Jen's First Book

by [email protected] in Shrewsbury, England, United Kingdom

We did it
On 12th November 2016 we successfully raised £3,775 with 104 supporters in 35 days

An invitation to join me in sharing my vision about seasonal health & well-being in my self publishing project,

by [email protected] in Shrewsbury, England, United Kingdom

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9th January 2017

The ball is rolling.

Happy New Year !

I'm delighted to let you know that today has kickstarted the publishing process and the ball is now satrting to roll.

I want to re-read the manuscript in the next week to make sure I'm totally happy with it before it goes to the editor to be checked…

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16th December 2016

One month on ....

So it's one month since the crowdfunder ended and what a busy few weeks it's been. By now everyone should have recieved details of how to claim your pledge and expected deadlines for some of the pledges to be delivered. It's been fun gathering rewrads to be posted out and…

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14th November 2016

We Did It !!!

So I may have mentioned it once or twice but just in  case you hadn't heard, we did it !!!! 

A very big thank you to all of you who made it possible in every way, whether that was pedging, donating rewards to pledge on, offering support and encouragement, or sharing.

We…

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10th November 2016

Lost for words.

Wow what an amzing crowd you truly are !

I'm rarely lost for words but this week I have been a little.

I'm delighted to let you know that we actually met our target on Tuesday lunchtime..... it's still sinking in !

I'm grateful to everyone who has supported by pledging, shairng  and…

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3rd November 2016

The Final Countdown !

Ten days and counting !

I never thought this would  go so quickly but it has.

We now have only 10 days left to go. We've had nearly 1000 visits to the project and we're at 86% of our target. 

So near yet still so far in many ways. If we don't meet…

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Copy of the E-Book. Be one of the first people to download a beautifully formatted copy of the book to your Kindle or electronic device.

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A place on a workshop. Invest in your health and well-being with a place on one of these useful and informative workshops with Laura Van der Velden a Natural Health Consultant and Naturopathic Nutritionist who specialises in women’s health issues. - True Causes of Menopause & Natural Alternatives to HRT - Medicinal Cooking - tasting workshop how food can be your delicious medicine - Food Intolerances & How to get rid of them - Supplements Surgery – The truth about supplements, learning which ones you must NEVER buy and why & I’ll be checking your supplements making sure you’ve got the right one. More information about Laura can be found here http://www.holisticapproach2health.com

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A Blended Year. Four blends of seasonal essential oils in a handy rollerball to compliment the time of year. One for the Winter Solstice, one for Beltane, one for the Summer Solstice and one for Samhain. Dispatched to you at the relevant time of year. Helping you tune in to the seasons. Created and blended by Jen. Discover more about Jen and her work here www.revivearomatherapy.com

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Book Launch Invitation. Time to celebrate ! Please join me in celebrating the launch of the book before it goes on general sale. There'll be music, refreshments and wine. Claim your ticket to the private book launch party and come and join me and what will be a memorable evening with lots of lovely special offers on the night.

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A Blended Year. Eight blends of essential oils in handy rollerballs to compliment the eight key points of the year, Imbolc, Spring Equinox, Beltane, Summer Solstice, Lammas, Autumn Equinox, Samhain and the Winter Solstice. Dispatched to you at the relevant time of year. Helping you to tune in to the seasons. Created and blended by Jen. Discover more about Jen here www.revivearomatherapy.com

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Guitar Lessons. If music be the food of love. This is your chance to learn to play the guitar or to treat someone you love to a special gift perfect for a birthday or Christmas. Benefit from the expert tutelage of Dan Cumber who will tailor these lessons to meet your interests and level of expertise whether that's just for fun or up to grade 8 RGT standard. Special Crowd Funder price, usually £20.00 a lesson. Dan is DBS certified and has a lovely, unique warmth and professionalism that he brings to his work, discover more about Dan on his Facebook page here https://www.facebook.com/dancumberguitars/

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Sports Massage. Calling all you sporty, active types ! Are you paying the price for an active lifestyle? Are your muscles telling you to stop and relax? Enjoy a restorative massage with Jill Wallbank of Body Matters, easing any aches and pains and restoring balance, renewed energy and vitality with a half hour sports / remedial massage. Special crowd funder offer with the usual price of £45.00 . Discover more about Jill and her abilities on her website http://www.yogabodymatters.com/massage.html

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Acupuncture Treatment. Take the opportunity to rebalance mind, body and spirit with a traditional five element acupuncture treatment. This is a great opportunity to experience the benefits of this ancient healing tradition. David Start is a well established and respected practitioner whose dedication, expertise and passion is obvious to anyone who knows him. This is what it’s all about in his words. "Acupuncture is based on Chinese medicine principles, which have been developed, researched and refined for more than 2,000 years. Five Element Acupuncture is a traditional style that works to balance the patient's body, mind and spirit. Treating the root cause, rather than specific symptoms, allows the body to re-balance itself. Acupuncture works by balancing our natural energy system, which in Chinese medicine is known as Qi," Find out more on David's website here http://www.davidstartacupuncture.com/default.htm

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VIP Book Launch Invitation. A special invitation to join me in celebrating at the book launch party with a VIP Ticket to the Book Launch Party. Join me in a celebratory pre-party gathering with Prosecco and a personally dedicated, signed copy of the book. A chance to talk about the book and have your questions about seasonal health answered. Then enjoy the food, music and company for the rest of the evening as we celebrate and share our well-being vision.

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Business Coaching. Are you looking for support with your business, not able to see the wood for the trees and wondering what to do next? Laura Butler from Business B has donated a Business Coaching Session up to 1 hour long exclusively for the crowd funder with a usual cost of £60.00. In Laura's words, "As a qualified Coach Business B offers huge benefits to an individual or organisation. Coaching can improve performance, help achieve targets and goals, develop a new skill, support through change and difficulty and unlock untapped potential. From business owners, teams or even individuals feeling 'stuck' coaching can facilitate the change needed to get them on the path to success." Discover more about Laura and her wonderful services here http://www.business-b.co.uk/

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Glider Flight Trial Lesson. Take to the beautiful Shropshire skies with this unique opportunity to learn to fly. This offer gives you the chance to learn to fly a glider at the Midland Gliding Club on the Long Mynd. The lesson is in a two seat glider with a fully qualified, professional instructor. It also includes a 3 month free membership to return to fly at anytime and fly at club rates. More details at www.midlandgliding.club

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Two Day Business Development Course for Therapists. Discover how to make your business truly work for you. Learn effective techniques to develop and grow your business in a hands on, practical two day work shop. This is lead by Nick Cumber, with With 25+ years experience as a Business Manager, Nick has been extensively involved in setting up new business relationships, managing change and the development of individuals. This course is a chance to benefit from Nick's wisdom and experience. Anyone looking to grow their business would truly benefit form this course. More details can be found here http://naturalharmonycentre.co.uk/event-list/business-nuggets-the-joy-of-business/201/.

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Deep Tissue Aromatherapy Back Massage. Take some time out to invest in your health and well being. Put the spring back in your step and the bounce back in to your body with a bespoke aromatherapy massage with Gemma Price. Enjoy a unique combination of essential oils, acupressure release and deep tissue massage in this rejuvenating treatment. Discover more about Gemma here https://www.facebook.com/gemtherapies/?fref=ts

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Personalised Birth Chart. Unlock your potential and discover how your natal chart can help you to understand your life with more depth and clarity. This reward gives you the opportunity to have a personalised natal chart with Wendy Wright. It will map the exact position of the planets in our solar system at the moment of your birth. This can reveal significant information about not only your characteristics and psychology but also about your talents and the challenges you may meet in life. Wendy has an intuitve approach to astrology which is important. It will determine not only how the influences of the planets are relevant to an individual at this moment but also indicate how much the more subtle and spiritual aspects play a role in their life and how they are expressed today.

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1 Hour Massage. Time to relax. A perfect gift for yourself or someone you love, Relax and indulge yourself by investing in your health. An hour's bespoke Aromatherapy massage with a unique blend of seasonal oils with Jen Hawkins from Revive. This offer is exclusive to the Crowdfunder more details about Jen and her treatments can be found on her website www.revivearomatherapy.com

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One to One Yoga Session. Unleash and discover your inner Yogi with a one to one yoga session with the lovely, gifted Jill Wallbank from Body Matters. "This class will blend Somatic movement and Yoga to give you back control of your body. Help relieve muscular pain. Promote freedom of movement. Relieve back pain." This is an exclusive crowd funder offer. Discover more about Jill and her classes on her website http://www.yogabodymatters.com/index.html

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Intuitive Healing. This is a not to missed chance to experience a 1.5 hr session with Carol Cumber, chats and maybe some comfy 'my time' healing as you lay on the couch and give your cares away. 'Chats' can include all manner of subjects and if you're willing to go with the flow, we will engage with whatever it is you need on the day! Carol's skills cover a number of disciplines but the one she loves to play with is her intuitive ability to connect deeply into anything that's blocking your own wonderful self from emerging, getting rid of it!! and replacing it with something more authentically and heartfelt you!!! woop. For some information about carol follow the link http://carolcumber.com/

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A 1.5 hour Life Coaching session. Looking for some direction and purpose in your life but feel as if you can't se the wood for the trees? Sometimes we all need some help and support in seeing our way clearly and we're not able to do that ourselves. Nick has a wonderful way of helping you to see clearly, in his words "As a life coach my aim is to help and empower you to understand, make and then meet your personal and professional goals - including excelling in the workplace, becoming happy and fulfilled in the home, exploring who you really are and how achieving ambitions will deliver the life you seek. If you are unsure about your future direction, confused about your choices or just "fed up of being fed up" then this programme is for you." Discover more about Nick here http://naturalharmonycentre.co.uk/therapists/nick-cumber

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Intuitive Healing. This is a not to missed chance to experience a 1.5 hr session with Carol Cumber, chats and maybe some comfy 'my time' healing as you lay on the couch and give your cares away. 'Chats' can include all manner of subjects and if you're willing to go with the flow, we will engage with whatever it is you need on the day! Carol's skills cover a number of disciplines but the one she loves to play with is her intuitive ability to connect deeply into anything that's blocking your own wonderful self from emerging, getting rid of it!! and replacing it with something more authentically and heartfelt you!!! woop. For some information about carol follow the link http://carolcumber.com/

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Lit-Fest Tickets & Signed Books. One for all you bookworms and lovers of literature. Shrewsbury Festival of Literature takes place this year from the 25th-27th November. This is an exclusive offer for a ticket to three of the headline events with famous authors and signed copies of their books. Your ticket will give you an evening with Jonathan Coe and a copy of his latest book" Number 11," An afternoon tea with Lindsay Davies and a copy of her latest book, "The Graveyard of the Hesperides," the latest in the Flavia Albia series of books. A ticket to our closing event with the flamboyantly, extrovert Jon Agard and a copy of his latest collection of poems, "Roll Over Atlantic,"

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8 Week Mindfulness Course. Find focus, be present and create space with a place on this exceptional course. Starting in January 2017 and running on 8 consecutive Wednesday nights from the 18th January, including a day's silent retreat, this is an ideal opportunity to focus and gain perspective as we start the new year. Louise Birch is a well respected mindfulness teacher who is working towards her Masters in mindfulness, this is how she describes mindfulness, "Mindfulness can help us develop greater self-awareness and lead to greater inner strength to tackle the challenges of daily life. Many of us have encountered times in our lives when we have struggled with difficulties, pain or illness. Mindfulness can help us work with these struggles and better prepare us for dealing with the difficult times and, also enhance our enjoyment of the pleasant things. Practices are taught through meditation skills, bringing attention to the breath to explore our relationship to thoughts, feelings and sensations. This 8 week MBSR course is a tried and tested secular method and invites you to explore and practise both formal and informal mindfulness practices." This is a unique opportunity to take this course at a special price of £100, usually £195. Places are popular and book quickly. Why not invest in a new year, new you and make 2017 a mindful year.

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Massage Package. The ultimate chance to invest in your health and well-being or to truly show someone else you care. An exclusive opportunity to benefit from 4 bespoke, full body aromatherapy treatments, each lasting approximately 90 mins with Jen Hawkins of Revive. For each treatment a unique combination of oils will be blended for you to meet your needs and a handy rollerball of oils will also be blended to take away with you. This treatment is exclusive to the Crowdfunder more details about Jen and her treatments can be found on her website www.revivearomatherapy.com

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