The Craft: stories about writing & the writers' spirit

This month’s theme is An Aspiring Author – in this episode I’ll share my top tips to helping you realise your book publication dreams. I’ll share with you my own experiences and how mindset really has a lot to do with it – plus 3 practical tips to help you get closer to your dreams.

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We are all guilty of comparison – in this episode I talk about the key ways this negative mindset can affect our creativity and how best to stop it from doing so – allowing us creatives to cut through the noise around us and focus on our own growth.

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In this episode I share ways in which you can harness the magic of spices to create a sanctuary of connection and calm in your life. I’ll also share my top 5 magical spices to help you create your spice sanctuary box.

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Finding the connection to ourselves through the power of memoir-writing / life-writing is powerful. Tapping into our memories, our lived experiences and penning them down can bring not only a beautiful story to life, but also help us tap into our own ways of processing our experiences. In this inspiring episode, I chat to memoirist, lecturer and editor, Jonathan Taylor about memoir writing and its benefits, and how to begin writing it.

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We’ve stopped listening to our own gut feelings, that little voice inside our heads that always paves the perfect path for us.

We are blessed with this powerful, potent magic within us and if we begin to tap into it again, reconnect with our instincts, trust it – we can find peace in the uncertain and most importantly uncover creative potential and confidence.

In this episode I introduce A Savoured Life and share my 5 tips for reconnecting to our inner voice.

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WELCOME TO THE CRAFT, A PODCAST THAT SHARES STORIES ABOUT WRITING AND THE WRITERS’ SPIRIT 

I’m your host:  Sumayya Usmani  an author who found belonging from the courtroom to the craft  -  Join me as I navigate this craft of writing with chats on practical challenges and nurturing the creative spirit. 

THIS IS THE CRAFT.

(this podcast first launched as A Savoured Life in January 2022. It is now called The Craft

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