When it comes to modern technology, both businesses and private users use a wide range of devices and services on a daily basis. There is no doubt that this technology now plays a huge part in our professional and personal lives, and there are many online tools and services that can be accessed from the comfort of your home or office. This includes email lookup tools, which are used by many people for a wide range of reasons.

There are lots of reasons why you might want to turn to these tools, and they provide a speedy and efficient solution to find out more about someone connected to a specific email address. You can also find out a wealth of information, such as the real name and age of the person, their social media profiles, any criminal history, and address details, to name but a few. As such, they can be used for a range of purposes by those looking to find out more information. In this article, we will look at who uses online lookup tools to search against an email address.

Some of the Purposes

There are various reasons why people use these tools, and many purposes for which they can be used and prove invaluable. Some of these include:

People Who Use Online Dating Sites

One type of person who might use these tools is something who uses online dating sites. Some people use these sites, and then decide to arrange to meet up with someone they have met via the site. However, naturally, most people want to learn more about the person and verify they are who they say they are. These tools can prove very useful, as they could provide access to the person’s social media profiles as well as their age and name. In addition, you may also learn of any criminal history by conducting one of these searches.

People Who Receive Malicious or Scam Emails

There are many people who receive emails that are malicious in nature or may be scams, and these can cause a lot of stress and problems. This is something that can affect both businesses and individuals but using these tools can hopefully tell you more about the person behind the emails. This then makes it easier for the person to take action and get something done to put an end to the issues.

These are some of the people who might use these online tools, and some of the key situations where they can come in useful. 
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We have talked previously of automatic pilot, which we can spend up to 46% of our time stuck in & of our innate negativity bias.

But did you know that we also spend approximately 50% of our time ruminating on the past or worrying about the future? Couple this with the time spent in automatic pilot there’s not a lot of time left for the only moment that really matters, the present moment, right here right now.

Many of us ruminate on past events but there is little point – the past has already gone we can’t change it. Similarly, obsessing about & trying to control the future is also as pointless. A certain degree of planning for future events such a big meeting is certainly beneficial. But how often have you churned over an important meeting going over every detail only to attend the meeting & for it to not go exactly as you planned it? I would hazard a guess at more often than not.

Something else to consider. Our brain is a product of our past experiences. These experiences also create emotions. If you experience a highly charged emotional event, good or bad, that moment becomes neurologically embossed into your brain as a memory. If you continually obsess about a certain event this hard wires your brain for the same patterns. By obsessing about the past you are in effect hard-wiring your future for the similar circumstances that produce the same emotions that you have already experienced.

Energy flows where your attention goes, so if you are continually ruminating on past event, your energy is in the past. If you then start obsessing about all the things you have to do & people you have to see, you are directing your attention & energy into a predictable known future that is based on your past. You are continuously keeping your life the same by keeping your attention (thoughts) & energy (feelings) the same.

This is why learning to be present in the here & now is so important. If we are constantly distracted by the past or obsessing about the future, we are directing our creative energy away to the outer world, leaving little energy for our inner world to create new something new in your life. And you will keep repeating the same patterns.

But by turning inwards, staying present, then we really have the potential to create, heal, grow & take action & that’s where our true power lies. Meditation allows us to take our attention away from all that’s going on in our outer world & turn inwards to change our internal state, which is where true healing occurs. Bringing your attention inwards as you stay grounded in the present moment, free from the constraints of your past & limitations of a future that is determined by past events & emotions, builds the energy you have available to create something new. And this is where the magic happens!

This week’s meditation is a past & future meditation – a visualisation, this meditation gives us the opportunity to release our past & our future & enjoy the liberation of being grounded in the present moment. To obtain your copy email Alex at alex@alexbannard.com quoting FROSTP&F.

Alex is based on the edge of the stunning Cotswolds & has been sharing her love for all things yoga & mindfulness for almost a decade, not just in the UK but also around the world. Her mission is to help everyone discover a more mindful way of living & to encourage them to embrace regular self-care practices for a happier & healthier way of being.

If you would like more information on how to practice mindfulness, meditation & yoga message her at alex@alexbannard.com.

For free resources check out her Facebook group: Mindfulness & Yoga for Self-Care, here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MindfulnessYoga4Relationships

Alternatively please check out her website: alexbannard.com

In the city of Bristol, young women are dying in mysterious circumstances. The deaths look like suicides – but are they something more sinister?

Honor is terrified that her daughter might be next. But as she looks for clues as to what really happened to the girls, she stumbles upon a link to a dark secret in her own past – one that she’s kept from her daughter.

Now Honor has the chance to avenge her child for the terrible events of years ago.

I am a West country girl through and through and a ginormous bookworm, so how did I feel when I discovered a amazing new book is set in my beloved beautiful Bristol. Well let’s just say excitement was an understatement.

I am very rarely absorbed by a book within  the first sentence, but this one had me hooked. In this one sentence  the scene has been set on one of the most iconic landmarks of the Westcountry, in the British weather we know and love and the hint of something dreadful is about to occur.

Mel Mcgrath creates several in depth characters, each relatable in their own way and as the story advances the reader bounces from character to character, which can be slightly confusing to begin with but i soon was used to switching between the characters. The plot is compelling and thought provoking, fast paced and gripping.

I would recommend Two Wrongs to fans of; Louise Candlish, T.M. Logan and Peter James.

Pub date – 24^th June 2021

Available in – Paperback, Hardback, eBook and Audiobook

Does it put you off when you see a sticker on a book cover proclaiming it has won a literary prize? I’m guessing it doesn’t for most people or the publishers wouldn’t do it, though my book group always groans when we see the Booker Prize Winner sticker, even if we end up loving the book.

However The Mermaid of Black Conch, which won the more accessible Costa Book of the Year 2020, is now out in paperback, and is well worth a dip into.

A fisherman called David waits for a catch off the island of Black Conch in the caribbean. Instead of the expected red snapper, he is surprised by a mermaid, red skinned with black hair hanging with anemones and conch shells. They seem to have an instant connection and they meet at sea many times until by mistake she follows a different boat.  The mermaid is captured by American tourists who treat her like an animal and plan to exploit her.

David rescues her and slowly gains her trust as she metamorphoses back into the woman she once was before she was cursed. But she is spotted by one of her captors and curses don’t disappear…

I love books like this which make you wonder – how did the author think of that? From the title I expected a timeframe at least a couple of centuries back like the legends that inspired the story, but instead it is set in 1970’s, just close enough to be in living memory for many readers but far enough away to have perspective.

The same originality is shown in the way the tale is told three ways – by the narrator, in excerpts from David’s diary, and from the poetic inner voice of the mermaid herself which is beautifully written and gives a way into an otherwise difficult to reach character with little language.

The painful, difficult transformation back into a two legged woman is also brilliantly captured, as is the complicated relationship between the island’s past and future, encapsulated by relationship between Aycayia, the descendant of Victorian Anglican clergy and owner of most of the land, and Life, the poor local boy she has known from childhood who is the father of her child.

It’s a bittersweet story, but imaginatively told, and well worth spending time with over a cup of coffee.

The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey ISBN 978-1-529-11549-9 £8.99

We love Seep. They make excellent biodegradable household essentials. We cannot recommend them enough. The Seep Natural All-Purpose Loofah Cloths and Sponge with Loofah Scourer, part of a new range of compostable and plastic-free household essentials here to help. 

Seep Sponge with Loofah Scourer

With over 80% of common sponges being made from virgin plastic, which can’t be recycled and with estimates that a massive 600 million sponges are thrown out every year in the UK, it was a no brainer for Seep to offer an alternative. 

The Seep sponge is quite frankly, the best-looking sponge on the market! Made with entirely renewable materials like wood pulp and natural loofah fibres it is highly absorbent, long-lasting and durable. They also require less soap due to the natural fibres of the loofah and create more suds than other plastic based options. 

Being 100% compostable, when it has reached its lifecycle (typically one month), the entire sponge can be placed in a kitchen composter or garden compost bin where it will naturally start to break down. 

Seep Sponge with Loofah Scourer – RRP £9.50 for a pack of 4

 Also…

Nothing screams summer like picnics in the sun. Seep is here to make cleaning up as simple as possible with its plastic-free, biodegradable and compostable bin liners.

The Seep bin liners are the brand’s latest addition to the range. Coming in a handy 30L or 10L roll, the compostable, biodegradable liners are a high quality, gentle on the planet option. The bases of the liners have also been reinforced to prevent annoying leaks.

Seep Compostable Bin Liners.  30L – RRP £8.00 for 25 bags per roll / 10L – RRP £4.00 for 25 bags per roll

What’s also awesome about our bin liners is that they are made from one of the best bio polymers on the market – taking less than 8 weeks to break down in a composting facility. If they are used for normal household waste and disposed of in landfill or an incinerator, they are still better than their traditional plastic counterparts since they don’t release microplastics or toxins.

Joffe Books’ Book of the Week, sounds fantastic. Get THE UNIFORM, a first-rate crime thriller debut by Jodie Lawrance!  99p/99c

Helen Carter has just landed her first case as a detective: a murder in an abandoned cinema. A mysterious clock-like symbol is drawn on the wall . . . in blood.  Stranger still is what the killer left behind: the business card of an ex-cop.

Since being promoted from WPC, Helen is having trouble making her mark in the male-dominated Edinburgh CID, working under Inspector Jack Craven. He’s not happy about having a woman on his team. Witnesses won’t talk to her, her colleagues don’t take her seriously.  And now a body turns up in a sweet shop with a pocket watch shoved in his mouth.

The clock is ticking to stop a serial killer.

The Night Hunter     by Caro Ramsay    99p/99c

Elvie’s sister, Sophie, is missing. She went out for a run — and never came home.

Then one night when Elvie is driving home, a body of a young woman crashes onto an oncoming car. Where has she been this whole time and why was she running for her life?

Elvie teams up with Anderson and Costello to find out what happened to Sophie and the other missing girls.

The Bisley Wood Murders by Biba Pearce  99p/99c

Katie is missing. Her pink backpack is found weighed down in the local reservoir.

Time is running out to find her, but strangely the disappearance has a striking resemblance to another unsolved mystery from twenty years ago.
It seems a killer has been haunting the area for years — can Detective Jo Maguire bring them to justice?

The Taste of Murder by Brian Battison

Out now 99p / 99c

DANGER LURKS WHERE YOU’D LEAST EXPECT IT . . .Someone’s contaminating the food in the local supermarket.Shards of glass are found in the baby food. Bleach in the bottles of ginger ale.  Can Detective Jim Ashworth stop the ruthless criminals before they harm anyone else?