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 :)