Vibrant Imaginative People
November 2021, Issue No. 4
Your VIP Newsletter from Soulla's Writing Room
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Hello my VIP
How are you?
This last month I have been more pro-active than ever in connecting with book shops. Alexander and Maria, the paperback, is now available in store at Waterstones in Finchley, Barnet and Islington and also Foyles on Charing Cross Road.
My dream of having my book in Foyles has come true!
As a young girl I used to visit the store and marvel at all the shelves of books. I could get lost in there for hours and bought the majority of my A Level Greek texts from there as well as so many different Greek-English and English-Greek dictionaries.
Visiting Foyles was one of the highlights of growing up for me and now my book is sitting on its shelves. Life has come full-circle for me and it’s a wonderful feeling of accomplishment and has a surreal quality about it.
Do you have any book-related memories which make you glow from the inside?
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Welcoming Autumn
For many of us the new fall colours surround us as summer drifts into autumn and we feel and see nature's beautiful transformation around us.
I cannot help but somehow feel these shifts in time change something inside of me too. I’m conscious of the shorter days, waking in a semi-darkness of grey cloud and a gloomy sky that makes the splash of blue such a joy when it appears behind the clouds.
Closing the curtains as the nights draw in earlier and earlier, I welcome the change in pace around me and within me.
How are you feeling? Do you feel a change in you too?
Of course, as children my sisters and brother would look forward to autumn. We would collect conkers and have conker fights. I remember the shiny nuggets, like gold, filling my school bag to the brim and then after the novelty wore off I would pull out the forgotten bag and the conkers would be covered in a powdery green mould… no longer shiny but shrivelled and lack-lustre. It reminds us all that when we forget to breathe, to focus on ourselves, we too can shrink and disappear into ourselves.
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Pressing Pause
This leads me onto my time away from social media at the beginning of October. I suddenly felt overwhelmed by everything and wanted to spend some time focusing on me and my family. It was a good move.
I needed the break and I needed some time away to re-align myself and my goals. I spent the time celebrating my dad’s 80th birthday – a surprise party – which brought family and friends together with food, music and dancing. Dad was quietly overwhelmed and emotional. He really enjoyed seeing his cousins and friends, especially after the unpredictability of the last eighteen months. It was a fabulous evening and he still can’t quite believe we organised it for him.
And then there was a weekend away. Fourteen of us, siblings and grandchildren, whisked Mum and Dad off to a period mansion with a rural location on the river Thames a few miles from Marlow in Buckinghamshire. We cooked together, played a murder mystery game, the grandchildren challenged their grandfather to games of backgammon, we took walks along quiet rural paths, had fun in a tiny little boat on the river. Pressing pause was good for me. It was good for the whole family.
When was the last time you pressed pause and focused on life?
I think taking a pause and focusing on me will be something I do more and more.
Being an author means I am writing or doing something related to writing every single day and taking a break has been good for me. It has given my mind the time and space to develop ideas and discover new ways to move forward which I may not have otherwise discovered.
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Women Supporting Women
I went out for a meal with a group of women the other week and the openness of our discussions, the immediate trust we had in each other (two I had only just met that night) was incredibly powerful.
It reminded me how supporting each other is so much more productive and beneficial than competing and pretending.
#womensupportingwomen is a hashtag I find myself using more and more and the truth is that we are incredible when working together.
So today I’m asking each of you to take a look at the women in your life and celebrate all that you do and can still achieve together.
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Inspirational Quotes from me to you
I have been working on a new project of inspirational quotes inspired by your wonderful feedback on my social media. When you contact me to say how much my quote has helped you, inspired you, shifted your mindset, it is such a great feeling to know how I have touched you and made a positive change to your well-being and your day.
On the back of your messages I have created a bank of quotes which I am currently reviewing in the hope of launching a product which I can use to reach out to more people.
As a special gift, I am attaching a downloadable sheet here of four quotes for you to print at home and use to support and sustain your well-being and inspiration. I hope you enjoy them.
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VIP Member Spotlight
And this brings me nicely to this month’s VIP Member Spotlight which is a wonderfully uplifting and inspirational account with Unity at its helm. She is a beacon of light, love and positivity and I recently took part in one of her online workshops which left me feeling at peace, happy with where I’m at and more positive about where I’m going.
"The ‘S.O.S. Energy Report’ is a fast book (and audiobook) designed as a helpful lifesaver to help you manage your energy (overcome stress/fear) and activate inspiration, motivation and self-healing concepts.
An easy-to-use resource, this report includes a repeatable online energy quiz that lets you test your energy in 7 different life areas (chakras), and includes 6 ‘S.O.S. Self-Healing Audio Adventure Stories’ with questions to work with the author/coach directly on achieving your goals. Weaving together ancestral wisdom and scientific knowledge, this is not your ordinary e-book (it also comes as an audio book so you can listen while you rest or work)!
This message in a bottle gives you a new way to think about and define S.O.S. and manage stress and challenges, as well as opportunities and goals/milestones."
About Unity
"Born into a near-death experience and chronic childhood illness, Unity awakened to seek self-healing growth and the powerful meaning behind her unusual life start.
On her path, she sought to understand how to bring pain to purpose, and how to follow her inner calling to experience her dreams, even though she was told they were unattainable.
By studying self-healing, energy work, reiki, psychology, world religions and shamanism, Unity reached her dreams, and studied with healers and shamans from Canada, the United States and Australia.
Unity is an author, teacher and 'faery godmother' life coach who seeks to help others awaken their own self-healing energy breakthroughs to reach their dreams/goals."
Unity is sharing an exclusive offer for you as a VIP of Soulla's Writing Room.
You can activate your complimentary access to the ‘S.O.S. Energy Report’ and ‘S.O.S. Online Quiz’ by going to: www.healingwithunity.com/soulvip
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UNTIL NEXT TIME
So that brings our catch up to a close. Thank you so much for reading, for inspiring me and for sharing with your friends.
I'd love to hear from you so please drop me a line, message me, text me... and if you'd like to be on the VIP Member Spotlight let me know.
Stay safe, stay well and stay in contact.
With much love always
Soulla xxx
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