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Graham WiffenGraham started sailing in the early ‘90s through his corporate role, taking clients out on a company yacht. Even then he thought “I could get used to this”. Not much later he saw a yacht charter advertised in Elegant Resorts showing a couple running a yacht for honeymoon couples, sailing the Caribbean and once again he thought “I’d love to do that”. Over the years as his career took off he started travelling to far away exotic places, learned to dive and fell in love with adventure and travel, so much so that each time he went away he hated to leave and come back home to “normality”. Of course he did a bit of sailing here and there, bareboat charter holidays, got his Day Skipper, did a few miles, all the time telling himself that he couldn’t leave his job as it paid so well, ignoring the fact that it had taken over his life.

Kate MottersheadWhen Kate was a little girl she was always attracted to boats and loved the idea of sailing. Somehow, however, other things got in the way and distracted her until she almost forgot that it was something she wanted to do. As she got older, she began to dream of travelling: seeing exotic places and experiencing all the world has to offer. For a long time, though, that was something she was going to do ‘one day’.

Eventually, they woke up to the narrow lives that they were living. With one small switch in their thinking, everything changed. Graham left his corporate career, completed the ARC (Atlantic Rally for Cruisers) and qualified as a skipper under the RYA Yachtmaster scheme. Kate finally learned to sail too. They learned how to use more of their minds and used this information to change their lives (The Success System That Cannot Fail).

Once the decision had been made to follow their dreams of sailing and living in the sun, they sold up and started planning their move to the Caribbean. They had no idea how it was going to work, financially or physically, but by applying the mind technology they had learned, things started to happen to make their dreams come true: they met the right people, found the necessary information, opportunities popped up and the plan started to come together.

Graham and Kate have now sailed the Atlantic (Graham twice), spent many long glorious days sailing round the South Coast of the UK, hopping across the Channel to France and down to the West Country. Graham has also spent time sailing around the Canaries and the Caribbean, including the British Virgin Islands and St Vincent and the Grenadines.

Graham Wiffen

  • RYA Yachtmaster Offshore, Commercially Endorsed (includes Yacht Maintenance (ITE Marine Training), RYA Sea Survival, RYA First Aid, RYA VHF Short Rage and RYA National Powerboat Level 2)
  • RYA Cruising Instructor
  • PADI Divemaster
  • Accredited Master Practitioner NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming)
  • Anthony Robbins’ Life Mastery & Leadership seminars (Personal Development)
  • Trained in EDUCO™ Mind Technology (How to use more of your mind)

Favourite movie: could never have just one and they change all the time, but currently they would have to include The Matrix and Star Wars.
Favourite actor: that’s easy, Cary Grant
Movie philosophy: Movies are meant to uplift you, if you don’t feel better after watching it, then it wasn’t worth seeing.
Things I love to do: Sailing, Riding rollercoaster’s (favourite: Duelling dragons in Orlando), Abseiling down Canary Wharf in London, Sky Diving, Scuba Diving.
Favourite food: Rhubarb Mousse or Crumble.
Other information: I’m learning the Saxophone, but won’t upset or disturb you on the boat by playing it.

Kate Mottershead

  • RYA Day Skipper
  • Diploma in Ki Massage (Irish Health Culture Association)
  • BA (Hons) Business Studies
  • Accredited NLP Practioner (Neuro Linguistic Programming)
  • Trained in EDUCO™ Mind Technology (How to use more of your mind)

Interests: Sailing, Practising and teaching Spiritual Evolution Through Massage
Favourite film: Pirates of the Caribbean
Greatest Achievements: Matthew & Rachel, my two lovely children
Favourite Food: Bread & butter

Graham and Kate offer coaching for those who are interested in finding out how to use more of your mind (most people only use 2-5%), and their aim is to inspire people to live the life of their dreams. Kate also offers Ki Massage as a way to relax, quieten the mind and allow ones spiritual evolution to take place.

Our Favourite Quote:

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.

We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people won't feel insecure around you.

We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously
give other people permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others"

Marianne Williamson, from her book “A Return to Love”
Quoted by Nelson Mandela in his inaugural speech 1994

 

PS: If you'd like to see how some of our friends have applied the same mind technology to live the life of their dreams and spend time with them as well, we invite you to visit Tim & Ali at whalesway.co.za and Christine & Declan at divesardinia.com. You can learn more about the power of 'Dream Boards' - visit dreamboard.co.uk