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your best 

year yet! 

Use the power of crystals 

to ensure your dreams 

for 2022 come true 

Step three 

MANIFEST 

Iron pyrite brings confidence and 

removes feelings of inadequacy. 

Hold this crystal in your right hand, 

take three deep breaths and imagine all 

your dreams for the new year have 

already come to fruition. 

Say to yourself: 

‘I am a powerful manifestor. 

All my dreams come true.’ 

Alternative crystals 

Tiger’s eye or orange calcite 

TIME FOR YOU 

3 ways to 

CLEANSE 

AND CHARGE 

CRYSTALS 

Water 

Wash your crystals under running 

water (check this is safe to do 

first, as salt-based crystals are 

water soluble). Give them a good 

wash, as though you’re giving 

the gemstones a pamper. As you 

do so, visualise the crystals being 

clean and sparkling with positive 

energy. Say, ‘Rise and shine 

my crystal friend.’ 

Step one 

GROUND 

Haematite will anchor and ground you to the Earth. 

Hold this crystal in either hand, take three deep, 

cleansing breaths and visualise tree roots growing 

out from your feet into the Earth. 


‘I am grounded. I am safe.’ 


Smoky quartz or black obsidian 

CRYSTAL SOLUTION 

If you don’t own the crystals 

mentioned in this ritual, just cut out 

their pictures from this page, or off 

the internet, and use them instead. 

Step two 

GRATITUDE 

Rose quartz encourages 

unconditional love. 

Hold this crystal in either hand, 

take three deep breaths and 

bring to mind all you are 

grateful for right now. 


‘I am grateful for the abundance 

I already have.’ 


Rhodonite or amethyst 

Step four 

RELEASE 

Rutilated quartz illuminates and releases 

the past. 

Hold a piece of this crystal in your left hand, 

take three deep breaths and visualise the 

events of the past year you wish to release. 


‘I release the past and anything that 

doesn’t serve me.’ 


Citrine or peridot 

Smudge 

Light a sage smudge stick. Circle 

it nine times anti-clockwise over 

your crystals, saying, ‘Be free of 

unwanted energy.’ Visualise any 

residual energy clearing from the 

crystals. Now work the smudge 

stick nine times in a clockwise 

direction. With each rotation say, 

‘Sparkle bright, my crystal helpers’. 

Moonlight 

On a full Moon, leave your 

crystals on a windowsill. Say, 

‘Little crystals, by the light of the 

Moon, you’ll be cleansed and 

charged very soon.’ Visualise the 

moonlight working its magic. 

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POSITIVELY WEALTHY 

How to 

have a 

wealthy 

New Year 

Everything you need to know about 

discovering what abundance means to 

you – and how to attract it into your life 

As we welcome in the new year, with 

it comes the opportunity to make it 

an abundant one. But before you 

go about attracting abundance, 

it’s important to know what ‘wealthy’ truly 

means to you, explains life coach and mentor 

Emma Mumford. And she speaks from 

experience, after having her own epiphany in 

terms of her interpretation of wealth. 

‘In 2019, when I wrote my second book 

Positively Wealthy, I’d manifested everything 

from the vision board I’d created in 2016. 

‘After successfully using the Law of Attraction 

to manifest all of my dreams, I sat there 

expecting to feel different, to feel fulfilment 

and, although I felt extremely grateful, none 

of these things filled the void within me. 

‘I realised it was because all the incredible 

things I’d manifested made me happy, yes – 

but they weren’t my true version of wealth, 

rather what society had made me believe 

was wealth. So, I started to really dive into 

what my true version of wealth was so I could 

cultivate this. I looked at every area of my life 

and asked myself, ‘How positively wealthy do 

I feel?’ and rated it out of 10 (1 being not very 

wealthy and 10 being very wealthy). 

‘By doing this, I could see where the inner 

work needed to be done to fill the void in me, 

and what I needed to manifest to become 

positively wealthy in these areas. Wealth will 

mean different things to different people 

and it’s so important you don’t let outside 

influences cloud your manifestations and goals. 

‘A great question to ask yourself and journal 

on is, ‘Is this manifestation in alignment with 

my version of wealth or is it someone else’s 

goal?’ Too often, I see people striving for goals 

and ambitions they feel they need to manifest, 

rather than listening to themselves and their 

own true positively wealthy calling.’ 

Here Emma helps you find your version of 

wealthy and effortlessly manifest your dreams. 

ASK 

When working with the Law of Attraction, 

the more consistent and specific you are when 

focusing on what you want, the more the 

universe can hear you. 

There are many great ways to ask for what 

you desire. You can create a vision board using 

photos and words to display how you would 

like your life to look, write a list of goals, or 

you could write an intention in the form 

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Expert tip 

Sit in meditation, focus on one 

of your desires and tune in to 

the emotion around it. What word 

or feeling do you get? Does it have 

a colour? Tune in to that energy. 

When your desire arrives, you’ll 

know it’s right if it feels like the 

emotion you’ve been 

connecting to. 

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of an affirmation, either saying it out loud or 

visualising it in your mind. 

You only need to ask once for the universe 

to hear your desire. Challenge yourself to get 

creative and detailed with your asking. If you 

want to manifest your dream home, really 

consider what that would look like to you – 

how many bedrooms, what kind of garden… 

‘Dream lists are a fantastic way to manifest 

– and one of my favourite ways!’ says Emma. 

‘All you need to do is write down, in detail, 

what you would like your dream house, 

relationship, career, friendship, holiday, 

whatever, to look like. Keep your list safe so 

you can look back on it, see what’s manifested, 

and sit in a sense of gratitude.’ 

BELIEVE 

This is about believing the universe can 

deliver your desire, and you have the ability 

to co-create with the universe. 

It’s so important to remember this is a 

50/50 process where we go 50% of the way 

and the universe goes 50% of the way, and 

we meet in the middle. This is also the stage 

where it’s important to be aware of any 

limiting beliefs or fears that come up for you. 

As you set out your desires, you may notice 

negative self-talk cropping up or feelings of 

not being worthy. 

‘This is all feedback from your soul and 

helps you identify what stands between you 

and your desire,’ says Emma. ‘Doing the inner 

work is so important with manifesting so you 

become a positive vibrational match to your 

desire and can attract it into your reality.’ 

TRUST 

‘This is a new step I’ve added into my 

manifesting process,’ reveals Emma. ‘Trusting 

means a couple of different things: trusting in 

the Divine timing of your life and trusting in 

the universe’s process, too.’ 

There comes a ‘waiting period’ after the first 

two steps – ask and believe – which actually 

isn’t a waiting period at all. But, Emma says, 

‘You only 

need to ask 

once for the 

universe 

to hear’ 

A vision board 

helps you see how 

you’d like your 

life to look 

so many people hit a standstill with their 

manifestations because they aren’t doing this 

step – trust. Or the next – letting go. 

‘If you want to manifest a new career, you’d 

better get updating that CV, applying for jobs, 

and even planning your interview outfit,’ says 

Emma. ‘All of these are great ways to act as if 

you already have your desire right now, because 

you trusted the manifesting process, and are 

taking action to meet the universe halfway. 

By taking this step you’ll soon start to see the 

universe bringing opportunities and people 

into your life to align you with your desire.’ 

LET GO 

Remember the universe is a gigantic mirror, 

so if you’re feeling attached, needy or lacking 

in life, guess what’s being mirrored back to you! 

‘One of the best things I’ve learned along 

my journey is ‘needing nothing attracts 

everything’ and your manifestation will always 

show up when you need it the least,’ says 

Emma. ‘Why? Because when you are in the 

present moment, feeling good, and enjoying 

life you become an energetic match to your 

desire and allow the universe to step in and 

meet you halfway.’ 

Letting go is so important as often we try 

to control the timing and outcome of things, 

which doesn’t allow the space for the universe 

to co-create with us. 

Letting go is about becoming OK with both 

outcomes – plan A, your desire being realised; 

and plan B, it not being realised – and finding 

peace with both of those while still keeping 

your initial desire strong in your mind. Also, 

keep in mind that you want what is meant 

for you, or something better for the highest 

good of all. Letting go and surrendering is a 

powerful process that, when done right, brings 

your desires to you – and fast. 

RECEIVE 

This is the last and best step because your 

manifestation is here! 

Make sure to truly celebrate when your 

desire does turn up because expressing 

gratitude to the universe is an important step. 

‘It’s easy to fall into a manifestation 

checklist where you tick one thing off and then 

move on to the next. This never works and 

you’ll find yourself in a big, unfulfilled heap 

like I did. So, take the time to be present with 

your desire, express your gratitude and feel 

happy because it’s here!’ says Emma. 

✿ More info Emma Mumford is an awardwinning 

life coach and mentor, bestselling 

author, Law of Attraction YouTuber, host of 

Spiritual Queen’s Badass podcast, and 

speaker. Emma’s work helps women turn 

their dream life into an abundant reality 

using the Law of Attraction and spirituality. 

Visit emmamumford.co.uk, Instagram 

@iamemmamumford 

Your desires, delivered! 

Take Emma Mumford‘s quiz and discover the 

best way to make manifesting work for you 

Which area of your life do you 

find the most difficult to manifest 

your goals in? 

✪ Career 

✪ Relationships 

✪ Finances 

Which of these do you feel 

most often? 

✪ You’re always comparing yourself 

to others, which gets in the way 

of you doing anything to 

change your circumstances 

✪ Burnout, a lack of energy 

and motivation 

✪ Disconnected from 

yourself and not 

being present 

Which of these 

books do you like 

the sound of 

reading? 

✪ Ask & It Is Given by Esther 

and Jerry Hicks 

✪ Positively Wealthy by Emma 

Mumford 

✪ Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill 

MOSTLY ✪ 

You’re a manifesting queen 

Consistency is key. The universe is 

calling on you to be consistent in an 

area of your life that needs it – get things 

clear and step into your manifesting 

shoes. You are being asked to embrace 

your purpose and who you want to be. 

What message do you have within you 

to share with the world? How can your 

desires positively impact the collective, 

too? It’s time to fearlessly manifest the 

life you have always dreamed of. 

What do you fear the most? 

✪ A life without purpose 

✪ A life without self-love 

✪ A life without money 

HOW DID YOU SCORE? 

MOSTLY ✪ 

You’re a positively 

wealthy queen 

You are being called to focus on what 

makes you truly feel like a positively 

wealthy queen. Your purpose and 

career are in check; now it’s time to 

explore who you really are and what 

your personal purpose is. Do you feel 

fulfilled in your personal life? Slow 

down and look at how you can nurture 

self-love, self-care and your time this 

year to create the space for your desires. 

Quiz! 

How are you 

feeling about 2022? 

✪ Good, but I never seem to make much 

progress. I need some consistency 

✪ I’m working hard but I’m exhausted after 

last year. All work and no play 

✪ Eurgh, another year of this… Maybe 2023 

will be better 

Imagine you’ve manifested 

£10,000 for a holiday. 

Do you: 

✪ Fly business class to 

New York 

✪ Head for the sun, sea, 

and a beautiful spa – 

hello Maldives 

✪ Think you’d better save 

the cash instead 

What’s your biggest 

wish for 2022? 

✪ A promotion or new 

business opportunity 

✪ To look after myself 

more 

✪ To get out of debt and 

in the green 

MOSTLY ✪ 

You’re an abundance queen 

It’s time to focus on your abundance 

mindset. You’re being called to look 

at what abundance means to you 

and how you can cultivate a positive 

relationship with money and your 

finances. This year, make abundance 

your goal and work on looking at what 

currently stands between you and 

abundance. How can you flow more 

with money and receive abundance 

in all areas of your life? 

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Astrology 

ONE 

PART 

explained 

Astrologer Francesca Oddie takes a detailed look at the 

seven planets used in astrology. This month, THE SUN 

Find your bliss 

To understand what drives you and the behaviours and characteristics you will embody on 

your life journey, look to your Sun sign. It will help you understand more about your happiness, 

direction and calling, underpinning everything you do and the person you are becoming 

ARIES 

Independence, 

leadership, 

sports and 

athleticism, 

entrepreneurial 

pursuits, surgery. 

Aries are drawn 

to any kind of 

field that involves moving fast, being 

decisive and allows them to win. 

LEO 

Performance, 

glamour, 

creativity and 

storytelling. 

Leo is an 

authority. They 

make fantastic 

managers, 

business owners and love to take the 

limelight on stage. 

SAGITTARIUS 

Teacher, 

travel blogger 

or agent, 

salesperson, 

clergy, 

publisher. 

Sagittarius is 

ruled by Jupiter, 

here to encourage others to expand 

their vision and believe in themselves. 

SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT 

When I first became an 

astrologer and studied the 

subject in depth, I realised that 

while the zodiac signs are a 

vital reference point, they only 

make sense when we have a 

deep understanding of the planets. 

Some planets are visible with the naked eye, 

and somehow feel closer to us than the stars. It 

makes sense, therefore, that their movements 

impact on our personalities. Over the next 

seven weeks I’m going to walk you through the 

planets and encourage you to get to know them. 

Each planet is connected to a god or 

goddess from Greek and Roman mythology. 

The stories connected to each planet are rich 

in imagery, information and ideas that will 

inspire you to know yourself more intimately. 

Then there’s your horoscope – a map of the 

sky at the moment you were born, sometimes 

called a birth or natal chart. It shows you which 

planets were visible above the horizon, and 

which were hidden from view. As we explore 

each planet, you’ll gain an understanding of 

how the different facets of your personality are 

influenced by your horoscope. It’s so exciting 

to understand our inner conflicts, drives and 

compulsions articulated in our birth chart. 

I’m going to talk about the Sun first because 

he’s the ‘big daddy’, the one we all know and 

simply can’t miss. When the Sun is out, you 

know about it as his warmth and light is 

unmistakable. The Sun is our vital force. It 

drives us into action, defines our life purpose 

and is central to our horoscope. 

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Shedding light on your Sun sign 

The symbol, or ‘glyph’ to use 

the correct term, of the 

Sun is a circle with a dot 

in the middle. This is 

symbolic of our eternal 

self. The soul that 

continues from life to 

life but within this circle 

is earthbound and must 

seek its purpose. 

The Sun is our vital energy. It 

describes the direction that will bring us 

personal fulfilment and your Sun sign 

(also known more commonly as your 

star sign) is one of the main things in 

your birth chart that defines your 

purpose. The word purpose is broad. 

I’m not just talking about your career; 

this is about your whole identity. 

Questions I often ask clients who are 

lost and can’t find their purpose are, 

‘what do you Google? What occupies 

your thoughts? What do you want to 

know more about?’ 

Your focus is on the thing you love 

and so it may appear everyone is into it. 

Because of this, many people dismiss 

their passion as being too common and 

obvious. Yet the clues are always there 

and sometimes we overcomplicate life, 

missing what is staring us in the face. 

Just as you literally can’t miss the Sun, 

so it will be the same for you 

and your purpose. 

Another question to 

ask yourself is, ‘when did 

I feel most alive and 

exhilarated?’ Go back to 

that moment. My answer 

would be when I was 23 

and living in Rome, working 

at the Vatican Museums. 

Learning and teaching groups 

of people in an entertaining way made 

me so excited because it’s perfect for 

me. I’m still doing it now! However, 

between the ages of 25 and 29 I lost 

that part of myself, yet in a way ‘the lost 

years’ are useful because they provide 

the contrast we need in order to 

understand who we are. 

TARUS 

Massage, 

gardening, 

architecture and 

building works, 

and anything that 

involves your 

senses, the human 

body and beauty, 

including modelling and makeup artistry. 

GEMINI 

Journalism, writing, 

multi-tasking, 

translation services, 

cyclist, lorry driver, 

anything that 

involves the 

process of getting 

things, services or 

information from A to B. 

CANCER 

Parenting, 

baker, chef, caring 

roles, teaching, 

nursing or looking 

after children. 

Those born under 

the sign of Cancer 

are drawn to 

anything that involves nurturing others and 

ensures you to feel needed. 

VIRGO 

Nutrition, health, 

working with pets, 

a PA, anything 

involving analytical 

or detailed work. 

Virgo makes an 

excellent medic, 

advisor or 

accountant, here to help people thrive. 

LIBRA 

Diplomacy and 

decoration, 

mediating, PR, 

front of house 

charmers. Libra is 

represented by the 

scales and this 

links to law. Libra is 

here to deliver harmony to every situation. 

SCORPIO 

Any highly 

detailed, focused 

work, including 

surgery, 

psychology, 

detection, finance 

and healing. 

Scorpios can put 

their mind to anything that requires 

absolute focus and concentration. 

CAPRICORN 

Traditional 

professional 

roles, business 

owner, climbing 

any career 

ladder and 

reaching the top. 

Capricorn is 

ambitious and wants to be in charge. 

AQUARIUS 

Inventor, 

brainstormer, 

tech roles, 

digital nomad, 

humanitarian 

roles. Freedom 

and truth are the 

key words; from 

there, do anything that matters to you. 

PISCES 

healer. 

You dive into life’s mysteries 

and show us how it’s done. 

Artist, musician, 

charity worker, 

psychic, any form 

of non-verbal 

communication, 

dream 

weaver, 

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SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT 

Ask your inner child 

For a good indicator of your calling, think back to 

school and remember what you were best at. The 

simplicity of childhood play can be very revealing 

and shows us what brings us the most joy! 

Coming up in 

ASTROLOGY 

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✓ FEBRUARY Moon 

Understand your primary 

love language 

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Meaning behind the myth 

What lessons can we learn from Apollo, the Sun god? 

Knowing the Sun symbolises our goals and life purpose is one thing. However, 

knowing all about the Sun god Apollo, his life story and the challenges he 

faced, takes our understanding to the next level. Myth is evocative and opens 

the doors of our intuition and perception. 

Many images of Apollo show a hero, his bow and arrow drawn, looking 

straight ahead at where he is going. This image shows us how focused, virile 

and potent our solar energy can be when put to the correct use. 

Apollo was an illegitimate son of Zeus, the product of one of many of 

his affairs. His mother, Leto, was afraid to give birth to him because Zeus’ 

possessive wife Hera had threatened anyone who assisted in the birth. 

The unborn Apollo told his mother what to do and his birth was blessed 

and auspicious – everything on the island of Delos, where he was born, 

turned to gold. 

This is the story of a ‘golden boy’ who is successful, multi-talented, has many 

friends, some enemies too, but suffers difficult relationships with women. 

The lesson in this myth for all of us is that when we are too focused on doing 

what we want, and are always looking ahead, our relationships may suffer. 

✓ MARCH Mercury 

Discover your 

communication style 

✓ APRIL Venus 

Learn more about what 

you value in yourself 

✓ MAY Mars 

Reveal what sparks a fire 

in you 

✓ JUNE Jupiter 

Find out more about your 

guardian angel 

✓ JULY Saturn 

Learn how to navigate 

around your blocks 

Expert Tip 

SUN-day is the day 

we rejoice. In the 

Western world, it’s 

the day we come 

back to ourselves 

and have time to do 

the things we 

love to do. 

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ECO LIVING 

When asked recently what inspired me on 

my eco journey, I realised I’d always been 

a bit of an ‘eco girl’ at heart. 

As a child, I loved visiting the bottle 

bank and throwing the glass bottles into 

the containers – smash! (Hands up, who else loved 

doing that too?) 

As well as recycling, we collected old paper and 

envelopes and used them for our drawings and 

notepads. One birthday, my mum made the Barbie 

double bed I craved, out of an old cereal box, covered 

with material, and featuring dowels as the posts. So, 

I guess the eco seed was always there and my mum 

really led the way in terms of being less wasteful. 

It continued through school, where I was a member 

of Earth Action, collected paper from every room to 

be recycled, and organised an Endangered Species 

Awareness Week. Early in my work career, I helped 

organise a workplace Carbon Reduction Summit. 

And I’ve always tried to use eco products at home, 

buy less plastic and generally have as light an impact 

on the world as possible. 

Always learning 

But my eco living lifestyle really cranked up a notch 

three years ago, after my family moved back from America where we’d 

lived for three years owing to my husband’s job, and I was able to 

expand my business into eco products. 

Over the past three years, I’ve 

Would you 

believe… 

Microwaves are so 

much more energy 

efficient than putting 

the conventional oven 

on. It’s always quicker 

and its smaller size 

means the heat is more 

focused on whatever is 

being cooked. 

Love the 

Planet 

NEW! 

continued to learn – about plastic 

pollution and recycling; what zero 

waste means and whether it’s even 

possible; the importance of 

biodiversity; and a LOT about 

climate change. 

As a family, we’ve gone 100% 

renewable – our electricity tariff is 

100% renewable, our gas is 100% 

carbon neutral (green gas and offset), 

plus we pay a little extra per month to 

plant trees. On top of this, in January 

last year we had solar panels 

Introducing sustainable living expert 

Elena Cimelli, here to help us make 

a difference to the health of our world 

About Elena 

I’m in my early forties, 

and live in London 

with my husband Al, 

two daughters, aged 

12 and nine, two cats, 

Tilly and Molly, 

and two gerbils! 

I run an online eco 

store called The 

Contented Company 

which I set up in 2018, 

selling eco and zero 

waste products. I also 

run eco courses. 

My mission is to 

educate, inspire action 

and provide hope 

on all things eco and 

show how each one of 

us can really make 

a difference. 

installed. By choosing 300% 

100% renewable more greenhouse gas 

electricity and 

emissions are saved by 

carbon-neutral gas 

eating a plant-based 

you can take a big 

diet than by 

chunk out of your 

recycling. 

carbon footprint. 

We also eat much less 

meat and dairy – about four 

vegan meals a week, one or two vegetarian, and one 

or two meat or fish. 

The urgent need for us to act, as individuals, as a 

collective, as corporations and as governments, is why 

I’m so passionate about the environment and eco 

living. We have a small window in which to act, and 

I want to inspire as many people to do so as possible. 

Trust me though, I don’t judge. Everyone is 

different – different levels of income, different levels 

of eco awareness, contrasting amounts of free time, 

various levels of work and family commitments. 

The good news is that there is a LOT we can do to 

have a positive impact. I love the quote, ‘It’s only one 

straw, said eight billion people.’ If we all start being 

more environmentally conscious each time we make 

a choice, it will soon add up. 

Fresh start 

My family set itself a challenge in September last year when the kids 

went back to school. That challenge was to buy nothing new until 

2022. We wanted to create less unnecessary waste, use things that 

already existed and have a much lighter eco footprint. Can I tempt you 

to perhaps try this as a new year’s resolution? Maybe start with a 

month? That way, it’ll feel less daunting. 

Each issue, I hope to introduce you to a new area of eco living and 

inspire you to make changes that together will really make a difference. 

And you don’t need to try to do it all in one go – just make one 

change. And do that until it becomes a habit. Only then, think about 

making another. 

Happy New Year! With love, hope 

and eco action, Elena x 

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Be your own 

HEALER 

Wellness expert and author Diana Cole 

shares her 14-step technique to feeling 

better by banishing fear, grief or doubt 

When Diana Cole was a girl, her 

dad taught her an incredible 

lesson – we all have the 

power to heal ourselves. 

‘One time, I crushed my hand in a door and 

my dad took away the pain. I was intrigued 

and wanted to know more,’ says Diana. 

‘As I got older, I was always going to my 

dad with little issues, some small, some not 

so small, and he would always go back to 

“you have the power to heal yourself. Raise 

your own vibration and protect your energy.” 

‘I’ve used what he taught me throughout 

my life and I thought it was really important 

for me to share this ability we all have to feel 

better. That’s really what healing is. It’s a way 

to cure the grief, anguish, fear or doubt we 

come up against through life.’ 

Diana’s dad showed her how to create a 

ball of energy between her hands which she 

could then move down through her chakras, 

attracting healing along the way. 

Over time she added her own twist – a 

chant – to amplify the healing energy further 

by setting the intention to heal herself and 

activate the energy in her body. 

Here Diana shares her 14 steps to healing 

yourself. Read through the entire process 

first before starting your session. Commit 

to doing the 14 steps every day for five days. 

After carrying out the exercises, consider your 

general mood each day, and on the fifth day. 

Did you know? 

It’s believed the soul enters and leaves 

the body through the third eye chakra. 

Step 1 

With your hands 6-12 inches apart, begin to 

create a spinning ball of energy between your 

palms. Take a few minutes to get it going until 

you can feel a tickling sensation on your palms. 

Step 2 

Repeat the following chant five times while 

continuing to spin your healing ball. 

Allow your mind to be as still as possible. 

Simply let outside thoughts, ideas, or words 

float away so they don’t dilute the power of 

this practice. 

‘I am absolute goodness. Beauty is all 

around me. Everything is working 

in my favour. I am happy.’ 

Step 3 

After 2-3 minutes, it’s time to 

begin the healing process – 

to push the ball of energy and 

the empowering words you 

have just chanted into your 

body in order to energetically 

raise your vibration and elevate 

your mood. 

This healing energy ball will 

enter your body through your chakras. 

Continue to spin the energy ball, positioning 

your hands directly over your head, your 

crown chakra, while repeating the chant over 

and over. Keep your focus for 1-2 minutes. 

Step 4 

Move the ball down to your eye area and hold 

the energy there. 

Feel it between your hands and pulse your 

hands together, as if you are squeezing the ball 

slightly. Do this for 30 seconds. 

Step 5 

Still holding the pulsing ball of energy 

between your hands, place your thumbs on 

TRY THIS! 

Hold your hands out in 

front of you, palms facing. 

Wave one hand up and 

down in front of the other, 

6-10 inches away. Notice you 

can feel the movement, like 

a tickle, on the still hand. 

You can energetically feel 

without touching. 

your forehead, 

just between your 

eyebrows. This is 

your third eye chakra. 

In this position, push the healing energy 

into your entire being. Let the energy flow 

from the healing ball to your third eye. 

Imagine a white beam of energy being 

transferred from your hands, through your 

thumbs, and directly into your third eye. 

Carry on repeating the chant but speak 

more slowly this time. Do this for 1-3 minutes. 

Step 6 

Continue the chant slowly as you begin to spin 

the ball again and hover it over your neck 

area – your throat chakra. 

Pulsate and push the ball towards your 

neck, but be mindful not to ‘crush’ your ball. 

Keep it strongly intact as you begin to push it 

towards your throat. Do this for 1-3 minutes. 

Step 7 

Pull the energy ball away from you and spin 

it again, this time letting it grow larger than 

before. Continue to repeat the chant slowly. 

Step 8 

Hover this healing energy ball over your chest. 

Pulse it again to feel it between your hands, 

and then lay both hands on your chest – your 

heart chakra. 

Imagine the white healing light of the ball 

going into your heart chakra, with the truth of 

the chant being absorbed by your body. Feel 

your warm healing hands on your chest. 

Continue repeating the chant slowly. Do this 

for 1-3 minutes. 

Expert tip 

It is possible to find a place of 

connection that is as beneficial as 

meditation without changing what 

you’re doing. If you have moments 

when you’re alone and feel joy, wonder 

or gratitude, it is in these moments 

that you are connecting with all there 

is. It’s the process of connecting 

with everything that 

feeds your spirit. 

Step 9 

Now move both hands down underneath 

your rib cage – this is the site of your solar 

plexus chakra – and continue to slowly repeat 

the chant. 

Again, imagine that ball of warm, white, 

healing energy from your hands entering and 

filling your body. Hold your hands here for 

1-3 minutes. 

MIND, BODY, SPIRIT 

Step 10 

Move both hands down 

over your belly button, 

your sacral chakra, and 

continue the chant 

slowly as you imagine 

more healing 

energy entering 

your body through 

your hands. Stay here 

for 1-3 minutes. 

Step 11 

Move both hands down 

to just above your pubic bone, 

your root chakra, and slowly 

continue the chant as you imagine 

white healing energy entering your body. Hold 

it here for 1-3 minutes. 

Step 12 

Now place both hands together, palm to palm, 

and with your eyes closed, take a deep breath – 

in through your nose, out through your mouth 

– and feel the warmth of your hands together. 

Breathe in healing. Exhale pain, doubt 

and fear. 

Imagine a white light surrounding your 

hands, then your whole body. Imagine a large 

ball of healing light, bigger than you, swirling 

around you. Imagine this white light shooting 

up to the sky, while simultaneously seeing a 

beam of white light being returned to you, 

enveloping you in its healing radiance. 

Step 13 

In closing, repeat the following chant for 

1-3 minutes: 

‘Thank you for healing my body, my mind, 

and my spirit. I feel healthy and vital. 

I am love and I am loved.’ 

Step 14 

Go about your day as a healing ball of light 

energy. Everywhere you go and everyone 

you meet will be positively touched by your 

healing frequency. 

✿ More info Spirit Translator: Seven Truths 

for Creating Wellbeing and Connecting with 

Spirit by Diana Cole (St Martin’s Press, £12.99). 

Facebook/Instagram @thedianacole 

dianacole.com 

Diana’s secrets to living well 

♥ Find time in your day, every day, to be still, quiet and worry-free. 

♥ Act kindly to yourself and others. Feel kindness towards yourself and others. Speak 

kindly to yourself and others. 

♥ Improve the conversations you have with yourself. 

PHOTO ADOBESTOCK 

64 



REAL LIVES 

‘The universe 

grants my wishes’ 

I trained as a 

yoga teacher 

in 2017 

With love and children in my life, my 

2021 letter focused on my career. I hoped 

to find a teaching assistant’s job with hours 

that would fit around my family. Three 

months later, I landed the perfect job. 

It might sound like I always manifest 

what’s on my list, but that’s not the case. I did 

my yoga teacher training in September 2017, 

and had visions of travelling and teaching 

yoga, but that didn’t work out. Instead, I fell 

pregnant, and I couldn’t be happier. 

I think sometimes the universe takes an 

executive decision and delivers what’s best for 

you. Part of the process of writing the wish 

letters is to ask, but then let go of any preconceived 

outcome. This year, why don’t you 

put pen to paper and try it for yourself? 

✿ More info The Break-Up Cure by Lucy 

Pemberton-Platt is available on Amazon 

Kindle, £3.59. 

Lucy Pemberton-Platt has a special New Year’s Day ritual 

that’s brought her money, career success – and lasting love 

Pen in hand, I settled down to 

write the familiar words on the 

beautiful paper in my journal. 

Dear Universe… 

I’ve been writing a wish letter to the 

universe – filled with all the lovely dreams 

I want to realise over the coming 12 months 

– on January 1st, every year since 2009, 

when I first read about manifesting. 

As soon as I’ve written each letter, I read 

it through, pop it in an envelope, address 

the envelope to myself, stick a stamp on it 

and head for the postbox. Posting my wish 

letters back to myself makes them feel more 

real, fuels their energy and power. 

And when they plop through my letterbox, 

I put them in a keepsake box. I like to read 

them months later and savour a sense of 

gratitude for what’s been manifested. 

In my very first wish letter, I asked to 

manifest £10,000 because to me it felt like 

a realistic amount, not too fantastical, and 

in The Secret, a book all about the Law of 

Attraction, author Rhonda Byrne suggests 

asking for a ‘believable sum’. 

Not long afterwards, I landed a job contract 

at an international school in Dubai, teaching 

five year olds. Out of the blue, I was given an 

unexpected bonus of… £10,000! 

In 2010, I focused my letter on travelling to 

America and listed all the places I wanted 

to visit – San Francisco, LA and New York. 

I also wished to meet the American spiritual 

author Susan Jeffers who wrote Feel the Fear 

and Do It Anyway. 

To help the universe along, I wrote to Susan 

and explained how inspirational I found her 

book and asked if I could meet her in person. 

I never expected her to say yes – but she invited 

me for a one-to-one at her home in Santa 

Monica, California. It was especially kind as her 

health wasn’t good at the time. It felt surreal! 

The whole experience was amazing. Susan 

also granted me a licence to teach her ‘Feel 

Walking in the 

park with Darcy 

and Indie 

‘I think the 

universe 

often takes 

an executive 

decision!’ 

the Fear and do it Anyway’ course in the UK. 

I was already trained in neuro-linguistic 

programming (NLP), counselling and 

coaching and to progress my career in this 

way with this wonderful woman’s help was 

truly an honour. 

And guess what, I used that manifested 

£10,000 to pay for the US trip visiting the 

places on my wish list, including Central 

Park and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 

Finding my soul match 

In my wish letter in 2014, I asked the 

universe to help me find the focus to write 

a self-help book. That September, I selfpublished 

The Break-Up Cure. 

With that box ticked, it wasn’t long 

before I was seeking a new challenge 

and the following year, I got a new job in 

London teaching maths and English for a 

private education company. 

For a time, I was happy enough, but 

come January 2016 I knew exactly what to 

write in my wish letter – that London isn’t 

quite what I thought it would be, although 

I’m grateful for the work, but I would like 

to move to Manchester to be nearer my 

family and the countryside, and make a new 

circle of kind friends. 

Come the autumn, I’d been offered a transfer 

to Manchester. Not only that, but it was a 

promotion that came with a bigger salary. 

The following January, I was feeling content 

with my work situation; it was my personal 

life that needed some attention. 

I feel ready to find my soul match, I wrote in 

my wish letter. I’ve been single on and off for 

10 years and want to settle down. 

As I’ve never had any expectations about 

how my wish letter dreams will come to 

fruition, or their timing, when Joel, an old 

school friend, messaged me on Facebook 

out of the blue in August 2017 I didn’t 

immediately think ‘romance’. 

Joel, Darcy, 

Indie and me 

However, when he asked me out on a date, 

I simply thought ‘why not’. I trusted the 

universe completely. 

Delivering what’s best 

Within two months, Joel and I were making 

plans for our future and by December 2017, 

I was happily pregnant. 

With a baby on the way, my 2018 letter 

focused on having a healthy pregnancy and 

finding a new home for our growing family. 

We viewed the perfect property in December 

2018. Sometimes it can take time for things to 

become a reality! 

The house was worth the wait. The property 

had failed to sell at auction and as a result the 

price had been dropped to within our budget. 

What’s more, it was only a road away from 

my mum and in an area we loved – all details 

that were in my wish letter. We got the keys in 

March 2019 and moved in five months later, 

after renovation work had been carried out. 

Meanwhile, in my wish letter that same 

year, I had already asked for a sibling for 

Darcy, who’s now three. I fell pregnant again 

the first time we tried and Indie, now 18 

months old, was born in March 2020. 

Write your wish letter 

Lucy shares her top tips for writing to the universe 

♥ Choose some nice 

paper and a lovely pen. 

♥ Go somewhere you 

love, like a coffee shop or 

a favourite room in your 

house, and enjoy the 

process of writing about 

everything you’re grateful 

for currently in your life. 

Then, write a list of all the 

things you would like the 

universe to help you 

manifest over the next 

12 months. 

♥ Open your letter with 

‘Dear Universe’ and start 

writing as if you’re 

speaking to a best friend. 

Be open about your 

hopes, fears and dreams. 

Keep writing until you’ve 

said all you want to say. 

♥ Once you’ve finished, 

read the letter back once, 

and then, without delay, 

‘Be open about 

your hopes 

and dreams’ 

Tr y it 

now! 

put it in an envelope, 

address it c/o yourself and 

post it. 

♥ When the letter arrives 

put it in a safe place to 

read at a later date. Often 

you need a bit of time for 

things to start to manifest. 

If you’re too attached to 

the outcome, you forget 

the most important part of 

the process – the journey. 

♥ Keep your wish letters 

in a bundle tied with pretty 

ribbon and in a place that’s 

special to you. 

AS TOLD TO MONICA CAFFERKY PHOTO ADOBESTOCK 

66 JANUARY 2022 spiritanddestiny.co.uk 


YOGA 

Time to Pause… 

Wide angle seated 

forward bend 

‘This pose suits the dark days of January when we spend 

more time indoors seated. It is a wonderful release 

for the lower back and hamstrings,’ 

says yoga teacher Emma Conally-Barklem 

RELAXATION 

This pose encourages 

a lengthening of the spine 

with a focus on calming 

relaxation as the body and 

mind are lulled gradually 

towards a surrendering 

of tension. 

BEGINNER 

Wide angle seated forward 

bend with bolster 

This Yin variation of the pose encourages a 

gentle release with the support of a bolster. 

It opens out the Yin meridian line of the 

inner thighs to aid stress relief and is ideal for 

winter when energy levels are low. 

ADVANCED 

Deep wide angle seated 

forward bend 

This variation offers a deep release of the 

hamstrings and encourages active surrender 

with a focus on a longer exhale. This facilitates 

a gradual softening into a release which, in 

turn, relieves any ‘tightness’ of the mind. 

✿ More info emmaliveyoga.com 

Instagram @emmaliveyoga 

PHOTOS Z. BAJUSZOVA 

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JANUARY 2022 spiritanddestiny.co.uk

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