Personal Development that's Fun, Unique And Phenomenally Beneficial.

Originally called The Grateful Chain, this simple process was born out of a need to find an uplifting morning ritual that united a group of people, by sharing with each other the things that they were grateful for each day.

Some twelve months prior to the development of the original grateful-chain website, our founder, Elizabeth Richardson dreamed of a business that packaged personal development in a fun, unique and phenomenally beneficial way. 'Lifegames' was then registered as a business in Victoria, Australia in April 2006, after 3 days of inspired writing, (mainly during the night). The original plans then lay dormant in an old notebook for 12 months while she developed another business.

But her passion for personal and spiritual development was reignited even stronger after watching the hit movie "The Secret".

Within a few days after watching the original version of "The Secret" that a friend had given her on DVD, the inspiration came to facilitate a Goal Achieving Workshop and afterwards Elizabeth enrolled several of the participants to join her in e-mailing each other a list of ten things they were grateful for each day. The original 'Grateful Chain' had begun. People were finding benefit in the process. Then it was time to share it with the world.

Further Inspiration

As further writings started to pour through her, the grateful chain moved into the background and 5 books were born and published. A couple years after it began, the original Grateful-Chain was closed down completely, but one of our members thought it too valuable to leave and took it upon himself to save some of the information from the web archive and reopened it on his own.

What's Happening Today

October 2018 the website has been revived yet again, with a deliberate name change to reflect an even more empowering word  - APPRECIATION. Every time we think of being grateful, it tends to remind us of the "thing" we are trying to overcome. But when we think of the word appreciate, it tends to open us to a cleaner, clearer more clarified sense of the Source of Life and Love and Unity with all.

Welcome to The Appreciation Space.
We invite you to participate.

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Our Mission

“We are about bringing people into closer alignment with their own Source Energy in uplifting, progressive and fun environments, while empowering them to build life-enhancing habits through entertainment, education and personal development”.

About Our Founder

Elizabeth Richardson currently lives on The Gold Coast Of Australia. She is a business developer and now the author of 9 books including 500 Confessions. She has also trained in various healing and therapeutic modalities. Attending many seminars by Robert Kiyosaki (world renowned best selling author of ‘Rich Dad Poor Dad), in the late 1980’s gave her a grounding in financial wealth and personal development. These seminars included Money & You, Creating Wealth and Powerful Presentations.

Operating a successful clothing boutique in Bridge Road Richmond Melbourne, between 1987 and 1998 provided extensive hands on experience in business. Elizabeth also worked as a Professional Counsellor, has trained to lead Group Therapy Workshops via a process called 'The Game' led by Ken Windes and is a certified Conscious Breathing Practitioner (Australian Institute Of Rebirthing). She taught Build Your Own Websites Classes in South Gippsland Victoria and studied Strategic Intervention with Anthony Robbins and Cloé Madanes.

Her library of books is varied and she immersed herself in the topics of relationships, personal development, spirituality and sustainable gardening practices. The authors who have inspired her the most include, Neale Donald Walsch “Conversations With God”. The series of books by John Gray ‘Men are From Mars, Women Are From Venus’. Kahlil Gibran The Prophet, Rhonda Brittens’ ‘Fearless Loving’, Winning Through Enlightenment” by Ron Smothermon M.D. and of course books written by Robert Kiyosaki and his advisors such as ‘Retire Young Retire Rich’.

These days Elizabeth plays as a writer, published author, pro photographer and web designer and contributes where she feels most valued and inspired. Her writing has been strongly influenced by the teachings of Abraham-Hicks™. Her passion for living, loving and laughing, remains at the forefront of her focus.