Hi Kev,
Thanks for your message of welcome; yes it is really a friendly place here and the friendliness goes to show that it is possible to be supportive to one another, not like places where people criticise everyone's comments if they have a different opinion. I have actually developed a bit of a shyness for posting because of those reactions but here at WA I will soon change that and learn to be open lol!.

I am interested in your niches too...health in a natural-approach kind of way and self development is the fundamental of my life - an ever growing and learning path. I am starting with the niche of positive thinking and am in the process of my first website.

I look forward to reading your pages!

All the best,
Soraya

Yes its friendlier than most places I have been Soraya!

I am just putting the finishing touches to the course I created and then hopefully next week I am going to go full on in the training here. Exciting times :)

Yes I am into the natural approach with health and self development is something I have been working on for as long as I can remember haha!

Look forward to seeing your website progress.

Stay in touch,

Chat soon,

Have a brilliant weekend,

Kev :)

Thank you so much Kyle, that is exactly where I am, wondering which niche should be my first one... I am passionate about natural horse keeping and exceptional relationships with horses but I feel that I should keep that one for when I am more knowledgeable about all of this so that I can do it justice. So I thought I could do gluten free vegetarian as a few years ago I had to give up gluten and it has been quite a journey. But then I wonder whether I would have enough to say on the topic and whether there would be any interest in that! And added to that I live in Spain so many of obstacles that i have had will not apply to readers living outside of Spain where there is more understanding of the topic... So I thought how about, cooking for a gluten free vegetarian, but the same applies; how many people will search for that niche? And I guess that would need regular photos of beautifully presented food...so I think I've given that the thumbs down.
I am also a strong believer in positive energy and creating your own reality and that is something I could really create content for, but how would I encapsulate the idea to make a smaller niche? And what would qualify ME enough for people to actually read my site? And how would it generate affiliate links?
Another possibility would be some form of guide to visiting El Torcal area in Andalusia but again I'm left feeling like: 'Who will read that?' I also play the piano & write and teach English and I am pretty passionate about all my interests so at I do have lots of options but I feel completely lost when I try to decide... This is as far as I've got (not necessarily in order of preference).
#1 gluten free vegetarian cooking
#2 positive energy / creating your life (too general...?)
#3 a painting/art topic
#4 teaching English to Spanish kids (too general?)
#5 your relationship with your horse (for later)
#6 Visit Antequera region of Andalusia

I confess I feel totally lost so really do thank you for your message and sorry for such a long winded answer. I intend to make a living from this, not just a part time hobby. Do any of the above topics look like they could lend themselves to creating an income in the future?
Million thanks.
Soraya

Your niche ideas are definitely viable directions for your niche. You need to choose one when starting out, what are you most passionate about?

When deciding on a niche and trying to narrow down to a more specific niche, I recommend you ask yourself the following question:

I want to help people that ______________.

Fill in the blank and you are going to be much closer to a specific audience. After you do this and if you want to run any further ideas by me, let me know and I will give you a hand. :)

Thank you Carson: it is great to feel so much support on offer here - being a complete newbie.