Release Week
May 9th 2023
It’s been a rollercoaster week of book signings, the release party, and podcasts. Thank you to everyone who pre-ordered Letting Glow and got it to number 1 for release day on Amazon’s Hot New Release Charts, and number 5 on the Best Sellers List! While these milestones didn’t even cross my mind while I wrote Letting Glow, or even after signing a book deal, they are a good indicator of how many people will take this journey with me to connect with our intuition and grow as modern mystics. It’s all a little overwhelming to be honest, and I find myself in a temporary state of limbo and taking a moment to just breathe. Next week marks a new influx of interviews, and a couple of live events are edging ever closer, ensuring my anxiety will be peaking once again in no time at all! I’m not a public speaker, yet I’ve got a trial by fire at the Kent Wellness Festival in the UK on June 10th.
Talking on radio shows and podcasts has been another learning curve, and I can only cringe at the few minutes of playbacks I’ve allowed myself to listen to. I never realised that I punctuate almost every sentence with “y’know” or “right” multiple times. The medium and author Claire Broad told me to never listen to them after they’re done, and I think I’m going to take her up on that advice. I’ll also make a conscious effort to refine my use of the English language for the listeners sake. Some interviews have gone well, others not so much. Moments of brain fog on a 4am call to the States due to time zone differences have ensured that I sometimes sound like a complete buffoon, or forget which Clair senses are which, or even what a Chakra is. I hope anyone who takes the time to listen to these interviews can forgive my initial nervous excitement. Hopefully in time I’ll refine the art of conversation. I didn’t write Letting Glow to be tested on it’s subjects, but obviously I need to work on verbally relating it’s content.
So what’s next? I’m currently hard at work on an accompanying course to Letting Glow, which will bridge the gap between Books One and Two. The material transpired from a couple of early reviews which pointed out that aside from the meditations, there wasn’t much help to direct the reader towards becoming a medium. Now, making readers into mediums was never my intention. There are teachers far more qualified than myself who are better equipped for that job. But I do feel there is space for us to improve on this journey, and so the idea of an accompanying e-book has arose. As I always point out, I’m still very much at the beginning of my journey into mediumship. If you want to join me for the ride, then by all means do. I’m not professing to know more than I have already written. That being said, a couple of people who I consider my peers and teachers, have recently come into my life (both this past week) who reminded me of two things:
Writing a book about my experiences and guiding others towards modern mysticism is already a wildly advanced accomplishment.
The information I’ve relayed isn’t necessarily limited to my own experience. Others will take the journey I’ve written about and align it with their own, creating a greater truth and advancing the call to activate spiritual awareness among others.
Both of those statements would feel very self indulgent, had it been me who made them, but both came from mediums who have been practicing for 50 years combined. And they did get me thinking. I am very much at the start of my journey after only two years of actively pursuing this path. I’m not even close to feeling qualified to work as a practicing medium, nor am I sure that I even want to become a practicing medium. But who is better qualified to talk about what has worked for me than me? If my journey is conducive to others’, then maybe it’s time to stop apologising for my lack of experience and concentrate on what’s working. Perhaps it will work for you too. And so we come to the course that I am developing. It’s almost ready and as I stated before, it will bridge the gap between books One and Two. It will take the soft introduction to spirituality that are the lessons in Letting Glow, and advance on them in preparation for Glowing Deeper. And I can assure you, we go way further in Glowing Deeper!
The only things to really finish up with the course are making sure that I haven’t infringed on anything layed out in my publishing contracts surrounding the books, and to set up an easy click and download button on this website, which I have absolutely no idea how to do and am reliant on other peoples schedule.
So I look forward to releasing this content and I’m keen to get you involved. As always, I welcome your feedback and I’m easily reachable through my social media handles.
Thanks once more to you for purchasing Letting Glow ahead of the release day, and helping it hit it’s first run of milestones. This week has been a life changing one, and it’s all thanks to your support. Please leave a review on Amazon or wherever you purchased it if you feel it has been a useful read, and keep an eye on this blog for updates about podcast and radio interviews as they come up over the next few months.
Phill