Ella Young
When Ella moved to Forres in Morayshire she missed the Farmers’ Market in Devon. So she started one. Last month 500 people came.
How’s that for RichThinking! Here’s her story.
Why I wanted a market in Forres
I like to eat fresh seasonal food and carefully watch my food miles, avoiding buying food which has travelled far. I used to live in Exeter where there is a thriving weekly market. For ten years I was a box organiser for Riverford Organic Vegetables, ordering the weekly boxes for my customers, who then collected them from my porch. When I moved to Forres in June 2007, there was one greengrocer left, which closed in September that year. Apart from the supermarkets, and the weekly Earthshare CSA (Community Supported (more...)
I have used the principles I write about here in RichThinkers to bring about all kinds of things in my life, including running a successful counselling practice and health clinic business. Coming from a place of inspiration has enabled me to bring meaning and magic into all that I do, and my background in psychotherapy and counselling, combined with practical business skills, means I am uniquely positioned to help you in both the inner and the outer levels of success. (
Toastmasters makes me practice!
posted in Jane's Blog
Whew! Tonight was a challenge. I’ve just got home from a Toastmasters Meeting where I was giving a short speech as part of my journey towards becoming a Competent Communicator.
Immediately beforehand I had been listening to a teleclass about how important it is to stop looking at what you don’t want when things don’t quite go your way, or someone says something you don’t like, and instead focus on what you do want.
In the Toastmasters Meeting, only half an hour later, I had an opportunity to put that teleclass message into practice. My speech had not gone quite according to plan; suffice to say, as I mentioned to someone afterwards, ‘My body may have been up on the stage, but I was not in it’. (more...)