DICTIONARY
Lighthearted A - Z about me
A - Anglophile: I lived in London for 21 years, an incredibly inspiring city, and I am interested in English history and culture.
B - Book worm, ever since I learned to read. My latest author discovery is Ursula Le Guin, recommended!
C - Cafe frequenter: apart from enjoying tea and cake, I am one of those who writes in cafes. (What you are reading now for example).
D - Dreamer: I am a pragmatic dreamer, I have ideas, and then I work as best as I can to manifest them.
E - The elephant in the room: I love elephants, but here I refer to what we don’t talk about. I want to contribute to more openness around, and talking about death .
F - Film lover, and one of my favorite directors is Andrei Tarkovsky
G - Granny to a gorgeous little boy!.
H - Holistic: I believe that a holistic approach to health that includes the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual, creates best balance and harmony.
I - Indigo, the deep, winter-night blue, is my favorite colour.
J - Joy: My greatest source of joy is creativity. I am an artist (abstract oil painting), and I organise creative workshops.
K - “Kindness is my religion”, the 14th Dalai Lama, and me.
L - Living in Bergen. I am lucky to be surrounded by amazing nature. All the landscape (and swan) pics are from my meditative walks in this area.
M - Meditation: I have had a meditation practice for 40 years, it gives calm and clarity.
N - Norwegian, but I have lived in several countries, Poland, Italy, and England. I enjoy working multiculturally.
O - Organized in everything I do.
P - Personality type, I am an INFJ type in the Myers-Briggs system, for those interested in that kind of thing.
Q - Quilting is one of my hobbies, it’s lovely to create something colourful that you can also wrap yourself in for warmth and hygge.
R - Reflective person.
S - Soul & Spirit: I love everything with soul, with depth, feeling, poetry, mystery, and beauty. I am spiritual, but not a member of any religious organisation.
T - Trondheim, at 63.43 North, is my birth city.
U - University graduate, MA in Integrative Arts Psychotherapy from London Metropolitan University, and BA in Fine Arts from Norway.
V - Very fond of classical music. I have a broad music taste, from Bach and Handel, via Chopin and Wagner, to Satie, Philip Glass and Arvo Part.
W - Wow! I have the ability to be enthusiastic and to see beauty.
X - Xenophobic, no, I am not!
Y - Yoga, popular and good for you in so many ways, but I have to admit that I don't practice yoga.
Z - Zzzz - I hope I haven’t put you to sleep with all this info about me :)