Events
We celebrated the publication of Wholehearted: Self-leadership for women in transition and the Wholehearted Companion Workbook with launch events in the week of 6 September. We chatted books, writing, creativity and wholehearted self-leadership with people across the world.
I was joined by special friends:
- Penelope Love, author of Wake Up in Love, publisher at Citrine Publishing, writing mentor, editor and Wholehearted Stories author. Penelope has been on the journey of writing and publishing Wholehearted with me for the long-haul especially as editor. We talked about the role of editing in getting books published, what editing brings to a book like Wholehearted and the power of writing partnerships.
- Kerstin Pilz, of Write Your Journey, writer, writer for wellbeing coach, host of tropical writing retreats, yoga teacher, currently writing her memoir: Falling Apart Gracefully. Kerstin is also a Wholehearted Stories author. Kerstin has also been a long-term supporter on the Wholehearted writing journey including as retreat host in Vietnam for a retreat I attended while writing Wholehearted. We talked about the value of writing retreats and incubation in the writing process. Plus, we’ll talk about the need for retreat in tough times and how such times can help us grow.
- Beth Cregan, Teacher, Storyteller, Writer, Founder of Write Away with Me and is writing a soon to be published book on teaching writing. Beth is my early morning writing buddy and we’ve written together as we write our first books. We talked about the role of co-writing and support in the writing process as well as the value of writing routines to get books written.
- Lynn Hanford-Day is a visual artist specialising in sacred geometry, Islamic patterns, mandalas and yantras at Sacred Intuitive Art. A Wholehearted Stories author, her story From Breakdown to Breakthrough features also in Wholehearted as it related so strongly to my journey. We talked about how creativity and art can help us heal, grow and adapt and how art fits with wholehearted living.
- Meredith Fuller is a psychologist, psychological spokesperson for the media, author, playwright and theatre creator. We connected via psychological type and AusAPT and we both value and integrate psychological type in our work. A fellow tarot lover, Meredith wrote the first review of Wholehearted for TAGG and has shared Wholehearted with clients. We talked about the value of psychological type and personality insights in making change, how tarot can help and the value of Wholehearted for coaches, clients and psychological support.
Create Your Story Podcast
I’ll be sharing excerpts from the launch events and these conversations in my new Create Your Story Podcast soon, kicking off in the week of 25 October. Plus, I’ll be doing in-depth interviews and episodes with each of these special guests as we talk books, writing, publishing, creativity, life challenges and how we can create our story in the most positive of ways.
Media + giveaways
Review of Wholehearted on TAGG by Meredith Fuller – published 6 September 2021
Review of Wholehearted on The Frangipani Collective by Corinne Rodrigues – published 20 September 2021
Podcasts
The Book Writing Process – Shine Online with Ellie Swift Podcast – released 7 October 2021
W4W Women Podcast September Heart of Writing – Living Wholeheartedly with Pamela Cook – released 10 September 2021
The Gentle Living Podcast #24 Majors Personality Type Inventory as a Way of Navigating Life Transitions with Becky Corbett – released 1 September 2021
