Surprise! Surprise! And a big one it was too! Someone nominated me for The Very Inspiring Blogger Awards. How cool is that! ‘Chuffed’ I am, I am, yes, I am…  to be honoured like that by none other than Judith Morgan, who is the inspiration behind the soul chats and putting audio on my blog.

Now to claim this, there is a little fun:

The rules:

1. Display the award logo on your blog.
2. Link back to the person who nominated you.
3. State 7 things about yourself.
4. Nominate 15 other bloggers for the award and link to them.
5. Notify those bloggers of the nomination and the awards requirements.

Seven random things about me:

1. Since 1996, all my cars except one have been red. Only one was chosen because it was red. The odd one out was green and I did not have it for very long.
2. I was 18 years old before I heard about anyone else with the same name, Riana.
3. When asked how long I have been in the UK, I love to say ‘since the turn of the last century, ’ though I have to pick the audience with care.
4. The most avid reader of my blog is my 80 year old dad – he comments off list on every blog post.
5. As children, we would often go fishing with my dad. I caught a baby shark on one such occasion. We put it back in the sea.
6. October marks the one year anniversary of my blog.
7. I can say ‘Thank you for the food, it was delicious’ in Danish.

Here are my nominations for this award.

2016 Update:  The links to the blogs have been removed as several of them are no longer exist.

1. Entrepreneur Soul – Inspiration, food for thought and good ideas at this super blog.
2. Martha Beck – Down to earth wisdom and guidance from this Harvard graduate turned life coach.
3. Inspired Entrepreneur  –  Gently, softly, steadily. I greatly admire Nick Williams.
4. Author Media – A one stop resource for writing for online media from Thomas Umstattd and team.
5. Louise Cardon – Easy does it and great tips for keeping calm from this Tranquility Coach.

1. The Purple Edge – Easy to follow marketing blogs and newsletters that makes sense to me.
2. Philip Bradbury – An early inspiration for my writing.
3. Rachel Elnaugh – A new addition to the business mentors I follow.
4. Running for Autism – Kirsten Doyle’s moving and inspiring writing on raising a child with autism.
5. Make it Happen – Arvind Devalia blogs for a better you and a better world.

1. Cox Consultancy –  I love Emma Cox’s easy to follow instructions for technical tasks.
2. Yoga Inspires – Oh yes, and so does Ntathu Allen with her soulful and gentle writing.
3. The Business Success Factory – Business insights and good sense from mentor Nicola Cairncross.
4. Sue Plumtree – I hear Sue’s voice full of boundless enthusiasm when I read her blogs.
5. Drumnosis – Mark Smith, Simon Roberts, Mark and Alastair Hay use a combination of Drums and Hypnosis to teach the Drumnosis Principal: Do Less, Achieve more.