Claim Your Author Identity

If you feel called to write a book, this message is for you.

In this transmission, I speak about the spark behind your story, the power of lived experience, and how to begin writing your book from a place of truth and devotion.

Your story is not random. It was given to you for a reason. Only you can write it.

In this video, you will learn:

• How to start writing your book
• Why your story matters
• The mindset of an author
• How storytelling creates impact
• How to overcome waiting and say yes to your book

Writing a book does not begin with perfection. It begins with honesty.

This is Day One of The Authoress, a soul-led initiation for women ready to write their story.

If you feel the pull, trust it. Your book begins with the first word.

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Transcript

Welcome Back And Today’s Focus

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Hello and welcome back to the authores initiation. We are on day two, and day two is all about identity, which I am just so excited for. Identity. This is a big piece, and this is really around claiming the title, becoming the authores, which just fills me with so much joy and happiness. And I want to welcome you back into the space. I have a little microphone now. I've got nowhere to hook it onto today, so I am holding it. We're gonna do like open mic, but I really want to honor you for showing up yesterday, taking all in the spark, and now showing up today to go into the identity, and this is all initiation into becoming the authoress. Saying yes to your yes to your book. There would have been something that you felt, something that opened up with inside you, and that is the most beautiful feeling, and that is my intention for you to feel that, feel the spark, say yes to your book, say yes to what's coming through you, that voice, the story. She is there, she is waiting for you, and day one was all about the spark and saying yes, and today we're very much stepping into the identity of the authoress, and really writing a book begins with claiming who you are, and it might sound funny, but it is really claiming you. There is no one here on this earth who is exactly the same as you. You were born and then you had your life, you created yourself, you were born worthy, you were born with your desires and what come and your vision and your story and the experience and the story that you've lived so far. That wasn't just for any reason, it was for a particular reason, and your story, stories from here on out, they're not waiting for permission, they're not waiting for proof that when I'm good enough, or when I'm worthy enough, or when I have this, or when I have a bigger audience, or when I have you know, more of this, or I'm not a writer, like all of that, that gets to go. We get to say, I'm no longer willing to accept that. We used to think like that, we don't think like that anymore. We don't think like that anymore. Anytime for me that any thoughts come up, any anything I'm triggered by, any edges, anything that comes up, I just say to myself now, we used to think like that, but we don't anymore. And it diminishes it, it doesn't give it power, I don't let it have power. I let it go so that I can move into my personal power. And the moment you say yes, something shifts within you, something stirs, you feel it, you feel the energy, you feel the energy of the book, you feel the energy of you as your personal power. You're born worthy, you have everything within you, you don't need to have a degree in literature, in English, in whatever, and I'll tell you a little story about that. So, me as a writer growing up in school, I was not the best at English. I was not the best at grammar. I was not the best at pronouncing things, and in fact, I had to see somebody in I think I was in primary school, because when I read I couldn't pronounce words properly, and to be honest, I still don't pronounce stuff right. I still pronounce things how I sound it out, and sometimes it's not the correct way of saying it, and that's okay. It doesn't mean that I'm not an author, because I've proved that point to myself. I made the declaration, I said yes to the book. It's like yes to the dress, yes to the book, I said yes, and I moved, and I took action, and I was in the frequency of the book, and I became and I held the identity of the authoress because that's what happens the moment that you say yes, you step into her. You are her, and it's like being a character. This is something that I live by and I love, and I'm always talking about this in a sense of characters that we create not only in our books, whether you're writing, it doesn't matter if you're writing fiction or non-fiction or whatever you're writing, the characters that we create in our mind, and sometimes like the character of the authoress. She is a character, she is an identity, she is daring, she is confident, she's brave, she moves without permission, she writes what's on her soul, she writes the stories that change and make impact on the world. She is strong, she is capable, she's not waiting, she's not waiting for the right time, the perfect time. She is the authores. She puts on her crown, she picks up her pen and she writes. She expresses, she taps in, she goes into the writing frequency, she goes into the frequency of the authors, and she expresses herself, her words. She doesn't edit. She writes, she is the authoress, she's the queen of words, she is the queen of the story, and she is magic. She creates magical, magical words that when the person reads them, they're transformed into her mind, into her imagination, into her lived experiences. And creating these characters. I watched a video the other day on Youngblood. Um, he just toured here in Australia. I didn't go see, but I watched a video of him, and he was talking about creating this character, Youngblood, and he wanted to create an identity to have confidence when he goes out on the stage and as a rock star, Youngblood, and he creates that identity and that character. And when he steps onto the stage, he is Youngblood. He is the rock star, he puts on a performance, he is that person, he is that character, and that is what it's about. When I saw that story, I was like, Yes, this is what I talk about. This is exactly like creating these characters in our mind of particular, like super, it's like a superhero, right? If you want to be this particular like authors, and you want to be that confident, like when you step into her power, and when you say I am her, and then you step into that confidence, and nothing, nothing can stop you. And it's just such a beautiful analogy in that in the way that we can step into these different identities, different characters, and it really, really supports us to have those, have those moments and be the rock star, be the authors, have that confidence and become her. It is everything, and you already are. You're not waiting to become the authors or to become an author. You're already the authors. You said yes yesterday in day one in the spark. You've said yes to the book. Now you're moving into you are an author. You are the authors, you are that character. And the identity, that's the first step. You've said yes, now you're claiming you're you are her. When you said yes, you became the character, you became the authors, you became the identity of the authoress. And then do you know what? The book follows after that. The words come, it is literally stepping into the frequency of saying yes, into becoming her, the authores. And do you know what? Many people delay claiming this, delay claiming the identity of an author. They say one day, one day I'll be an author, or I'll wait until the book's finished, I'll wait until I actually have it in my hand, or when it's in the bookshops, or when it's online, when it goes live, then I'm an author. Nah. That's not how it works. That's not how I see it. I see it as the moment you say yes to the frequency of the book that is rising within you. That is the moment that you step into her, into the authores, into the author, and that identity. It is not when the book's finished, when you've got it in your hands. Then authors aren't created when the book is finished. No, we've got it backwards. Authors are very much created when they did when they decide, when they say, Yes, that is it. The story, your story chose you. It chose you for a reason. It was given to you. It was given to you. It was it really exists because you've lived it. You've experienced it. As I was talking about yesterday, about living it and experiencing it and the way that you write it. No one can write it like you can. You've lived this, you've experienced it, you know how it feels, you've got the emotions, you've got the feelings, you know exactly how to write this. Only you can write this. This is your story. You are the magic. And you know. You know. You know what your story is about. Only you can write it. Only you can tell this journey. And I want I want to let that land for you. I wanna let that land. Well, I have a sip of my cup of tea. Now, today is very much about bringing your book into form. It's moving from that feeling to really claiming it. We've said yes. And I want to invite you today to really name your book. Even if it changes later, I want you to name your book. What's the name? You've probably got it there. You feel it, you feel the frequency, and I think naming a book, giving it a title, makes it real, brings it from imagination and brings it into reality to begin, to start, and it really acknowledges the existence of the book, of your story. And I really encourage you, don't overthink it. Some book names are one word, some book names are two words, some are three names, three, three words, some are four words, don't overthink this. Trust what comes through, start writing out names. I remember when I was picking one of my nonfiction books called Daring Journey, and I was stuck on this for so long because I was overthinking it, and then the moment that I just like was like surrendered, and I'm like, the name will come to me, it will come if you think about it and then put the pen down, walk away, you're on a walk, or you're away from it, the name will come, and the word daring came to me, and I felt it. I was like, yes, this is the word, this is the book, this is what it is about, and that word is what I use and have used since that moment, since 2018, I think it was. I have used that word, I love that word to be daring is means to be courageous. It means stepping into the confidence to be daring, to make bold, daring decisions, saying yes, moving when everyone's moving in a different way, saying yes when you feel it, when you feel the frequency of your book coming alive, it's saying yes. And really trust, trust what comes through. There might be a word that you've always talked about, that you've always said, that you write about already. There's a word in there, and then it develops from that. You get the one word, and then another one comes, and then another one, and then you'll have it. But just trust, trust the process, trust your instincts. You know, this is your story. No one, not even looking it up on Chat GPT, all of that. No, it's gotta come from you, it's gotta come from within you, and it's not about perfection, it's not about like overthinking it, it's taking ownership, it's giving a name to your story, and the power within that of giving your book an identity, a name, that is like the next step in this beautiful journey of writing your story. And I encourage you to like write it down, say it out loud, say my book is called whatever it is. Let me know. Reach out to me and share your name if it comes to you. And when you say it out loud, when you write it out, see what you feel inside your body. Does it feel like that? The does it feel like your book? Does it feel like the frequency of your book? Do you feel it? Does it feel like the impact that this book is gonna create on the person that's reading it? It doesn't have to fully explain it, but it like makes sense. You feel it, you feel the frequency and you feel the name of it, and this is the moment. This is the moment that you stop postponing your story, and it's a moment that you really begin to embody it from this moment, from naming it, claiming it. Well, we've claimed it, we've said yes in the spark. Now we've said yes and moving into, and we are I am the identity of the authoress. Then when we name the identity of the book, this is the next step. This is the next step in this process, and you've claimed the identity. There's no turning back now. You can't run, you can't turn around and run in the opposite direction. We've come this far. We're not turning back. We're not we're not running away. We are here now and this is your story. And I want to say that identity in claiming the authoress, in claiming her identity, and then claiming the book title and her identity, or his whatever it is, it doesn't matter, whatever it is. Claiming this identity is what creates devotion, and that is exactly what we're gonna be going into on day three devotion, and I am beyond excited. The lead up to this, we have gone into the spark, we've said yes, we've claimed the identity of the authores, of you as an author. I am the authors, I am the authores. Say that, claim it, claim your book title. That is the next identity shift, and then we're gonna move into devotion, devotion to you, devotion to your story that you've said yes to, that you've claimed. It is time, it is now. You are ready, you are born ready. You said yes the moment that this book coming into your frequency. It didn't come there for no reason, it came there because it chose you. You are the power, you are the magic of this story, and I want to honor you for claiming your identity as the authors, claiming your identity as your book. I want to honor your daringness, daringness, your courage. See words. Sometimes I don't know what I'm saying, but I claim it. I am it. It's okay. I wanna claim yeah, I wanna honor your courage for saying yes, for being here. You are brave, you are worthy, something has shifted within you, something has shifted, and you are ready, and we are ready to anchor this in. We are ready to step into the devotion of your book and start the next step in this journey of bringing your book to life. And I want to end this today's activation with you are not becoming the authoress, you are remembering that you are already her.