Leslie L Bell

Can Spirit help burnt-out empath Joan and hot-shot hotelier Phil solve a mystery and find love at the same time?Joan Lawson loves the Muskoka pines of her childhood, but can't see the forest for the trees. With a 'shocking' talent for spotting soulmates and an idea for a business planning romantic get-aways, she has moved north looking for emotional balance. But Phil Burgess, the new manager at the Silver Birch resort, brings change that upends her equilibrium. He's tearing down the old dance hall, but that means he must tear down Joan's defenses as well. Will they build something new and meaningful together, or will Joan cut bait and run?

How do some people seem to sail through loss, while others spend years "drowning", or only rise to a level of unending flatness? Where do you stand on your road through the journey that is grief? Are you lost in the abyss of despair? Raging with anger? Struggling with guilt? Or functioning numbly? Every path forward into a better future is different and should be honored, yet there are ways of smoothing the road and accelerating the process. Join NLP Coach Leslie L Bell to learn how a practice of daily ceremony can combine with skills for mental fitness to allow for a dawning of light at the end of the dark night of grief.

Gaia and Me is a love poem for Mother Earth, inspired by the acrylic paintings of author and illustrator Leslie L Bell, and intended to stimulate an appreciation of both the beauty of the natural world and of language.