Verity
Singer, Songwriter, Innovator
When Verity tragically and unexpectedly
lost her father in 1999, she found
herself floundering in a sea of
insecurity. “All that I took to be
constant, now seemed so fragile and
finite”, she says. In the midst of her
despair, she was inspired by a Paulo
Coelho book to set off on an 800km walk
across Spain to Santiago de Compestello.
This sacred pilgrimage proved to be
deeply healing as Verity found a safe
channel for her grief as well as a means
to honour her dad’s wonderfully
adventurous and pioneering spirit.
Verity also realised her ability to
achieve the apparently impossible as a
result of this gruelling endeavour.
Today, she has overcome a debilitating
shyness and fear of failure to blossom
into a confident and compassionate
singer and songwriter. She is a firm
believer in the power of music to
inspire social change and 10.6% of her
album sales are pledged to two charities
- one to help victims of woman abuse and
the other to financially aid developing
singers in South Africa through her Live
Your Dreams Foundation.
By selling future ownership in an album
she had not as yet recorded, her Lucky
Packet Project attracted international
attention for its innovation in
overcoming a lack of funding for
aspiring musicians. Verity credits
Edward de Bono’s "Six Thinking Hats" for
coming up with this novel concept. This
strategic brainstorming technique helps
one to break free of habitual thinking
patterns and encourages a
multi-perspective approach to problem
solving.
Other tools that Verity employs to keep
herself focused on future goals is
compiling a “book of possibilities” as
well as listening to “Relaxation for
Manifestation”, a visualisation audio
CD.
Finally, she draws much spiritual
sustenance from her weekly meetings with
a group called The Angels, a support
network that helps women to make
powerful and conscious choices.
“I don't think we need to get out there
and change the whole world, but we can
make significant changes in the lives of
those around us.”
www.iamverity.com
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