Tag: writing

Writing Wild and Some Reasons to Celebrate

Happy Monday to you all!

How are you kicking off the magical and festive month of December?

Some pretty exciting things are happening in my life today, especially in the writing sense. For one, the final proofs of my book are done! If you don’t know already, Wild Essence is a book about liberating your spirit from the shackles of fear and domestication to return to the peace and freedom of your inner wilderness. It’s a book that comes from my heart and I see it as a love letter to the women of the world – women like me – whose souls have been broken in to submission to remind them that they are essentially wild creatures of profound beauty who are meant to be and express all of who they are, not lurk in the shadows. Below is a picture of what the final book cover looks like. So right now, I’m waiting for my author copies to arrive.

wild essence cover

I’m not sure how long that will take considering that there has been a four month long postal strike going on in South Africa. Although staff have recently returned to work, things aren’t fully resolved yet. But that aside, I wait in anticipation for the arrival of my first batch of books. I so look forward to holding the paperback books in my hands. This is a life-long dream that is finally coming into to being. And for that I am so grateful, humbled and am floating in dreamy state of bliss. I’m looking forward to doing a few book giveaways too.

In other news, today, the lovely and inspiring Jen Saunders, the founder and editor of Wild Sister Magazine launched their new Wild Sister Mag book. It’s called Wild + Precious a beautiful resource pack with stories and tips about self-love. I’m happy to share that my own contribution is also featured in the book. I wrote a piece about my experiences of self-love  and healing while dealing with health issues over the last couple of years.

wild and precious

Pearls and Strings for Inspiration

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If you keep a Divinity Journal, Angel Journal or any kind of journal where you capture communication with your inner spirit, the angels, your guides and Divine Spirit in general, then I am sure you have pages full of wisdom and profound insights. I know I do. When I moved home at the start of this year, I shed a lot of my clutter. While packing up my life, I went through some of my old journals. I was in awe of the wisdom that found its way to the pages of these journals, so naturally I decided to hold on to them. It was such a beautiful experience to rediscover and relearn some of these spirit whispers and important lessons.

It got me thinking – My inner guide and Divine Spirit have clearly blessed me with wonderful guidance. In some instances, I was able to absorb these lessons right away, while others did not fully sink in and were forgotten about.  I am aware that sometimes we do not fully grasp lessons and that they often come back to us when the time is right. But revisiting these journals left me feeling that I wanted to find ways to integrate this wisdom more fully.  

Then a few weeks ago, I came across Jess Morrow’s ebook – Vocalize: Five Soulful Steps for Writing from your Center. In the ebook, she introduces a step she referred to as ‘Pearls’. Jess suggests that you read through your soulful writing, unearth the diamonds or pearls in the writing and then write them on flash cards. She then suggests stringing these pearls together into meaningful sentences.

I immediately fell in love with the idea. I’ve been having a field day applying the concept in my own way. I’ve been selecting particular words, phrases and sentences that stand out to me. Words that speak to me, that have deep meaning to me and that inspire me. I then write these pearls on little flash cards or sticky notes. I’ve place them by my bedside, stuck them into my vision board and used them as book marks because I know I will read them whenever I pic the book up.

I feel that in doing so, I’ve found yet another way to invite spirit into my life. I’ve made room for answers to find me. It has also allowed the initial seeds planted to be watered, nurtured and to start growing into even greater insights and understanding. Since I’ve started I’ve witnessed an amazing synchronistic flow as well. It is so interesting how simply changes can have such a profound impact.

So, I definitely encourage all of you to try this exercise out. Find your treasures, integrate them into your life in fun ways and draw on their energy in magical ways.