Episode 08 - Believe in your Book-Writing Dreams - How Tanya de Villiers found her voice to become an Amazon Author of EFT Tapping Lion Heart book series.

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Ever wondered how your dream of writing a book can be squashed by a critical parent, teacher, or professor?  It happened to today’s guest Tanya de Villiers while she was at university in South Africa. She reveals how she showed a collection of her poems to a professor she trusted. And he trampled on her dreams. She gave up hope of being an author until her 30s.

What changed was finding a therapist (Caryl Westmore) skilled in EFT Tapping and Matrix Reimprinting who took her back to this memory and many others earlier in her childhood to release and change the emotionally damaging beliefs she had internalized growing up.

The result - Tanya found her voice as an author and published her first book (about a little boy called Jamie with cerebral palsy) to great acclaim among her peers in the EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) community.  She then went on to write and publish eight more children’s books, teaching life lessons about things like bullying, expressing your feelings, and having lion-hearted courage. Lessons she wanted to impart to her own young daughters.

Fast forward 10 years. Today Tanya de Villiers has an Honors degree in Clinical Psychology and a Masters degree in Human Movement Science. Based in Saudi Arabia, her company specializes in -  among other things - psychological assessment and Human Resources supports accreditation for psychometrics.

We begin this episode by acknowledging that even the most highly educated or qualified person can find it challenging to express her true voice when it comes to writing and publishing a book. 

Tanya openly shares her journey to become a writer advising listeners who may long to write a book to “just do it” and not fear putting yourself out there - or possible criticism. She talks about how early trauma can be stored in the body, affecting your dreams to write a book - but reminds us that you can - and must - get help to overcome that so you can share your wisdom with the world. 

Finally, Tanya speaks about moving her entire family to Saudi Arabia; insights about the Myers Briggs test - and what she would tell her younger self about expressing herself as a writer.

Key Points From This Episode:

• Introducing today’s guest, Tanya de Villiers.
• Tanya shares her journey as a writer.
• How she never came to publish her poetry book.
• Ways that trauma can affect our lives. 
• Tanya tells us about her first book.
• Hear about the patient who first inspired Tanya to write and publish her experiences.
• Tanya’s experiences with Gary Craig and the brains behind EFT.
• How Tanya used images as a medium of EFT therapy to assist her client.
• What inspired Tanya to write her other books.
• Tanya tells us how she came to work in Saudi Arabia.
• What the Myers Briggs test can offer.
• What Tanya would tell her younger sel

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