How Can I Make My Life Better?

Charlene Adams

For women done surviving and ready to start becoming. Hosted by Charlene — single mum, Reiki practitioner, former six-figure business owner who rebuilt her life after a toxic relationship, homelessness and postnatal depression. We blend karmic law, such as the law of attraction, psychology tools and real talk. Topics include manifesting, gratitude, self-love, alternative healing, meditation, visualisation and building financial independence. No toxic positivity. Just honest tools that work. New episodes every Monday.

  1. Jun 1

    Manifestation Is Real — The Small Shifts, Magic Moments and One Question That Will Change Every Decision You Make

    Manifestation proof, the Sisterhood of the Travelling Journal, intention plant pots and a Jen Sincero quote that will stop you in your tracks — this week's episode is packed. I share real specific evidence that the mirror principle work and gratitude practice I have been doing for the last five to six months is actually showing up in my physical reality — from membership payments landing at exactly the right moment to unexpected refunds, cheques in the post and a cancelled column that somehow still paid my rent. We also talk about the blue moon in Sagittarius, why tech is driving me absolutely mad, how the Sisterhood of the Travelling Journal reignited my creativity and the launch of my very first physical product — affirmation plant pots. And we close on this: every choice is either taking you closer to success or closer to failure. There are only two directions and nothing in between. Which direction are your choices taking you? 📥 Mirror Principle Workbook — do the work, change the reflection: https://www.patreon.com/posts/mirror-principle-159043816?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 🌿 Intention Plant Pots — now available on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/soulandscissors/?etsrc=sdt 📋 Join the Sisterhood of the Travelling Journal — Zoom call 19th June 6pm UK: https://soulandscissors.eo.page/rrzcd 🛞Wheel of Life - View your life on paper: https://www.patreon.com/posts/wheel-of-life-154623364?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link FOLLOW ME: - YouTube @soulandscissors - Instagram @soulandscissors #manifestation #lawofattraction #mirrorprinciple #gratitude #personaldevelopment #jensincero #singlemum #healingjourney #raiseyourvibration #womenempowerment

    34 min
  2. May 25

    Healing After a Toxic Relationship — Reactive Abuse, Brave Steps and Why Self-Love Is Where Rebuilding Begins

    Healing after a toxic relationship, understanding reactive abuse and taking the first brave steps to rebuild your life — this episode covers it all, honestly and without filters. This week I am winging it — no notes, no plan — just a raw and real conversation that went somewhere I did not expect. I share the story of a client who recently left her narcissistic ex and how I found myself being the unexpected messenger in her story. From there we go deep into reactive abuse — what it is, why victims often mistake themselves for the abuser and how gaslighting keeps you trapped in that confusion. I also share the two books that helped me understand what I had actually been through: — Was It Even Abuse by Emma Rose Byam— Living With The Dominator by Pat Craven (available through the Women's Aid Freedom Programme) We close with practical advice for anyone currently in or just leaving a toxic relationship — journaling, affirmations, self-care and why getting on the mental health nurse waitlist now could save you months of pain later. 📥 Mirror Principle Workbook — identify your core beliefs and rewrite them: https://www.patreon.com/posts/mirror-principle-159043816?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 🌿 5 Day Devotion to Self Love — your starting point for rebuilding: https://www.patreon.com/posts/5-day-devotion-151272035?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 📞 Women's Aid: womensaid.org.uk | Freedom Programme: freedomprogramme.co.uk What is reactive abuse: https://nationallegalservice.co.uk/blog/recognising-reactive-abuse-and-navigating-the-grey-area/FOLLOW: Instagram @soulandscissors #toxicrelationship #narcissisticabuse #reactiveabuse #healingjourney #selflove #personaldevelopment #singlemum #womenempowerment #gaslighting #mentalhealth #lawofattraction #affirmations #rebuildingyourlife #domesticabuse #freedomprogramme #personalgrowth

    31 min
  3. May 18

    The Mirror Principle — How Your Reality Reflects Your Core Beliefs (And How to Change It)

    The Mirror Principle changed everything for me this week — and I think it might do the same for you. This concept explains why your external reality is a direct reflection of your subconscious core beliefs, and more importantly, what you can actually do to change it. In this episode I share the profound epiphany I had after discovering this principle through a creator called CosmicAry on YouTube. We go deep on the three dimensions of the mind — the conscious, the subconscious and the quantum field — and why most of us are choosing our reality from the wrong place entirely. I also get personal about the core beliefs I uncovered around money this week, including a limiting belief formed in childhood that has been quietly running my financial life ever since. And I share the unexpected test the universe sent me — a free seven night holiday offered under circumstances that felt deeply uncomfortable to accept — and why I said yes anyway. We cover: how to identify your core beliefs by looking at your current reality, affirmations that actually align with the version of you in the quantum field, actionable steps to harness the feelings of your desired reality right now, and why your reflection will always catch up if you do the inner work first. TOOLS: The mirror Principle Workbook: https://www.patreon.com/posts/mirror-principle-159043816?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Wheel of life: https://www.patreon.com/posts/wheel-of-life-154623364?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Guided visualisation: https://www.patreon.com/posts/guided-aligning-150650632?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Guided Meditation: https://youtu.be/gRWe_ECycuc Want to start building your self-love and self-worth from the inside out? My 5 Day Devotion to Self Love workbook is just £5: https://www.patreon.com/posts/5-day-devotion-151272035?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Beauty by Cadams (Discreet Intimate Waxing): https://www.fresha.com/book-now/beauty-by-charlene-w7sepio9/all-offer?share=true&pId=2604457🌿 Download my free Bookstack Diaries reading list and join me on my personal development reading journey:[YOUR LINK] 🎙️ Follow me on Instagram at Soul and Scissors for more:[YOUR INSTAGRAM LINK] #mirrorprinciple #lawofattraction #corebeliefs #manifestation #quantumfield #personaldevelopment #limitingbeliefs #raiseyourvibration #selflove #healingjourney #singlemum #womenempowerment #affirmations #subconsciousmind #cosmicary

    34 min
  4. May 11

    When Life Gets Hard — How to Find Your Wins Even on the Worst Weeks

    This week was a shit week. My ex avoided answering a direct question about my son's safety. The scales showed the wrong number. I re-recorded this episode after losing the first version when my laptop died. I sat with a bottle of dessert wine on my own on a Friday night and felt thoroughly fed up. And then I found my wins anyway. In this episode I share why acknowledging your wins — even tiny ones — is one of the most powerful retraining tools for your brain. How I went from venting on the phone to my mum and sister to sitting down and ticking off everything I actually achieved that week. And why showing up here, even on a bad day, is proof that I trust the process.TOOLS: Guided Meditation: https://www.patreon.com/posts/guided-for-focus-157836967?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Guided Visualisation: https://www.patreon.com/posts/guided-aligning-150650632?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 5 day devotion to self-love - workbook: https://www.patreon.com/posts/5-day-devotion-151272035?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Support: Buy me a cuppa: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=E7L7PLZGX7ALU&no_recurring=0&item_name=Buy+Me+a+Cuppa¤cy_code=GBP  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soulandscissors/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@soulandscissors Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/soulandscissors/membership #personaldevelopment #harddays #selfcompassion #wins #singlemum #healingjourney #mentalhealth #mindset #keepgoing#womenempowerment

    24 min
  5. May 4

    The Real Reason to Meditate — It's Not About Clearing Your Mind (It's About This Instead)

    Most people think meditation is about emptying your mind. It is not. In this episode I share what meditation actually teaches — concentration, focus and awareness — and why awareness is the game-changer that nobody talks about enough. I share how the meditation practice I built in 2015 made my intuition fire so clearly I could predict what strangers at my personal trainer's gym were thinking. How it calmed a version of me that my sisters described as unrecognisable. And how not having that practice when I was with my ex meant I ignored body signals that were screaming at me to leave. This episode is a case for making meditation non-negotiable.Guided chakra meditation: https://www.patreon.com/posts/guided-aligning-150650632?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Guided meditation: https://youtu.be/gRWe_ECycuc Join my bookstack diaries & download the reading list & accompanying workbook: ⁠https://soulandscissors.eo.page/rzcc5⁠ Buy me a cuppa: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=E7L7PLZGX7ALU&no_recurring=0&item_name=Buy+Me+a+Cuppa¤cy_code=GBP  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soulandscissors/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@soulandscissors Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/soulandscissors/membership #meditation #mindfulness #personaldevelopment #awareness #intuition #mentalhealth #focus #healingjourney#womenempowerment #spirituality

    26 min
  6. Apr 27

    How to Build a Visualisation Practice That Actually Works — The Step by Step Method I Used to Manifest Morocco

    Visualisation is a muscle. And like any muscle, you have to build it before you can use it at full strength. In this episode I share the exact method I used to go from struggling to see anything clearly in my mind, to manifesting a solo five-star trip to Morocco — complete with daily spa treatments and a beach to myself. We cover starting small with chakra colours, how to layer in all five senses, why a specific piece of music as your visualisation trigger is Francesca Amber's most underrated tip, and how to combine your morning meditation with a visualisation practice so the two supercharge each other.TOOLS: Guided chakra meditation: https://www.patreon.com/posts/guided-aligning-150650632?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link   Guided meditation: https://youtu.be/gRWe_ECycuc Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/soulandscissors/membership Join my bookstack diaries & download the reading list & accompanying workbook: https://soulandscissors.eo.page/rzcc5 SUPPORT & FOLLOW: Buy me a cuppa: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=E7L7PLZGX7ALU&no_recurring=0&item_name=Buy+Me+a+Cuppa¤cy_code=GBP  Insta: https://www.instagram.com/soulandscissors/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@soulandscissors #visualisation #manifestation #lawofattraction #personaldevelopment #mindset #raiseyourvibration #medittion #manifesting#womenempowerment #spirituality

    22 min

About

For women done surviving and ready to start becoming. Hosted by Charlene — single mum, Reiki practitioner, former six-figure business owner who rebuilt her life after a toxic relationship, homelessness and postnatal depression. We blend karmic law, such as the law of attraction, psychology tools and real talk. Topics include manifesting, gratitude, self-love, alternative healing, meditation, visualisation and building financial independence. No toxic positivity. Just honest tools that work. New episodes every Monday.