Your Ego (who you think you are) Vs. Your True Essence (who you really are)
Throughout my life my ‘inner essence’ has often guided my work and career choices. It enabled me to make life changing decisions based...
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Carpe Diem and Your Inner Voice
My memoirs make many references to my ‘inner voice’ which has guided me throughout my life. Some would say this is our intuition or...
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The tao of the ‘Nightingale’
The nightingale has totemic significance for me. Not only am I drawn to the symbolism of this bird of love and loss, it is also the name of the...
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Finding solace and beauty through music (Part 1)
Throughout my book ‘The Grace of a Nightingale’ you will discover how music has enabled me to find solace, beauty, love and hope...
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Writing my story – knowing myself
From the distant ruins of my past there are both unwelcome and inspirational memories which have been revisited in order to write these memoirs...
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Designing the book cover
Both the title ’The Grace of a Nightingale’ and the cover design have various connotations – nature, nursing, freedom, spirituality (the...
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Lesley Young – Selected Poems #17
Poppy Appeal A centenary Of single, scarlet petals Lest we should forget This bold sacrifice Rivers of blood, and heartache For those left behind...
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Lesley Young – Selected Poems #16
Wedding Haiku Share each other’s lives In many ways. Go gently, Special friends always. Lesley Young – Writer and Poet ...
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Lesley Young – Selected Poems #15
Identity Crisis She was looking for herself In all the usual places Seeking a connection But finding just blank spaces She’d tried the church and...
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