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Francoise Helene

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Françoise Hélène is an award-winning poet and author. She's also a Forest School Early Years Teacher. In her writings, she’s passionate about demonstrating how nature, art, literature, and music can enhance people’s wellbeing. She also writes children’s picture books and bedtime meditations and finds fulfilment in conducting occasional therapeutic poetry workshops for adults. She’s a researcher who specialises in literature and wellbeing. She also enjoys writing song lyrics and has a particular fondness for singing in French, being her first language. ...more

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Bedtime Meditation

Good evening everyone,

I have exciting news for all of you, parents, nannies and anyone with children. My bedtime meditation, The Peaceful Swan, is now out on YouTube.

Sit back, relax, and let children listen to this meditation for a restful good night's sleep.

You can access it for free on YouTube through the below link.

And don't forget to leave a comment with your thoughts.

Enjoy!

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Published on February 27, 2024 09:59 • Tags: bedtime-stories, children-author, children-s-meditations, meditations, relaxing-reading, stories-for-children, stories-for-kids

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Wild Embers: Poems of Rebellion, Fire and Beauty

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“It is not the absence of melancholy
Though the overcoming process during its complete presence
That allows me to fulfil my heart with greater happiness.”
― Francoise Helene, The Art of Wisdom: Poems for Soul Growth

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“Old souls yearn for soul connections,
If it is there, we stay and love with all that we are
If it is not, we take the lesson and leave.”
― Francoise Helene

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“Never close your heart to the ideas of endless opportunities, changes, small and unexpected miracles.”
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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
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And live like it's heaven on earth.”
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