I’ve been thinking about a name for it and it came whilst I was talking with Karen Shaw on the phone last night … MASTERY PATH CONNECTIONS.  Moriah Ama Hope has checked out the numerology of the new name and given the thumbs up (Moriah spoke for us last week at Mastery Path and she is my guest on 4 October).

I chose Monday nights as it’s my clearest night and Gaius suggested 9-10 pm as the show is syndicated across 6 channels in the USA at this time and they have a high number of listeners across the world.  We broadcast the show live, then Gaius edits the recording and it’s repeated over the next 7 days at different times so that those not catching the first show can listen in another time and this increases the number of listeners. 

The show is being launched on Monday 27 September 9 pm UK time and Dawn Gibbins MBE & Secret Millionnaire will be my first guest.  Dawn is one of my Hug Ambassadors and she’s one of my favourite role models – such an inspiration and her enthusiasm is infectious. 

Dawn will be talking about the Ancient Wisdom of Feng Shui and how it has transformed her life and now is at the root of of her life goals.

Listen in on Monday here:  www.mindbodyspiritradio.net

We’d love for schools throughout the UK to support this appeal.  The short video explains what the project is about and you can see some of the press coverage we have had below.

Who do you know who can help us?

We need:

Schools and youth organisations to participate.

Volunteers to speak in schools.

Publicity to raise awareness of the project.

If you can help, please contact me to let me know how.

Email debra@globalhugs.com to request an information pack.

I’m a member of Ready2Network and introduced Paul Adams to the network last year.   Paul is celebrating his 10th year in business as a professional photographer and is doing a project to photograph 10 people in different locations.  He chose to photograph me on the swings in Thompson Park. 

Then I met Andrew Greenwood from The Dove Companyat a Federation of Small Business meeting and he told me he wanted some shots of his white doves for his new website that is currently being built.  I connected Paul with Andrew and this short video (filmed by Paul Kalus from Mastery Path) shows what happened!

Photos will be released later this year so watch this space!

The mother and baby who briefly appear in the video are my daughter Emily and granddaughter Evie Grace.

Have a look at this short video in which I describe an extraordinary experience I had with a bee whilst I was visiting my friend Ahqulieah in Surrey:

Debra Brown with Alison Levesley, Deva Premal and Band

Paul and I were blessed to have front row seats and I got some beautiful photos.  You can view photos on my facebook photo album. 

I also had individual hug photos with everyone and these are in the ‘Inspirational People I have Hugged’ album. 

If you’ve never heard Deva Premal sing, check her out – one of my favourites is the Gayatri Mantra . Why not take 8 minutes out of your day to listen with your eyes closed, breathe deeply and feel the music in your heart.  A great stress stress buster for everyone!

Volunteer Huggers 1 May 2010

We had a fantastic hug event in Burnley on Saturday celebrating International Hugs Week.   The weather was glorious and shoppers were out in force, claiming their free hugs. 

I was joined by volunteer huggers: Paul and Barbara Kalus,Karen Shaw and Jim Dawson – they all said how much they’d enjoyed offering hugs throughout the day.

The youngest hugger was a 6 month old baby and the oldest hugger was 100 year old Sybil Brookes.

Huggers at Burnley Free Hug Event

We were joined by a group of teenagers towards the end of the event who all loved the hugs  and wanted to take part.  They were all very enthusiastic and it was a great energy to experience.

It’s a good job I had taken some extra Free Hugs signs!

Feel the love!

((( x ))) is the symbol for a  virtual hug.

Help the excluded to feel included.  Help the lonely to feel connected.  Help those hurting inside to have comfort. Help those who have lost partners to remember the love that is inside each and every one of us.  For love is everything.

Free Hugs in Burnley

One of my favourite quotes is by Gandhi.

Whatever change you want to see in the world, be that change … it starts with you.

Someone asked me a great question today …

“Why are the loans for women?  Why not men?”

And here’s the answer:  The Girl Effect. 

Check out this short video which explains The Girl Effect .

1 billion people live on less than $1 a day.  2 billion live on less than $2 a day.  200 million of those are receiving microloans – 98% of which are repaid. 

Ingrid Munroe works on a project giving 120,000 microloans in Nairobi.  She asked why 2% were not repaid and discovered that the women had healthcare issues and needed to pay for hospital care.  She visited the hospitals and found out that there was a lack of resources in terms of staff and medical supplies.  Ingrid asked herself what would happen if she added 35 cents healthcare insurance to each loan to cover the whole family.   This was implemented which enabled the hospitals to be adequately resourced and enabled all microloan recipients and their families to access healthcare. 

As a result of Ingrid asking a better question … as well as families receiving health care, 100% of loans are now repaid.

We decided to launch our own Mastery Micro Finance Circle to help 15 women from the slums of Nairobi get out of poverty and be able to feed, clothe and educate their children. 

It only needs 15 of us to put £100 each into the loan fund and to start the process off.  11 people have already said yes … we just need 4 more - can you help?

Each person in the UK circle will be connected to a loan recipient in the Nairobi circle so that we can provide encouragement, mentoring and support.  You will be able to see the impact your loan is having.  In addition, the two circles will be connected as a whole group.

What next?  Let me know that you want to participate and send cheque for £100 made payable to Humanity Unites Brilliance (Europe) Ltd to me at 71 Ormerod Road, Burnley, Lancashire, BB11 2RU.

Contact debra@globalhugs.com