Belinda Seaward was born in Cornwall to a British mother and Polish father. She has four brothers and sisters and grew up in Devon. When she was 12, her father gave her a semi-feral Exmoor pony to train to ride which started a life-long passion for learning how to communicate with horses. Over an eighteen-year period, she educated her own Arabian horses who now work as colleagues on social education and well-being courses offered by Horsemanship for Health, a Community Interest Company based in Newton Abbot, Devon. The organisation works in partnership with NHS Devon Partnership Trust, Devon Recovery Learning Community, mental health support groups and local schools.
Belinda’s professional background includes a career as a writer and journalist. She has worked for several national and international newspapers and her books have been translated and published all over the world. She has a degree in Philosophy and Psychology and a Post Graduate Certificate of Education from Exeter University. For the past twenty years, Belinda has taught Philosophy and Ethics to young people and adults. She is a fellow of the School for Social Entrepreneurs, Plymouth. She is also an accredited education and well-being coach.
As an educator and director of a growing social enterprise, Belinda’s work is dedicated to designing innovative courses that give people of all ages and life stages the opportunity to learn about themselves and develop their inner wisdom so that they might lead more flourishing lives. Inspired by the moral philosopher Mary Midgley’s view of animals as kin, Belinda’s work is dedicated to exploring meaningful connection between animals, the natural world and humans. Her work integrates wisdom and ideas from many disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, animal ethics, Buddhism and practical neuroscience.
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Belinda, if your blog is half as good as your books, this will be a wonderful ride. Really looking forward to it.
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Belinda, thanks you ever so much for visiting, I’m enjoying your blog very much and look forward to follow you into the future.
Best regards
Dina
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I’m loving The Beautiful Truth – brilliant book. My father’s name was Janek – so lovely to see it in print!
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Thank you, Jenny. Janek is a beautiful name.
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Warm greetings from New England—even though it’s brutally cold outside! Thank you for swinging by my blog. I look forward to reading your posts; I sense an anachronist arc in your writing. Perhaps you were an assistant to Herodotus in your previous life…? All the best to you.
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Warmest greeting in return and thank you Occam, or do you prefer the sharper appellation, Blade? I loved the clean look of your photographs. Anachronistic sounds as if I’m out of step with the times perhaps, but that’s fine. Hope that the deep freeze thaws soon.
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Regarding name use, you choose as your mood directs you.. Thank you for commenting on my photography; taking photos and writing for me is a lot like breathing. I don’t see your posts as something out-of-step with today. I was referring to an affinity that you possess for values that were meaningful versus ephemeral in this age of instant gratification…
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Thank you for that, Occam, and I’m with you on writing, thinking and seeing as being like breathing. Keep doing your wonderful work!
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Hi Belinda – I was looking back over some posts from last year and reminded myself that you were working on a new novel. I loved A Beautiful Truth and wondered how things were going with the new book. Be great to hear from you at Devon Book Club and maybe support you (if that is helpful) in the promotion of your new book when the time is right. Best Wishes Ian Hobbs
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Lovely to hear from you Ian! Thank you for your offer of support. I’m working on a couple of new books at the moment – a novel and a narrative non-fiction work – and will let you know when they are ready for the big wide world. Hope all is well with the Devon Book Club. Best wishes Belinda
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