Hilary's newsletter February 2013. Topics: The winds of change: how things have changed during my lifetime and how we need to change our ways of thinking as a society. I also talk about how co-authoring an ebook has caused me to make changes.

1. Welcome to my Newsletter
February 2013
In this issue:
• The winds of change
• Coming soon
I grew up during the 1950’s and 60’s when life was very different. The
amount of change that I have seen in my life so far is astonishing especially
when it comes to technology.
I remember the first TV that we had was in black & white,
no colour in those days. It had a small screen and looked a
bit like this:
The picture would sometimes go fuzzy or disappear
altogether and we would be shown a message saying
something like “Normal transmission will resume as soon as
possible, do not adjust your set”.
Now we have slim line digital TV’s with beautifully
clear colour pictures and quality sound. What a
change.
The telephone is another great example of how
things have changed over my life time. I remember
phones like this sitting on the hall stand in our house.
We had to share a line with some of our neighbours, so
you could only make a call when the line was free.

2. Now we have mobiles, androids and landline phones that we
can use anywhere. That is a huge change.
All this technological change is wonderful, but I suspect
that we have been so focused on gadgets and technology;
we have, as a society, often forgotten that we need to
make other changes as well.
For us as human beings to grow, we need to look at changing the ways that
we think. We need to let go of the old outdated ways of thinking.
We need to change attitudes like: “my father did it this way, my
grandfather did it this way and my great grandfather did it this way too, so
I will continue to do it the way they did. It was good enough for them so it’s
good enough for me.” Attitudes like this stifle us and can easily stop us
from living a prosperous life in this changing world.
Here is another example of a way of thinking that needs to be changed. We
need to let go of the fear of people who are different from us. This may
have been useful when we lived in a tribal situation, but in today’s society
hanging onto this fear encourages at best isolation; and at its worst racism,
violence and discrimination. In fact we need to let go of fear altogether for
our society to survive and evolve.
Change is not always easy. It can be very confronting, make us fearful and
resentful. However, it does not have to be like that. It is all about how you
think. If you tackle change with courage, enthusiasm, a willingness to learn
and perseverance then change is your friend.
So think about what you need to change, and which attitudes you are holding
onto that are not serving you. Take a deep breath and just do it. You will be
glad that you did.
Coming Soon!
During the last few months I have been co-authoring an eBook
with my friend Fran West. This project has been a real learning
curve for both of us, sometimes pushing us out of our comfort
zone and making us think outside the proverbial box.

3. As with all joint projects, we have had our
disagreements and frustrations. We have had to make
some changes to our original idea, and learn how to use
our computers in ways that we have not done before.
In other words, we have had to embrace change to be
able to complete the project.
“Free Internet Marketing for Small Business” is due
to be published by the end of this month.
Most businesses these days need to be able to market
on the Internet. However, there are so many sites to
choose from it can be quite a daunting exercise.
Fran and I have created this eBook as a manual to
help businesses to get started with their Internet marketing at no cost. We
have made this eBook very user friendly with over 100 screenshots to
illustrate what we are talking about and have added links to the chapters for
easy navigation around the book. We also include a list of links to web sites
for free advertising and templates to help organize marketing campaigns.
I will be sending out a “Newsflash” when our eBook is published and available
for purchase and download. So, as they say, “Watch This Space!”
Thank you for reading my Newsletter I hope you enjoyed it.
Until next time,
Best Wishes
Hilary
The Out and About Therapist
Facilitator at Flourishing Relationships Retreats

4. As with all joint projects, we have had our
disagreements and frustrations. We have had to make
some changes to our original idea, and learn how to use
our computers in ways that we have not done before.
In other words, we have had to embrace change to be
able to complete the project.
“Free Internet Marketing for Small Business” is due
to be published by the end of this month.
Most businesses these days need to be able to market
on the Internet. However, there are so many sites to
choose from it can be quite a daunting exercise.
Fran and I have created this eBook as a manual to
help businesses to get started with their Internet marketing at no cost. We
have made this eBook very user friendly with over 100 screenshots to
illustrate what we are talking about and have added links to the chapters for
easy navigation around the book. We also include a list of links to web sites
for free advertising and templates to help organize marketing campaigns.
I will be sending out a “Newsflash” when our eBook is published and available
for purchase and download. So, as they say, “Watch This Space!”
Thank you for reading my Newsletter I hope you enjoyed it.
Until next time,
Best Wishes
Hilary
The Out and About Therapist
Facilitator at Flourishing Relationships Retreats

5. As with all joint projects, we have had our
disagreements and frustrations. We have had to make
some changes to our original idea, and learn how to use
our computers in ways that we have not done before.
In other words, we have had to embrace change to be
able to complete the project.
“Free Internet Marketing for Small Business” is due
to be published by the end of this month.
Most businesses these days need to be able to market
on the Internet. However, there are so many sites to
choose from it can be quite a daunting exercise.
Fran and I have created this eBook as a manual to
help businesses to get started with their Internet marketing at no cost. We
have made this eBook very user friendly with over 100 screenshots to
illustrate what we are talking about and have added links to the chapters for
easy navigation around the book. We also include a list of links to web sites
for free advertising and templates to help organize marketing campaigns.
I will be sending out a “Newsflash” when our eBook is published and available
for purchase and download. So, as they say, “Watch This Space!”
Thank you for reading my Newsletter I hope you enjoyed it.
Until next time,
Best Wishes
Hilary
The Out and About Therapist
Facilitator at Flourishing Relationships Retreats