Val Heaton

About Val Heaton

Val is a Wife, Mother, Grand Mother and Great Grandmother. A trained registered nurse who was in leadership in the community and church sector for a large part of her life. She re-registered as Nurse in her late fifties. This year in her seventies she went to university for the first time to study philosophy and ethics. She wanted to keep curious, learning and growing and had to be in an environment where she would hear the reflections from the younger generations.

“The space that is created as we let things go is magical and can even be exhilarating – like watching a balloon fly high in the sky.” Val Heaton We have probably all witnessed at some time the picture of a very small child sitting in a pushchair who […]

Free to Hold On or Let Go

14 May, 2018 in 2018 Letting Go tagged #letgo / #lettinggo / freetohold / freetoletgo by Val Heaton

Kinwomen — “There’s an opportune time to do things, a right time for everything on the earth.” Solomon Have you ever considered what a boring life some wild animals have? They do the same old thing year in and year out; their boundaries are innately limited. I know I am meant to […]

There is Right Season to Test our Limitations

20 Mar, 2018 in 2018 your limitations tagged complex / innate / judge / kind / limitations / our limitations / season by Val Heaton

Kinwomen — You can make the choice to drive down it. It’s up to you to decide to stay parked there or to turn around and drive out. Cheryl Strayed NEXT is not a magical word. Yet so often we expect it to work miracles especially around a list of New Year […]

Next 2018

1 Feb, 2018 in 2018 NEXT by Val Heaton

Dwelling on sadness makes everyone around us sad but being grateful and looking forward will preserve vitality and joy into old age. The fact is… life is unpredictable. So, if we think even for a moment that we can map it all out, we are kidding ourselves. More importantly though, […]

Preserving Vitality and Joy

18 Oct, 2017 in 17 Regret tagged #regret / joy / lookingback / olderwomen / vitality by Val Heaton

Dogs do speak but only to those who know how to listen Orhan Pamuk Molly is my dog – a Spaniel Poodle cross who has been a part of my life now for twelve years. She is exuberant, (perhaps ‘hyperactive’ might be a better description!) loving, faithful to a T […]

Molly & Me – A Lesson In Purpose

26 Sep, 2017 in 2017 Purpose tagged #purpose / children / energy / environment / parents by Val Heaton

Looking back to our childhood is such a good place to search for our ‘risk-taking self’ especially the school playground. Risk is a constant from birth – not something that can ever be eliminated and therefore, it seems sensible to understand it, embrace it and find a balance. As this […]

Dare to Be Aware of Your Risk-Taking Self

31 Jul, 2017 in 2017 July: Risk tagged #risk / dare / outcome / risk-taking / risktaker / trueself by Val Heaton