Who are you? Who have you become? Who do you wish to become? I am Mandy Brown. I, like you, have accepted many labels and roles through my life. Many I feel positive about, but some I fight against. One of them being that I am a person with disabilities. As a person who has always put a positive spin on life and my health challenges I would like you to know that at times I have faltered, cried and even screamed about my disabilities. My partner and friends will know I have battled with the question: 'How can I be or feel sexy in a wheelchair? Or using sticks?' They also know that I found a way around that! ;) There is still a stigma about those of us who use wheelchairs and other aids. I ha
What a buzz about this book! What are people saying about the true inspirational story 'Nipples to Kneecaps - to die or not to die with cancer'? 5 star reviews and personal comments are flying in via Facebook, Amazon, email, messenger, WhatsApp and face to face meetings. Thank you everyone who has taken the time and effort to post or send me a review. :) Here are some (but certainly not all) of my favourite lines: "Written in a heartfelt, natural style with moments of deepest despair and utter joy woven together to melt even the hardest heart." "Roller-coaster of emotions - joy, tears, laughter. Overall it's so Inspirational. Proves you can achieve the impossible." “If I ever get cancer I w
Can you remember your first book? I mean the one that got you hooked into reading? Or where you were? Let me tell you my story.... I approached the door of Wombourne library timidly. My mum, the local alterations lady was in the dress shop opposite in deep discussion. She was often asked to do impossible things like a make a dress three inches wider at the waist when the seams had only a one inch allowance. I could sense she was frustrated but she kept her calm. We needed the extra cash for our holiday in Germany - the only time my mum got to see her sisters and parents. I was bored waiting. This was my first visit to a library and the first time I had strayed from my mum. My parents never
Today 'Bonegirl - Rhea's Discovery' goes live on Amazon This modern day children’s supernatural mystery erupts following Rhea Jones's discovery of a strange skull in Shadow Woods. “The birds screeched …in warning” but she “knew she just had to touch it – the very symbol of death.” The skull then merely waited for its chance to strike. Rhea, the heroine, is a lonesome, sensitive girl with a realistic passion for the protection of animals. She is being bullied by Connie Evans and her gang, the Scanlon Hunters. Adam, another loner, likes Rhea and tries to help her. He discovers her fear of birds. They are all in year seven of Scanlon School. Rhea continues to find bones and adds them to her
Easy? Oh yes! Or are you feeling it will never happen, its impossible or you don't know how? The answer below may not be what you expect..warning its a bit quirky a la Mandy style! We all have potential to be great, to have a great life and have great relationships. Maybe you have created a vision board of all the great things that you want in your life? Maybe you repeat daily affirmations to attract that greatness? Well the term and concept great might be getting in your way. On another level we see 'great' things as being related to huge achievements, hard work, only for others, How about if you take the letters one at a time and achieve what it represents instead? Goal - set your goal in
Fluffy pink balloon and sentiments to match. I feel good every time I think about ......what? The snowdrops I spotted in the grass verge, the feel of the spring sun shining on my face yesterday and the fact that the days are noticeably getting longer every day. I feel bad every time I think about ...what? All my joints aching including new ones, the sadness I feel for my friend whose mum has just fallen and broken her hips and the annoying fact that I still have not de-cluttered that room! I have a choice. Pretty obvious, right? I know that my thoughts definitely effect my mood, feelings and state of mind. You know this too - so why do you keep choosing the unhelpful, painful thoughts? Why d
The Healing Minute Do you have a minute to heal? Can you spare a minute to give healing? This is such a wonderful concept. Every morning at 10 am and every evening at 10.00 pm you can join people in 95 countries around the world who are focusing their thoughts on healing those in need. Just join in at 10 o’clock your own local time and add your own prayers and/or positive thought in a minute of mediation/silence and send energy to those in need wherever they are in the world. In 1986 Steve, my husband and father of our new born baby, was diagnosed with terminal cancer and given 3 months to live. The doctors said that they would help him to die as painlessly and peacefully as possible. We had
What were the turning points that made me think that we could beat terminal cancer? If you are facing a similar challenge my heart goes out to you. I want to offer you hope and I can only do that by sharing our remarkable story. Steve was given 3 months to live. He is alive and well today. In this video I talk about just three of the turning points that occurred on our journey. 1) When Steve was preparing for the end he asked a question he had never asked before - How do I pray? 2) When we realized everyone on the ward had died, except Steve 3) Helping a terminally diagnosed child Read the full incredible story of 'Nipples to Kneecaps - to die or not to die with cancer' available now as Eb
