Writing Down Your Soul: How to Activate and Listen to the Extraordinary Voice Within [Paperback]

Janet Conner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2009

You could pray, or meditate, or dream, or visit a shaman, or a minister, or a hypnotherapist. With so many routes into inner consciousness, why write? Of all the ways to get in touch with God, as you understand God... to hear the small, still voice pointing you in the right direction... why take the time to write?

One reason: it works. It works amazingly well. If you want to engage in a vibrant conversation with the wisdom that dwells just a hair below your conscious awareness, write. Write every day, at approximately the same time, with passion, honesty, and the intention of speaking with and listening to the voice within.

Janet Conner was escaping a terrible situation of domestic abuse. While trying to figure out how she and her son could live and how they could eat, she realized she had hit rock bottom. With no other advisers, she listened to her own inner voice, which told her to start writing. As she did, Janet's inner voice gained clarity and strength, and she felt an incredible connection to the divine, and almost immediately miracles began to happen.

Today, research scientists in psychology, physics, biochemistry, and neurology are providing peeks into what consciousness is and how it works. Their findings give us intriguing clues as to what is actually happening in and through our bodies, minds, and spirits as we roll pen across paper. Writing Down Your Soul explores some of this research and instructs readers how to access the power and beauty of their own deepest selves.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...Just reading her words will make you want to write." - Victoria Moran, author of Creating a Charmed Life

"You've just given me the best book to recommend to my writing students. And you! You, who say you cannot write or do not know how to write--read this. You! You, who feel lost and do not know where to turn--read this. Janet shows you the best road…the one that leads to what your soul already knows." --Mary Anne Radmacher, author of Live Boldly and Lean Forward into Your Life

"This is a how-to book that reads like the best novel ever... With paper and pen in hand, one can find out who one is and what one's purpose is....The book is for young and old, rich and poor, happy and sad. It is a book to be treasured for years to come." -- Betsey Brooks, ARE Association for Research and Enlightenment, Virginia Beach, Va.

"...This is one of the most effective methods of psychospiritual growth available. To learn how to set this process in motion in your life, Writing Down Your Soul is an invaluable guide." --Larry Dossey, MD, author of Healing Words and The Power of Premonitions

"Every human being has an 'inner voice,' a 'higher' nature, an awareness beyond thought and beyond intellect. It is called by various names: Buddha Nature, Christ Consciousness... Atman, etc. It is our Soul. In it we just 'know.' But precious little in our cultural training has helped us to 'connect' with that place of infinite wisdom, unconditional Love, and pure joy. Janet Conner's wonderful book, Writing Down Your Soul is a magnificent gift for us all. It offers a clear, concise, nurturing path to connecting--every day--with the highest and deepest part of ourselves. In that process it helps us become fully alive, fully awake, and fully loving. I highly recommend this superb, insightful, compassionate book!" -- John E. Welshons, author of Awakening From Grief and One Soul, One Love, One Heart: The Sacred Path to Healing All Relationships

"...put it to work enriching your life... immediately." -- August Gold, author of The Prayer Chest, Founder, Spiritual Director of Sacred Center New York

"...She has developed a special formula for success...I didn't want it to end and will highly recommend it to my clients and colleagues." -- Gail McMeekin, career and creativity coach and the author of The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women

About the Author

Janet Conner is an expert on the power of sacred journaling, personal prayer, and forgiveness to heal your heart and transform your world. In grateful appreciation for the gifts she has been given, Janet tithes ten percent of earnings to her spiritual sources. Visit her at writingdownyoursoul.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Conari Press (January 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1573243566
• ISBN-13: 978-1573243568
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,036 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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  • #28 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > New Age > Divination

More About the Author

I didn't set out to become a writer of spiritual books, or for that matter, a writer of any kind. I thought I was a human resource consultant. (I grant this does not sound like the most thrilling profession on the planet, but I enjoyed the puzzle of finding the core attributes of people who actually loved a particular line of work.)

But then, my marriage fell apart in rather dramatic fashion and I found myself alone, broke, and terrified. Not knowing what else to do, I poured my sorrows onto the page, asked deeper and deeper questions and demanded help. Here's the important thing: Help came. Every day.

I didn't realize it at the time, but I had stumbled on to a unique form of writing that kicks you out of conscious mind and into the theta brain wave state--the only brain wave state in which you have access to break through thinking and real creativity.

Now, all I do is share practical spiritual tools that activate your divine voice, engage your soul in vibrant dialogue, and magnify your creative potential.

In previous lives (and at this point they really do seem like previous lives), I was a headhunter, created the videojournalist hiring program at CNN, and taught deaf children. Degrees? Marquette BS in Speech Pathology. Northwestern MA in Education of the Deaf. Everything else in the degree of life.

I live and write in Ozona, Florida, a wee village not too far from Tampa. My son is in college in New York city and I'm working on the answer to the only question that really matters, What does my soul want?

You can find lots more information and courses at my website, www.writingdownyoursoul.com