The Unbound Writer's Club

In this episode of the Unbound Writer’s Club, Nicola’s in conversation with Tina Sharp, Owner of The Temple, a healing and learning foundation for spiritual development. She’s also an Author, Dream Interpreter, Reiki Master, Tarot Teacher, Shamanic and Somatics Practitioner and Spiritual Advisor. Join them as they talk about Tina’s book, ‘The Vivid Dreamer: What if your dreams are trying to tell you something?’ Released on October 1st, it’s the story of Tina’s “spiritual awakening and learnings interlaced with the growing knowledge of dream interpretation”.

In this Episode:

• What makes Tina an unbound writer? 
• Vivid Dreamer is the first book of a series 
• How did Tina first get started with her book?
• Tina’s spirit guides wake her at 4 o'clock in the morning  
• Journaling is part of being a writer
• Did weaving her story with information about dreams come naturally for Tina?
• Consider buying a deck of cards before you start reading Tina’s book
• The way Tina writes is very real and down to earth 
• People need to be authentic 
• If you read your own book and laugh and enjoy it, that’s a good thing
• Did any fears or doubts come up throughout Tina’s process?
• Getting over the hurdle of worrying about what people think
• A new beginning for Tina as an author
• What piece of advice would Tina give someone writing a book? 

Links:

Interested in becoming an author with us at The Unbound Press? To access our info pack, click here.

Click here to join the Unbound Book Incubator waitlist.

Ready to write, finish + publish your book? Come join the Unbound Writer's Collective - our vibrant community + membership for soul-led writers.

Access Nicola's free guide - The 3 Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Wrote my Most Transformational Book here.

Connect with Nicola on Instagram, and The UNBOUND Press on Instagram or Facebook.

Connect with Tina Sharp on her website, Facebook or LinkedIn.

Purchase Tina’s book here or via the usual outlets.

Music Credit: Joseph McDade.

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In this episode of the Unbound Writer’s Club, Nicola’s in conversation with Nicola Duffell, a Life Mentor, Grief and Soul Activist, Poet, Writer and Author. Nicola’s book, ‘Life's Poetry: Meeting the beauty of life in times of sorrow’, is out now – “part memoir, part soulful exploration of the landscape of grief, part prose and part poetry”.

In this Episode:

• Wanting to do things differently
• Pushing against the system a little bit
• When did Nicola realise there was a book in her?
• Our books send tendrils out that touch us in different ways at different times 
• You can't write a book in isolation of life
• Did any particular fears or doubts come up for Nicola during the writing process?
• Grief is much wider than just losing the people we love
• Keep going and following the breadcrumbs
• Trust the process in every sense
• Telling your story is really important in whatever way that might be
• Writing, publishing and beyond 
• Birthing a book in the unbound way is such a part of who you are
• How does Nicola feel now Life's Poetry is out in the world? 
• What advice would Nicola give someone starting their book-writing journey?
• Trust those moments of inspiration
• Writing a book is such a good reflection of what it’s like to live and breathe

Links:

To access our info pack, click here.

Click here to join the Unbound Book Incubator waitlist.

Would you like to publish with The Unbound Press? We invite you to join the Unbound Writer's Collective.

To find out more about our Done-For-You Publishing Packages at The Unbound Press, get in touch.

Keen to harness the power of your writing to make more impact and create an abundant income? Join the Abundant Author Academy.

Interested in being part of a dedicated container for soul-led entrepreneurs and transformational leaders to conceive, create and complete your book? Check out the Abundant Author Portal application.

Click here for Nicola’s free, on-demand Abundant Author training.

And here for the free Abundant Author Archetype assessment.

Want to get a taste of the Unbound Writing community? Join Nicola's free ‘Get Book Ready’ Facebook Group.

Book a chat with Nicola here.

Connect with Nicola on Instagram, and The UNBOUND Press on Instagram or Facebook.

Connect with Nicola Duffell on her website, Instagram, Facebook or LinkedIn.

Purchase Nicola’s book here, and via the usual outlets.

Music Credit: Joseph McDade.

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This week on the Unbound Writer’s Club, Nicola is solo, with a follow-up to episode 218, where she went behind the scenes of her second book, and how the Unbound method came to be. At the moment, Nicola is working on her fifth book, and she’s been called to approach it differently, albeit still unbound. With that in mind, she’s created the Unbound Book Incubator – listen in for more info, and to sign up to the waitlist, see the links below.

In this Episode:

• Books evolve and shape-shift
• You definitely don’t need a rigid routine to write
• Nicola is using unbound resources in a new way
• An evolution of the unbound writing method
• Harnessing the wisdom you’ve gathered throughout your years
• Savouring the process and making it easier
• Our brains are changing, and attention spans are different 
• Using AI to reflect on core themes and for writing prompts to get you going
• Feeling in connection with your book 
• Using Nicola’s YES framework gives you initial clarity
• The process of writing your book is so rich and transformational

Links:

Join the Unbound Book Incubator waitlist here.

Connect with Nicola on Instagram, and The UNBOUND Press on Instagram or Facebook.

Music Credit: Joseph McDade.

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In this episode of the Unbound Writer’s Club, Nicola is solo, sharing the personal process of her second book, UNBOUND, which led to the birth of the Unbound Press. Nicola shares tons of juicy nuggets – which ones resonate with you the most?

In this Episode:

• The process of writing your book opens the portal to whatever’s next
• Nicola’s book, UNBOUND, is a real-life example of unbound writing
• What does unbound writing actually mean?
• Giving yourself over to your creative process
• Writing her first book more conventionally gave Nicola a good grounding
• Having a dedicated notebook
• There’s always more unbinding to be done
• Giving yourself permission to just write and see what comes
• You know what's best and right for you
• Giving your book space and the freedom to let you know what it wants to be
• Journaling is often where the magic is
• Bringing your fears and doubts to the page 
• Structure coming through your writing
• Not waiting for clarity, writing for it
• The idea to start a writing mastermind
• Writing in alignment with your cyclical nature
• The alchemy of shadow integration
• Sisterhood, community, and living your gift
• Trusting yourself and the unfolding
• Giving yourself permission to change your mind
• Having a one-to-one mentor is so powerful
• Committing to publishing and finding your pathway

Links:

Interested in becoming an author with us at The Unbound Press? To access our info pack, click here.

Ready to write, finish + publish your book? Come join the Unbound Writer's Collective - our vibrant community + membership for soul-led writers.

Access Nicola's free guide - The 3 Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Wrote my Most Transformational Book here.

Connect with Nicola on Instagram, and The UNBOUND Press on Instagram or Facebook.

Music Credit: Joseph McDade.

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In this episode of the Unbound Writer’s Club, Nicola has a rich conversation with author Lindsey Elms. It’s a different type of chat this week: Lindsey answers questions about autism and neurodiversity that members of the Unbound writing community sent in. Alongside that, they discuss Lindsey’s new book – Guided by Autism: A companion for late-diagnosed autistic women – her second to be published with the Unbound Press. It’s out now! Buy your copy here.

In this Episode:

• Why did Lindsey feel called to write Guided by Autism?
• Realising there’s little support for late-diagnosed autistic women
• It's such a beautiful gift to understand yourself
• How to live through the lens of your new neurotype
• It's so brave to be vulnerable
• Choosing your resources very carefully
• Finding neuro-affirming people
• Making space for the beauty of difference
• How can you reframe visibility through an autistic lens?
• Spiralling up through growth, learning, understanding and compassion
• Being authentically yourself is being visible
• Having control over your environment
• Awareness and acceptance
• You don't have to do things anyone else's way

Links:

Interested in becoming an author with us at The Unbound Press? To access our info pack, click here.

Ready to write, finish + publish your book? Come join the Unbound Writer's Collective - our vibrant community + membership for soul-led writers.

Access Nicola's free guide - The 3 Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Wrote my Most Transformational Book here.

Connect with Nicola on Instagram, and The UNBOUND Press on Instagram or Facebook.

Connect with Lindsey Elms on her website, Instagram, Facebook or LinkedIn.

Purchase Lindsey’s book via the usual outlets.

Music Credit: Joseph McDade.

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In this episode of the Unbound Writer’s Club, Nicola’s in conversation with author Kate Mayor. Join them as they discuss Kate’s recently released book, All the Parts it Takes – a novel about “a woman who’s been driving forward for so long, she’s lost connection to herself”. It’s the story of “what happens when a woman stops performing her own life and starts, slowly, to choose it”.

In this Episode:

• What in particular makes Kate an unbound writer?
• Writing from a place that feels really true
• How did Kate get started writing her book in the first place?
• You don't have to have all the answers
• Giving yourself permission to get started
• Expressing the creative side of yourself
• What has Kate liberated herself from?
• There are a million ways to write a novel – you can invent your own
• What was the process like as Kate’s story came through and evolved?
• Not forcing the process, and giving your book space
• What surprised Kate along the way as the story came through?
• The books we write become medicine for us
• What fears or doubts came up for Kate, and how did she move through them?
• How did Kate find the audiobook process?
• Did Kate consider writing a non-fiction book?
• What advice would Kate give someone with an idea bubbling?

Links:

Interested in becoming an author with us at The Unbound Press? To access our info pack, click here.

Ready to write, finish + publish your book? Come join the Unbound Writer's Collective - our vibrant community + membership for soul-led writers.

Access Nicola's free guide - The 3 Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Wrote my Most Transformational Book here.

Connect with Nicola on Instagram, and The UNBOUND Press on Instagram or Facebook.

Connect with Kate Mayor on her website or LinkedIn.

Purchase Kate’s book here or via the usual outlets.

Music Credit: Joseph McDade.

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In this episode of the Unbound Writer’s Club, Nicola’s in conversation with inspirational author Heather Nicole. Her book, ‘Diary of a Thirty-Something Widow: Transpirational wisdom gleaned from the fires of transformation’, is out now. In it, Heather “explores how profound life experiences shape who we become and how we view the world”. Join them as they discuss that and more, including Heather’s second book, and how you can become a collaborator.

In this Episode:

• Is there something about the way Heather writes that’s different?
• No boundaries or limits
• Allowing yourself to write what comes through
• On a soul level, we can be a crone at any age
• Allowing different parts of yourself to come through and be in the final edit
• Each version of you has something important to say
• When did Heather first have that spark of an idea for a book?
• Feeling worthy enough to be an author
• How did Heather navigate the writing process through her husband's passing?
• Journaling as a part of the healing process
• Somebody else helping hold you accountable
• What fears or doubts did Heather have around writing and publishing her book?
• Learning to honour yourself, your experience and perspective
• Giving yourself permission to feel and move through survivor's guilt
• What advice would Heather give someone feeling called to write a book?
• Heather’s second book with The Unbound Press is in motion: The Phoenic Diaries

Links:

Interested in becoming an author with us at The Unbound Press? To access our info pack, click here.

Ready to write, finish + publish your book? Come join the Unbound Writer's Collective - our vibrant community + membership for soul-led writers.

Access Nicola's free guide - The 3 Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Wrote my Most Transformational Book here.

Connect with Nicola on Instagram, and The UNBOUND Press on Instagram or Facebook.

Connect with Heather Nicole on her Modlink, her website, via email, Instagram (personal) or Instagram (business).

Connect with Heather’s nonprofit via the website or 

In this episode of the Unbound Writer’s Club, Nicola’s in conversation with Story Weaver and Alchemist, Terri Hofstetter. Join them as they talk about Terri’s recently released book, Stepping Stones on the Soul's Journey, where she shares stories from her remarkable life – “the twists and turns, the way markers and choices that finally led her to embrace the life her intuition was nudging her towards all along”.

In this Episode:

• What in particular makes Terri unbound?
• Is there anything that symbolises being unbound in Terri’s writing process?
• The strong fear of judgment 
• When did Terri feel the call to write a book?
• Terri’s awakening
• Did Terri always sense her book would share her own story? 
• Truth is stranger than fiction
• What fears or doubts came up as Terri brought her book together?
• How did Terri get from handwritten notes to putting them into the manuscript?
• What role does music play in Terri’s process?
• How does Terri feel now her book is out in the world? 
• What advice would Terri give someone starting their writing journey?
• Immersing yourself in the world of writing

Links:

Interested in becoming an author with us at The Unbound Press? To access our info pack, click here.

Ready to write, finish + publish your book? Come join the Unbound Writer's Collective - our vibrant community + membership for soul-led writers.

Access Nicola's free guide - The 3 Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Wrote my Most Transformational Book here.

Connect with Nicola on Instagram, and The UNBOUND Press on Instagram or Facebook.

Connect with Terri Hofstetter on her website, Instagram or Facebook.

Purchase Terri’s book via the usual outlets.

Music Credit: Joseph McDade.

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In this episode of the Unbound Writer’s Club, Nicola’s in conversation with Author, Artist and Mum, Emily Doe. Join them as they dive into My Dandelion Story, Emily’s recently-birthed book – a sacred record of her “unique star seed story to this point in her life adventure”. Who’s the book for? Anyone, male or female, who may have forgotten to honour and share their gifts with the world.

In this Episode:

• What makes Emily, her process and journey unbound?
• What needs to come through will come through
• Giving yourself permission to listen to your body's wisdom
• How did Emily get started with her book?
• What fears or doubts came up for Emily?
• Allowing yourself to do what brings you joy
• Bard life not the hard life
• What advice would Emily give a writer at the start of their journey?

Links:

Interested in becoming an author with us at The Unbound Press? To access our info pack, click here.

Ready to write, finish + publish your book? Come join the Unbound Writer's Collective - our vibrant community + membership for soul-led writers.

Access Nicola's free guide - The 3 Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Wrote my Most Transformational Book here.

Connect with Nicola on Instagram, and The UNBOUND Press on Instagram or Facebook.

Connect with Emily Doe on her website, Instagram or YouTube.

Purchase Emily's book here, via the usual outlets.

Music Credit: Joseph McDade.

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In this episode of the Unbound Writer’s Club, Nicola’s in conversation with Kelly Moss, an author, a trauma-informed creativity coach, a comedian, a matriarch, and more. Join them as they talk about The Second Childhood, Kelly’s recently birthed book. Part memoir and part manifesto, it “invites you into a more sustainable way of living built on joy, play, freedom, connection and women's wisdom,” restoring your “sense of wonder, self-trust, and courage to embrace the unknown”.

In this Episode:

• What makes Kelly an unbound writer?
• How did Kelly get started writing her book? 
• How did Kelly navigate the process? 
• Kelly is such an amazing example of living in an unbound way
• Intentional lifestyle design
• Structuring a life that works for Kelly
• What fears or doubts came up for Kelly during the writing process?
• How does Kelly feel now The Second Childhood is out in the world?
• What's next for Kelly?
• What piece of advice would Kelly give someone on their book-writing journey?

Links:

Interested in becoming an author with us at The Unbound Press? To access our info pack, click here.

Ready to write, finish + publish your book? Come join the Unbound Writer's Collective - our vibrant community + membership for soul-led writers.

Access Nicola's free guide - The 3 Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Wrote my Most Transformational Book here.

Connect with Nicola on Instagram, and The UNBOUND Press on Instagram or Facebook.

Connect with Kelly Moss on her website, Instagram or Facebook.

Purchase Kelly’s book via the usual outlets.

Music Credit: Joseph McDade.

We’d love you to share this episode with your friends, community and anyone you think would enjoy it.