Let Me Help.

 

And let me start by reminding you that you are the glorious, shiny product of your own life history. Your life experiences, and the way you have reacted to and dealt with them, have made you who you are today. You're an extraordinary, brave and beautiful survivor, with a wealth of insight and wisdom, about yourself, the world, and the people in it.

 

And maybe you have a story to tell.

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If you have, I'm already excited about helping you tell it. I adore stories. Hand on heart, I have never met a story in my entire life that wasn't interesting, or capable of being that way, with a little bit of creative help to bring it to life. Stories are important. It would be a pretty dismal world without them! 

 

• Maybe you want to write a memoir of your own incredible life story to pass on as a legacy to your family, Many women say they would love to do this. Not only is it fascinating and delightful for the family members who read it, it also explains a little of their family history to them; that certain people within it lived an incredibly interesting life, maybe in a different time, when different values mattered. Writing a family memoir is a way of 'enduring,' as a significant person in your family's history. Some women write a memoir of their own lives as a gift and guide to their daughters and granddaughters.  Others will write them for the whole world to read.​

• You might have a self-help book to offer, about something really important, but you're not quite sure how to structure or put into the right words what you want people to know and understand. You may not know how to reference it properly. You may not be aware of the different requirements factual books need to meet, to be credible and persuasive.​

• Perhaps you have a fiction novel, or the idea for one, but the prospect of getting started and steering it through to completion feels far too daunting a task to do all by yourself.

• Are you, in fact, a quiet poet with the gift for putting your thoughts into contemplative, heart-centred rhyme or creative narrative, and wondering if others would see it as worthwhile?

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Well, let me assure you, right here and right now, that EVERYTHING you want to say is worthwhile! All of it.

And I'm going to share a story with YOU now, that makes a really important point about that, so please indulge me just a little...

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     My husband was brought up in New Zealand, by his amazing paternal grandparents. 'Nana and Grandad' were what most people would describe as 'ordinary, normal, working class' Kiwis. Grandad was a mechanic and Nana was a homemaker; a  'typical' woman of her generation. They plugged stoically away at paying off their own home in a nice neighbourhood where people cared about one another, and they raised their family as well as they could. To the outside world, they were Mr and Mrs Average; unremarkable in every obvious way, just like so many thousands of other 'average' kiwi families of their time. They'd successfully raised their own children to be independent, well-functioning adults, when they took on my husband. He was still a toddler, back then, and they were already growing old. When I came on the scene, they were in their eighties!

     ​They were beautiful, gentle people, and it is my biggest regret that I didn't get to cherish them for as long as I wanted to. Grandad died unexpectedly, just a few months after our wedding, and Nana followed him around ten years later. But in that ten years, I learned so much about her! Nana's life, and her experiences, were fascinating! There was so very, very much more to that magnificent and anything but 'ordinary' old lady than anyone ever could have known! I listened to her a lot, and she continually surprised and amazed me - not just with what had happened in her life, but how she'd been shaped by the way she felt about it. 

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     And here's the critical point of THIS story ... at the time, all those decades ago, I didn't have enough faith in my own writing. It never occurred to me that I could ever do Nana justice by writing about her life. Now, I wish I had. I wish, more than ANYTHING, that I'd found the courage to ask her permission to write and tell the amazing story of her life, because it was so rich, and fascinating, heartbreaking and joyous in equal measure, and it fully deserved to be told. And with all that I have learned since, within my craft, I WOULD have done it justice. I know that now.

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So my message to you is this: Don't be the person who has no faith in her own story, or her ability to tell it.

Whatever your story is about, don't let it stay inside you.

If even just a small part of you wants to tell that magnificent creation that's bubbling away inside you, let's do it!

Let's use your voice to bring your story to life!

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Your Story Is Your POWER!

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​​I'm not just a Writing Mentor. I'm a published Author with real-world experience in storytelling, structure and character development. With eight fiction novels under my belt and counting, I'm also a podcaster who talks to women aged 40+ about the issues they are facing in life, and how to stay visible and relevant in ways that make age and wisdom an asset to be celebrated. I'm also a Psychologist who understands the different challenges older women face - not just about writing, but about life in general, and I know how to overcome them. I create a safe, judgement-free space for women to explore and share their stories. I know that when it comes to memoirs especially, many women feel vulnerable about writing about their lives.  I provide support women to find the confidence to find and use their voices.

 

I will help you to tell your story in a way that allows your true voice to be properly heard. I'll help you to clarify your ideas about what you want to write and how you want to write it. I'll work with you on content and structure, show you how to find your own 'flow' and writing style that reflects who you really are and what you want to say, and I will help you to understand and overcome the barriers you might have, that are stopping your from getting your story 'out there' in as large or small an arena as you want it to be told.

Whether you’re just starting or polishing a draft, my structured packages ensure you get the right support at the right time.

• From brainstorming to finalizing a manuscript, I provide step-by-step concept-to-completion guidance

• Memoir writing isn’t just about the story—it’s about understanding, processing, and reclaiming one’s life experiences.

• I don't just helping you write; I help you heal and grow through storytelling.

 

My questionnaire is easy to complete and send.  With your permission, I'll be happy to contact you to arrange a FREE ten minute confidential Discovery Call, to talk about your passion, your project or your ideas around creating the story you want to tell. 

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So, let's get our heads together and make your story real! 

Trust me - I'm not the only one who will want to hear it!​

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