Hello and welcome.
Thank you so much for purchasing ‘Finding Joy Beyond Childlessness; Inspiring Stories to Guide You to a Fulfilling Life.’
Here you will find additional resources to help you to work your way through the book. There are pdf downloads of the Journaling Questions, meditations and video interviews with some of the storytellers.
I’m putting the finishing touches to this page just a couple of days before publication so things are a bit rushed! So what I’m saying is that I’ll be adding more as time goes on. As I listened to the videos again, I realised how much wisdom there is in them and I’ll be reflecting on that in the forthcoming weeks.
I’d love to know what you think, if you have any questions or observations as you work through please drop me a line at info@LesleyPyne.co.uk and, I’d be really grateful if you could leave a review on Amazon please.
Let’s also have some fun. As it says on the cover, the book is all about Finding Joy. If you follow me on Social media, you’ll see that I’ve been posting photos of the book in the different places I find my joy.
I’d love to see where you find joy, so how about taking a photo of the book in a place where you find joy, and either post it on social media and tag me, or email it to me and I’ll add it to my page? Wouldn’t it be fabulous to see all the different places where readers found their joy? In due course I’ll add them to a webpage too. Thank you
Act One. Call To Life
Chapter 1. What Story Are You Telling?
here’s the conversation I had with Beverley Glick about story
Here are the images of me in Saddle.
Chapter 2. Setting the Scene – How We Arrived in This Place Called Childless
Chapter 3. Who are You? Finding Your Light
Chapter 4. The First Step: Change Your Mind
Chapter 5. If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It
Here’s the ‘if you can dream it’ meditation
Act Two. Finding Your Wings
Chapter 6. To Grieve, or Not to Grieve? You Know The Answer
Here are conversations I had with Lisa Manterfield, Tracey Cleantis and Helen Rebello where we discussed grief and other topics
Chapter 7. Letting Go or Letting In? You Decide
Here’s the conversation with my yoga teacher Emma Peel about letting go and Karen Malone Wright about the ceremony she had for making the ending
Chapter 8. What’s that Below Your Head? Reconnecting with Your Body
Here’s the conversation I had with Rosalind Bubb about connecting to her body
Chapter 9. I Love and Accept Myself Completely As I Am
Here’s the conversation I had with Cali Bird about self-acceptance
Chapter 10. I Am My Story – Putting It Into Words
Here are my conversations with Melanie Mackie, Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos and Jessica Hepburn about how writing helped them
Chapter 11. You Don’t Have To Do This Alone — Finding Your Tribe
Chapter 12. Notice What You Have, Not What’s Missing — The Importance Of Gratitude
Chapter 13. Yes, You Can! Reclaiming Happiness And Joy
Act Three. Learning To Fly
Act Three journaling questions
Chapter 14. Becoming Yourself
Chapter 15. Yes, You Are! Stronger At The Broken Places
Chapter 16. What Story Are You Telling Now?
Here’s the final meditation
