• Sick, Tired and Bed Bound – What To Do?

    Grace’s Go-To List of Bed Bound Boredom Busters When you’re sick, tired or bed-bound, there’s one more malady that traditional medicine just can’t cure: BOREDOM. Regardless of what circumstances have you laid up, a persistent case of the doldrums can significantly impact your physical recovery as well as your mental health.Breaking the monotony of illness requires a little thought, but pays off in a big way. Try these activities to help bust through your boredom while you work toward wellness: • Practice mindfulness through meditation. • Dance in bed – Gabrielle Roth. • Try a school or method of exercise made to work with your body, like Feldenkrais or yoga. • Decorate yourself! Wear body glitter. •…

  • Where Are You Relinquishing Your Power? How To Take it Back!

    Do you know that you are a powerhouse? A lightening bolt? A blazing comet of sheer energetic potential? That you are moved, motivated, animated and exalted by an ancient power? Well, it’s true. Listen to me, because I know. No really, you are sitting on a mine of miracles, and the only thing keeping them from exploding into being, into reality….is you. You are sitting in the bottle neck, beautiful. So we want to get in gear and help you get out of your own way, make some changes and raise some cheers! How to tap into the current? How to reclaim your rights? The answer is simple but not easy: Shift your…

  • Giveaways in the Season of Getting

    “Whatever we hold as our own, we consecrate with our very life. This alone should give us pause before we invite anything or anyone new into our already crowded and hurried lives. How much can we hold? How much can we take in, and still have room to bestow our full hearted blessing?” ~Wayne Muller Do you feel as though you are lacking? Worry that you are not enough? Are you forever trying to compensate for this by taking on more (too much) in your personal, professional and emotional life? These feelings, these inherent untruths only serve to breed further doubt. To undermine, undercut, under trust, devalue and de-sanctify your innate inner…

  • The Power of Small Talk: How Deepening Conversation Deepens Us

    The art of good conversation seems to be…waning. It may be self-doubt. When someone asks how you are, or what you’ve been up to, it may feel boastful or churlish to launch into an account of your recent ski trip, maudlin and boring to complain about the nightmare at work or the website issues you are having. Airing your troubles in the 5 minutes you wait for the bus? Somewhat uncouth in a rushed and whispered conversation (and let’s be honest, kind of a downer too). It’s hard. But in our efforts not to be a bore, we can end up sounding rather…boring. When serious topics are off the table, and we avoid…

  • 11 Ways to Make November Unforgettable

    Welcome to the new GraceQuantock.com! I’m so happy to see you here.  Thank you for visiting and please do explore. You might want to check out my free Wellness Library, watch the Wellness Provocateur Vlogs, or book a Sparkle Reiki Freebie. And I know you’ll want to sign up to the Trail Blazing Times. Join the Trail Blazing Times & get my How to Turn TrailBlazer Mini Class free! Email Hint, it’s free and there are super-cool gifts for everyone who joins. Today is Calan Gaef, the first day of winter in Wales, it’s also the traditional celtic new year and I am delighted to be able to share my new…