to do so are in every mail I send through Aweber. At any time, you can ask to see what data Aweber hold on you (basically the information you gave when you signed up plus […]
- [Obstacle Busting](https://donnaonthebeach.com/shop/obstacle-busting/): What’s getting in the way of you living the life you want? Is it time for you to do some Obstacle Busting? We all come up against so many obstacles in our lives – from self-doubt to impatience, from getting stuck to having no time, from negativity to fear. These obstacles can stop you in your tracks, making you feel that you’re not cut out for making your dreams come true or achieving your goals. BUT obstacles are not there to stop you…they’re there for you to get over, under, round and through. This book will teach you • Why […]
- [OB](https://donnaonthebeach.com/freebies/ob/): Thank you for buying the Obstacle Busting book! To claim your free obstacle busting coaching session, simply fill in the form below. Your confirmation e-mail will include a link to my calendar where you will be able to choose a date to fit you. (for the type of session, please choose ‘vision’) Fill out my online form. Use Wufoo integrations and get your data to your favorite apps.
- [Body, Mind, Heart and Soul Guidance](https://donnaonthebeach.com/freebies/gifts-just-for-you/body-mind-heart-soul-guidance/): Do you listen to your body, mind, heart and soul guidance? Your body, mind, heart and soul are always talking to you, always giving you guidance…if you will just listen. Listen to your body. Listen to your mind. Listen to your heart. Listen to your soul. They are a source of great wisdom…and all available inside you at any moment. When you get quiet and listen to the wisdom in you, you find answers to all your questions. In these audio recordings, I talk you through how to listen to each part of you, plus there is a meditation to […]
- [Create and Live Your Vision Instructions](https://donnaonthebeach.com/shop/create-and-live-your-vision/create-live-vision-instructions/): Congratulations! You have bought the “Create (and Live) Your Vision” Package I am delighted to be helping you to create a vision for your life you love…and to start living that vision within days! Everything you need is right here https://donnaonthebeach.com/create-live-vision-package-material/. Your password is “wonderfulyear” You will be able to access all the materials on that page, and download them directly to your computer if you wish to. Enjoy, and if you have any questions, please contact me I will get back to you as soon as I can. May you fall head over heels in love with your life […]
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- [Body Mind Heart and Soul Guidance Recordings](https://donnaonthebeach.com/shop/body-mind-heart-soul-guidance-recordings/): I am sorry to say the resources from this page have been lost in the great website crash of ’23! I am (slowly) moving everything over to my new home www.donnahigton.com – in the meantime, please use the contact form below to request these resources and I’ll e-mail them over to you.  I apologise for any inconvenience.   Thank you so much for getting the Body Mind Heart and Soul Guidance Recordings – I’m so glad to be helping you connect with you! Click on the following links to play them in your browser or on your device, or right […]
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- [Beach Cards](https://donnaonthebeach.com/shop/beach-cards/): Daily Guidance Cards Your daily touchstone for feeling good, loving life and making your dreams come true . Do you sometimes ‘forget’ to do what you know to do – to take care of yourself, to enjoy your life, to trust yourself, to reach out to your friends, to take the action you need to take towards your best life? I do. My acupuncturist does. Her acupuncturist (who has been working in healing for 30 years) does. Everyone I know does! We know what to do to keep ourselves healthy and happy…but we forget. Life gets in the way. We’re […]
- [Beach Cards Companion Ebook](https://donnaonthebeach.com/shop/beach-cards-ebook/): Thank you so much for buying a pack of the lovely Beach Cards. You will get an e-mail to confirm your purchase, and another to confirm when your cards have been put in the post. Here is your free companion ebook: please feel free to download to any of your devices, and I hope you enjoy it. Beach Cards Companion Ebook (Click on the link to open/save it on your device, or right click to save to your computer) If you’ve landed on this page by mistake, this is the Companion Ebook to the Beach Cards, feel free to download […]
- [Create a Life Worth Falling in Love With Video Series Playlist](https://donnaonthebeach.com/freebies/gifts-just-for-you/create-a-life-worth-falling-in-love-with-video-series/create-a-life-worth-falling-in-love-with-video-series-playlist/): Welcome to the Create a Life Worth Falling In Love With Video Series This playlist contains all 4 videos for you: Or you can watch the videos individually here: Video 1 – Vision Video 2 – Action Video 3 – Obstacles Video 4 – Foundations Please enjoy these videos and please tag me on facebook or twitter to let me know your aha’s and insights. If you’d like more help to create a life worth falling in love with, check out the e-workshop here.
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- [Thank You! Download the Ebook With My Compliments](https://donnaonthebeach.com/shop/fall-in-love-with-life/thank-you-download-the-ebook-with-my-compliments/): Thank you for buying the “Fall In Love With Life” book. While the postie is on his way to you, please download the pdf ebook version with my compliments below. To download: Fall in love with life Click on the link to open the pdf and save the file from your browser. To save it straight to your computer, right click and choose ‘save as’ or ‘save target as’.
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- [Create a Life Worth Falling in Love With Video Series](https://donnaonthebeach.com/freebies/gifts-just-for-you/create-a-life-worth-falling-in-love-with-video-series/): Are you ready to Create a Life Worth Falling in Love With? In this series of 4 videos, we’ll be exploring Week One: – What you REALLY want for your life – Creating a vision of Big Dreams, heart’s yearnings and soul calls – Why you want to change direction from your default life – It’s ok if you’re not sure what you want; just start searching – Excavating your deepest, most secretly held dreams Week Two: – How you make that vision come to pass – How to get past “I don’t know what to do” – Learning to […]
- [New?  Start Here](https://donnaonthebeach.com/admin/new-start-here/): Welcome sweetie! I know there is so much information here that it can be a bit overwhelming! To help you find your way around, and find some of the best bits, here are some fabulous articles and free resources you might want to check out: Favourite Articles Fabulous free resources More great stuff
- [Obstacle Busting Ebook Download](https://donnaonthebeach.com/freebies/gifts-just-for-you/obstacle-busting-ebook-download/): Thank you for signing up for my free ebook “Obstacle Busting”. Here’s your download: To download: Either click on the image to open the pdf in your browser or right-click and choose ‘save as’ or ‘save target as’ to save to your computer. You will also receive an e-mail asking you to confirm your subscription to my list – to get weekly articles to help you fall in love with life and make your dreams a reality, make sure you follow the instructions in this e-mail. Be sure you do this, because you’ll get even more free stuff!!! * This […]
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- [Congratulations](https://donnaonthebeach.com/shop/create-life/congratulations/): You have bought the “Create a Life Worth Falling In Love With” E-Workshop I am delighted to be helping you to fall head over heels in love with your life! Your course material is available now here. Your password is “lifeworthloving” You will be able to access all the materials on that page, and download them directly to your computer if you wish to. If the link above doesn’t work, paste the following address into your browswer’s address bar: https://donnaonthebeach.com/coaching/client-resources/create-a-life-worth-falling-in-love-with-e-workshop-material/ You will also see on that page a sign up box – if you sign up here, I will send […]
- [Create A Life Worth Falling in Love With E-workshop](https://donnaonthebeach.com/shop/create-life/): Is it time for you to create a life worth falling in love with? Are you making the most of your one and only life? Are you dancing through life with a big smile on your face, full of joy and inspiration…or are you living some version of ‘same shit, different day‘? Too many of us are living lives that don’t excite us, that don’t inspire us, that don’t feel like the life we were supposed to lead. Too many of us are thinking there must be more to life than this. And too many of us feel stuck in […]
- [OLD Create A Life Worth Falling In Love With E-Workshop Course Material](https://donnaonthebeach.com/shop/create-life/create-a-life-worth-falling-in-love-with-e-workshop-course-material/): This content is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password:
- [The First Step To a Joyful Life Download](https://donnaonthebeach.com/freebies/gifts-just-for-you/the-first-step-to-a-joyful-life-download/): APOLOGIES – THIS PAGE IS OUT OF DATE AND THE LINKS DON’T WORK! IF YOU HAVE FOUND THIS PAGE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS HOW SO I CAN SHUT DOWN THE PATH!!! THANKS A MILLION. (I will also happily send you this free book if you want it!) Thank you for signing up for my free ebook “The First Step To a Joyful Life”. Here’s your download: To download: Either click on the image to open the pdf in your browser or right-click and choose ‘save as’ or ‘save target as’ to save to your computer. You will […]
- [The First Step To a Joyful Life](https://donnaonthebeach.com/freebies/the-first-step-to-a-joyful-life/): Welcome sweetheart! Do you know the number one thing stopping my clients from having a joyful life? Watch the video below to find out! I’ve been using this material to help my clients for over 7 years, and I’d love for you to have it too! In this ebook, you will learn: Why self-care is so important (and what it has to do with axes!) The 7 top excuses we use to NOT take care of us…and how to bust past them How to listen to the messages of your body, mind, heart and soul 101 self-care ideas (you don’t […]
- [Fall In Love With Life](https://donnaonthebeach.com/shop/fall-in-love-with-life/): Is it time you fell in love with your life? This is your one and only life – are you fully, deeply, completely head over heels in love with it, or are you wondering what happened to your dreams, your joy and your mojo? No matter what’s happening in your life, you can start to fall in love with life right now, even if it’s not perfect, even if you want to change everything about it, you can still dance joyfully through life. In this book, Donna shares her favourite techniques, tips and tools for helping you fall deeply, madly […]
- [Get a Free Copy of the Fall In Love With Life E-book](https://donnaonthebeach.com/coaching/client-resources/get-a-free-copy-of-the-fall-in-love-with-life-e-book/): Sign up below for instant access to your free copy of Fall In Love With Life! Want to enjoy your life to fullest? Want to fall head over heels in love with your life (even if it’s not perfect right now)? Want to dance through life with a smile on your lips and a song in your heart? Then this e-book is for you – Donna shares her favourite ideas and actions to help you fall in love with your life right now. You will also receive free weekly articles to help you have the most fabulous life possible for […]
- [Here's your Download of Fall In Love With Life](https://donnaonthebeach.com/coaching/client-resources/get-a-free-copy-of-the-fall-in-love-with-life-e-book/heres-your-download-of-fall-in-love-with-life/): Welcome! Thank you for getting the “Fall In Love With Life” e-book. I hope that you enjoy it and that this book helps you to fall head over heels in love with your wonderful life! To download: Fall in love with life (pdf – for your computer) Click on the link to open the pdf and save the file from your browser. To save it straight to your computer, right click and choose ‘save as’ or ‘save target as’. If you’d prefer the epub (for nook, ibooks etc) or mobi (for kindle) files, please contact me and I’ll e-mail it […]
- [Top Ten Tips For Making Your Dreams A Reality Teleclass](https://donnaonthebeach.com/freebies/gifts-just-for-you/top-ten-tips-for-making-your-dreams-a-reality-teleclass/): Get your Free Teleclass here! Get my top ten tips for making your dreams a reality In this 1 hour teleclass you will learn How to set yourself up for success (joy, loving life, dreams coming true) in your life How to get moving on your dreams and keep them moving! How to use your dream team, your intuition and what’s blocking you to move forward inexorably and easily PLUS get free weekly articles to help you love your life and make your dreams a reality
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- [Bonus Heal Your Money Resources](https://donnaonthebeach.com/coaching/client-resources/bonus-heal-your-money-resources/): Welcome! I am so delighted that you have the Heal Your Money book. My sincere wish for you is that money worries never stop you from having the life you desire and deserve. Here’s a couple of additional resournces for you to enjoy: To put in your purse or wallet to remind you BEFORE you spend money to check: (to download the image to your computer, right click and ‘save as’ or ‘save target as’) Money Lake Meditation: Or download here The Money Lake
- [Top 10 Tips Recording and Worksheets](https://donnaonthebeach.com/coaching/client-resources/top-10-tips-for-making-your-dream-a-reality-teleclass/top-10-tips-recording-and-worksheets/): Thank you so much for coming along to the teleclass yesterday, and for those of you who couldn’t make it, the recording is below: I have had to cut out the introduction to the call, as for some reason I sounded like I was travelling with Dr Who (well, that’s how it sounded to me anyway!), but all the tips are there. Listen online: or right click
- [Top 10 Tips For Making Your Dream A Reality Teleclass Download](https://donnaonthebeach.com/coaching/client-resources/top-10-tips-for-making-your-dream-a-reality-teleclass/):   Here’s your teleclass – enjoy! Listen here: Or download here (right click and ‘save as’): Top 10 Tips For Making Your Dream A Reality Here are your worksheets: Top 10 Tips for Making Your Dreams A Reality Teleclass Worksheet If you have any questions or comments about this teleclass, please do get in touch via the contact page. Love
- [Home](https://donnaonthebeach.com/): Hello my lovely. I’m glad you’re here. Here’s what I know for sure: I know that you are fabulous, and smart, and funny, and deserve all good things in your life. I know that you have a Big Dream whispering to you from your heart and soul. I know that you CAN have an amazing life, write a book, travel the world, create a business doing work you love, make all your Dreams a Reality. I know because I have done all of those things. I’ve made my dreams come true, I’ve travelled, I’ve written 2 books, I have a […]
- [The Dreams To Reality Journal](https://donnaonthebeach.com/shop/the-dreams-to-reality-journal/):   What is your Big Dream? What is the thing that makes your soul sing and your heart beat just a little faster? The book you always wanted to write? The world trip you always dreamed of taking? The business you always dreamed of starting? The life you always wanted to live? Let’s be honest about Big Dreams. Often, life just gets in the way of your Dreams. We are so busy already, that the Dream gets ignored, left, always put back to “tomorrow”…but it’s still there, in your heart, whispering to you, begging you to hear it, asking you […]
- [Shop](https://donnaonthebeach.com/shop/): Obstaclue Busting bookWhat’s getting in the way of you living the life you want? Is it time for you to do some Obstacle Busting? We all come up against so many obstacles in our lives – from self-doubt to impatience, from getting stuck to having no time, from negativity to fear. These obstacles can stop you in your tracks, making you feel that you’re not cut out for making your dreams come true or achieving your goals. Beach Cards Guidance Cards The Beach Guidance Cards are a daily touchstone to remind you of what you already know – to take […]
- [Dreams To Reality Journal Download](https://donnaonthebeach.com/shop/dreams-to-reality-journal/): Thank you for buying the Dreams To Reality Journal! Step 1: Download the files: To download to your computer, right click on the link below and ‘save link as’ or ‘save target as’ Dreams To Reality Files Zip This will download a Zip folder to your computer containing 3 files. In Windows 7, you only need to double click on the zip folder, which will show you the Dreams to Reality Files folder – in that are your files. In Windows XP, when you double click on the zip folder, it will open the extraction wizard – follow the instructions […]
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- [One to One Coaching](https://donnaonthebeach.com/coaching/one-to-one-coaching/): Fall in love with your life. Make your Big Dreams a reality. Start living the life you were born to live. Connect with your soul, your creative genius, your intuition. Live with purpose, passion and joy. Sound good? I know that you are ready to take your life to a new level of enjoyment, of joyful challenge, of living soulfully, of being that utterly fabulous person we both know you are inside. You’re a smart, witty, gorgeous, fun, bright and fabulous woman with huge potential (yes, I can see all that through my web page!) And it’s about time you […]
- [FAQ](https://donnaonthebeach.com/coaching/faq/): Who are your clients? My clients are creative, fun, joyful women (and men!) with big ideas, who KNOW there is more to life and more to themselves than they are currently experiencing.  They are ready to listen to the whispers of their soul, make their Big Dreams real, let themselves shine…and enjoy their life to the full.  They are able to laugh at life, learn new ways of being and invest in themselves. How are you different from other ‘life coaches’? I am intuitive, relaxed, fun, creative and uplifting.  I don’t believe in lambasting my clients or ‘making’ you ‘buckle […]
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- [Coaching Testimonials](https://donnaonthebeach.com/coaching/coaching-testimonials/): “Working with Donna really helped me out when I basically was starting a journey from employed to self employed. Some 10 yrs after I worked with her I realised that lots of the little techniques I use to this day-  we worked on together are things she inspired and encouraged. As she always said ‘we live in the land of small tweeks’ and our coaching pushed me over some seemingly big hurdles (at the time) . She has a great way with people and I can’t recommend her enough if you’re feeling stuck and realise you need a hand to […]
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- [Work With Me](https://donnaonthebeach.com/coaching/): Figure out what you REALLY want from your life. Fall in love with your life. Live the life your soul is calling you towards. Live with purpose, passion and joy. Make your dreams a reality. You know there is more to life, and more to YOU than you are currently living. You know that you have so much to offer. You know that life is here to be enjoyed and savoured and delighted in and wondered at and loved. You know that there are BIG Dreams calling you. You know your soul wants you to do and be more. You’re […]
- [About](https://donnaonthebeach.com/about/): Hi! *Waves* I’m Donna Higton, life coach, author, bookworm, chocaholic, chatterbox, introvert, creative, music-lover and intuitive soul-seeker. Nice to meet you. I’m so glad you’re here, and I’m really excited to be able to help you to fall head over heels in love with your life and make your Big Dreams a reality. I currently live in the middle of England, in a little village surrounded by fields…and as far away from the beach as you can get here in the UK. So, why “donnaonthebeach”? Following my midlife crisis (which I had in my twenties – get it out of […]


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