...this is my story:

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My first love was interior décor, and that’s where my career first took root. For over 20 years I worked as a stylist, editor, and art director in London, writing and styling articles to inspire and encourage others to create their best possible version of their home. I wrote my first book, 'Making a House Your Home', all about this—it’s a modern-day guide to homemaking.

 

My time as a magazine interiors editor taught me perspective and practicality, not least the chief skill of having a high level of creativity on tap to make weekly deadlines. The sheer volume of valuable content came from a reserve within myself that I can only call magic. I've always known it and always trusted it.

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I cut new ground working on my second book, 'In Bloom', by shooting all the photographs myself as well as growing, writing and styling - this wasn't an ego trip, it was a necessity of both time and budget restraints in order to produce the book I had envisioned. And it changed my life because the process gave me the aptitude and confidence to cross over all the creative boundaries. 

 

 This is balanced by a wealth of life experience from writing further books and mentoring other industry creatives, exploring holistic modalities such as EFT, NLP and sound therapy and being a mother of twin boys - frankly the most important and eye-opening job of all. 

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While I have manifested dream jobs and work projects, and brought to life the vision of a dream house in the country, like so many of us, I've walked through both light and dark.

 

I chose to leave a highly paid 'dream' job in order to be the mother I wanted to be and that single act turned my world inside out. Five years on, I have created a whole new space for myself in the world. 

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My friends may well tease me about having 'my feet in the dirt, my head in the cosmos and a heart that's wide open'. But this is my magic zone and where real life takes place for me... 

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