Raw2Pure - Rekindling Happiness, Broadmayne (2026)

16/10/2026

💜 Foundation Friday 💜

This week behind the scenes at Raw2Pure, I’ve been busy making bracelets, not just a couple but 40!

I’ve been putting together an order for Sculpture by the Lakes artisan shop, and it’s been lovely to spend time doing something I love.

So much of what I share here is about supporting ourselves through the challenges of life. This week has been a reminder that there’s room for the things we enjoy, too. The things we make time for because they bring us pleasure.

For me, making bracelets is one of those things, each one handmade with love.

I always find it rather special knowing that something I’ve made will find its way to someone browsing in a shop, perhaps choosing a gift or a little something for themselves.

Some may find their way into Christmas stockings, others might simply be a little gift to themselves. Either way, it’s lovely to think of them heading off to their new homes.

So this week’s foundations have involved rather a lot of beads, a lovely order, and the pleasure of creating.

What’s something you love doing, simply for the enjoyment of it?

12/10/2026

💜 Monday Museful Moment – Growing Older Doesn’t Have to Mean Slowing Down! 💜

One of the things I’m passionate about is healthy ageing and longevity.

We can’t stop the clock, but we can influence how we age.

And one of the biggest parts of that is staying mobile.

Because mobility isn’t just about being able to bend our knees or move our hips. It’s about independence, freedom, confidence and continuing to enjoy the things that make life worth living. As someone with compromised mobility because of my accident I know first hand how important this is for the mind and body.

This week I can’t even tell you the amount of people that have said to me in conversation, “Oh, it’s just my age!” or “It’s what happens when you get older!” when talking about stiff joints or finding movement more difficult.

Of course, our bodies change as we get older, but that doesn’t mean we should simply accept every ache, stiffness or limitation as inevitable.

There are things we can do to support our bodies, our joints and our ability to keep moving well for longer.

And for me, that’s what healthy ageing is all about. Not just adding years to our lives, but adding LIFE to our years!

✨ A little invitation for the curious amongst you …

This evening, Dr Steve Nugent (my guru, who I was so excited to meet earlier this year) is joining our weekly evening call to share some fascinating information about joint health, connective tissue and a relatively new nutritional product called Glycan 4FX.

We’ll be exploring how ingredients such as the purest, highest quality collagen and aloe vera extracts can play a role in supporting joint health and mobility.

It’s an opportunity to listen, learn and perhaps discover something you didn’t know before.

If you’re curious, you’re very welcome to join us as my guest.

📅 Monday 12th October
🕢 7.30pm on Zoom

Just comment below or drop me a message and I’ll send you the link. No obligation, just an opportunity to learn something new.

Because looking after our future selves starts with the choices we make today 💜

09/10/2026

💜 Foundation Friday - A Little Less Hiding, A Little More Shining! 💜

A little glimpse behind the scenes this week, and something that’s taking me rather a long way out of my comfort zone! 😬

Although I’m extremely passionate about what I do and absolutely love sharing my knowledge and experiences, there’s a part of me that would much rather stay quietly in the background.

Being visible, standing up and speaking in front of people, putting myself out there is not something that comes naturally to me.

But something I’ve been learning is that sometimes the desire to make a difference becomes bigger than the fear of being seen.

And this week I’ve said YES to two opportunities!

🌿 The first is an event in Poole on the 27th October 2026, where some wonderful people from the world of glycans and nutrition will be sharing their knowledge about health, energy and wellbeing.

I’ve agreed to be part of bringing the event together and share my own personal experience of the nutritional products I use.

🌸 The second is an invitation to deliver a two-hour online Expert Talk on the 26th January 2027, exploring the wonderful world of flower essences, particularly how they can support our emotional wellbeing through the winter months.

Two wonderful opportunities to share things I’m passionate about.

To say I’m nervous is an understatement!
In fact, the thought of a two hour talk is actually petrifying me already! 😳

But I also know that staying small and comfortable isn’t necessarily going to help me reach the people I would love to support.

And perhaps this is part of living the Ancora Way myself.

Not waiting until I feel completely confident or fearless, but learning to support my nervous system as I grow, stretch and try new things.

And yes, there most definitely will be flower essences accompanying me on these particular adventures! 🌸😂

Being anchored doesn’t mean never feeling afraid. It means having somewhere within yourself to come back to when you do.

So that’s what’s happening behind the scenes at Raw2Pure this week.

A little excitement, a few butterflies, and hopefully some wonderful opportunities to make a difference.

What about you? Have you ever said YES to something that excited and terrified you in equal measure?

05/10/2026

💜 Monday Museful Moment 💜

Have you ever come home absolutely shattered but somehow felt more full than when you left?

That was me on Saturday.

I spent all day at a holistic Fayre at Upwey Wishing Well, and believe me, by the time I’d walked what felt like miles carrying boxes from the car, set everything up, spent the day chatting to people, packed it all back down again and eventually unloaded the car at home my body definitely knew it had done a day’s work! 😂

But although I came home tired and aching, I also came home feeling strangely full. And I realised it was ‘connection’ that had filled my cup.

There had been conversations with other stallholders, chats with people who stopped at my stand and stories shared about our lives and experiences. There was laughter, there were tears, and those lovely moments where you go from talking to a complete stranger to suddenly sharing something really meaningful.

It got me thinking about how much we need that, particularly in a world that’s becoming busier and more techy. We can be connected to hundreds of people online and yet sometimes lose sight of the kind of connection that actually nourishes us.

Connection with other people, connection with nature and, perhaps most importantly, connection with ourselves. And spending the day surrounded by all that beautiful greenery probably helped fill my cup too!

It’s probably no coincidence that as The Ancora Way has started taking shape, one of the words that found its place within ANCORA is Connected. Because looking after ourselves isn’t only about slowing down and resting. Sometimes what nourishes our nervous system is laughter, conversation, being outside, sharing our stories, feeling seen and simply spending time with other humans.

So yes, on Saturday night my feet hurt, my body ached and I was absolutely shattered but my cup felt very full.

And perhaps that’s something worth noticing this week …

What fills your cup, even when it uses some of your energy?

02/10/2026

💜 Foundation Friday 💜

The old way or the Ancora Way?

Overwhelmed, exhausted, anxious, holding too much for too long?

It’s a familiar way of living for so many of us. Keep going, push through, hold everything together.

But something I’ve always believed is that there has to be another way.

This week, an idea has really started coming together behind the scenes in my business - The Ancora Way.

It puts the nervous system at the heart of how we support ourselves, helping us feel more anchored, nourished and resilient, with greater capacity for whatever life throws our way.

And the more I sit with it, the more I realise it reflects how I support myself in my own life.

For me, ANCORA means:

⚓ Anchored
🌱 Nourished
💜 Connected
☀️ Optimistic
💪 Resilient
✨ Alive

I still have difficult days and I still get overwhelmed, but I have tools, support and somewhere within myself to come back to.

This week, I was also lucky enough to win a 90-minute call with two incredible mentors, bringing together business strategy and mindset. It was just an opportunity and has given me clearer direction for bringing this work to life.

One of the things I’m exploring is one-to-one support: space to look at how you’re feeling, what you’ve been carrying and what might help you feel more like yourself again.

That might include practical tools, gentle changes or a personalised flower essence blend, depending on what feels right for you.

It’s still taking shape, but I wanted to share a little of what’s growing behind the scenes.

Your nervous system may be asking for another way, I know mine was - The Ancora Way 💜

28/09/2026

💜 Monday Museful Moment 💜

A little later than usual today, but something has been on my mind since the weekend.

I was listening to a few podcasts and conversations about boundaries, and I kept thinking about how many of us were raised and praised for putting other people first.

So it makes sense that putting ourselves first can feel selfish. Saying “no” might bring up guilt, or a fear of being judged, upsetting someone, or even being left out.

But always making room for everyone else can leave very little room for you. When you keep saying yes while your whole body is asking for a no, it can be exhausting. You may find yourself constantly on alert, trying to keep everyone comfortable.

Your needs matter too. You’re allowed to say yes. You’re allowed to say no. You’re allowed to have a preference.

And you don’t have to begin with a huge, scary boundary. Perhaps this week it’s simply: “Let me think about it and get back to you.” Or, “Actually, I’d prefer…”

One small moment of honesty with yourself can be a place to start. 💜

Is there one small boundary or preference you could express this week?

25/09/2026

💜 Foundation Friday 💜

This week, at the time of the autumn equinox, I co-created an essence with an ash tree in my local park. He’s an old, wise presence I’ve known for years, and this time he felt like the right companion for autumn.

The essence will be called Golden Harvest: the third of four seasonal essences in my Ancora Seasonal Wheel.

Autumn gives us a chance to pause, look back and ask ourselves what have we experienced? What have we learned? What do we want to carry with us? And what are we ready to let go of?

Watching the ash tree, I was reminded, you don’t have to carry every leaf into winter. 🍂

Golden Harvest is taking shape around that gentle process of gathering the wisdom, setting down some of the baggage, and making space for whatever comes next - a journey that many of us seem to be currently on 💜

21/09/2026

💜 Monday Museful Moment 💜

I had two very busy days this weekend. Friday was spent in Bournemouth with around 100 businesswomen, which was absolutely awesome, but also a very long day. Then Saturday I had a stand at a Mind, Body, Spirit Fayre in Sherborne.

So when Sunday arrived, I decided it really needed to be a day of rest.

That sounded like a sensible plan, but apparently my nervous system hadn’t quite got the memo! 😂

I found myself sitting down and then noticing something that needed doing. So I cleaned the kitchen, cleaned the living room, did the washing and caught up on some training. Then I’d pick up my phone, think about tomorrow, notice something else that needed doing and get up again.

And it got me thinking about how often we do this. We can stop physically, but that doesn’t necessarily mean our nervous system has stopped too.

Sometimes “just relax” isn’t as simple as it sounds.

When you’ve spent days doing, thinking, organising, talking, responding and holding lots of things in your head, simply saying “right, now relax” doesn’t always work.

Yesterday I had to keep reminding myself that I didn’t need to be productive, catch up or achieve anything. I was allowed to rest.

So here’s my little Museful Moment for today:

When you say you’re resting, are you actually resting, or, have you simply stopped moving while your mind carries on running?

Look after your nervous system, and it will look after you 💜

14/09/2026

💜 Monday Museful Moment 💜

Sometimes something happens that completely knocks you off course, and you’re left trying to make sense of something you weren’t expecting and that was never part of the plan, wondering, “Okay, what am I going to do now?”

An external circumstance, completely outside my control, happened yesterday evening which has a direct knock-on effect for me and my business, if I’m honest, it’s shaken me a little.
I can already see that it may be nudging me towards a path that’s more aligned with where I’m going, but it doesn’t always feel that way when the rug has just been pulled from underneath you.

It got me thinking about resilience and the way our nervous system responds when something unsettles us. There can be such a strong urge to make an urgent decision, fix everything and get back in control, and I’ve certainly felt that urge overnight!

But perhaps I don’t need to do that just yet. Perhaps I can pause, sit with what’s happened and give myself some time to integrate it before deciding what it means or where I’m going next, rather than feeling I have to work everything out immediately.

Because sometimes what feels like being knocked off course can, with a little time and space, turn out to be a redirection, an opportunity and I’m learning that it’s okay not to have all the answers straight away.

For now, I’m going to let the dust settle and remind myself that with my toolbox of nervous system tools you can be knocked sideways but still remain rooted, even when you’re not entirely sure what’s happening or where the path is leading.

So if something knocks you sideways this week, it’s okay to not know what comes next just yet. You might simply need to pause, sit with it and give yourself the space to integrate what’s happened, because you may find that you’re standing on much stronger ground than you thought 💜

11/09/2026

💜 Foundation Friday 💜

Today’s New Moon in Virgo feels like pretty perfect timing for what I’m up to behind the scenes.

Virgo energy is all about sorting, refining, simplifying and getting things back into order, and that’s exactly what September is looking like here at Raw2Pure.

One of the biggest things on my list is my website. It’s definitely overdue some love!

There are products that need updating, things that need rewriting, pages that no longer quite reflect where my work is going and, more importantly, I want to make it a genuinely useful place to visit.

As Raw2Pure continues to evolve, everything I’m creating is coming together under the Ancora umbrella, so I’m also thinking about how the website can become a place where you can find the different pathways, offerings, essences, resources and products, depending on what you’re looking for.

I’m also going to be adding more around Glycans, cellular communication, longevity and healthy ageing, which is another part of my work that I’m really looking forward to sharing more about.

There’s still plenty to figure out, but I love this part of a business journey, stepping back, looking at what’s working, what isn’t, and asking:

“Does this still reflect where I’m going?”

So that’s one of my September foundations.

A little digital decluttering, a bit of rebuilding and hopefully a much more useful place for you to explore.

And while I’m doing it, if there’s something you would find useful, or something you’d love to see on the website, please let me know in the comments or send me a message.

I’ll see what I can do! 💜

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