What a year! Glow Your Worth took me on several precious adventures that I will always cherish. Glow Your Worth was used to educate teens on self-esteem and self-worth, the journal was picked up by multiple shops and clinics in Edmonton, Glow Your Worth received an international design award and went from one book to two!
Here are my top author adventures and highlights for 2022!
Workshop With The BeaYOUtiful Foundation
In August I had the pleasure of presenting at the Summer Confidence Workshop hosted by the BeaYOUtiful Foundation. The purpose of the BeaYOUtiful Foundation is to advance health and youth education by providing self-esteem and confidence-building classes. The organization looks to instill the value of self-worth, and to support girls in their confidence journey by facilitating supportive mentorship relationships between young girls and empowering women from their own community.
I had the opportunity to share my personal story of becoming an author and living in passion and purpose and showed the girls the value of internal joy and beauty, the difference between thoughts and feelings of self-worth and self-doubt and how to write and use affirmations and gratitude to embrace authenticity. I inspired the girls to love their unique beauty. They inspired me to be inquisitive and playful.
Checked In At The St. Albert Library
When I was little my mom would take me to the library at least once a week. It was a special adventure that we would share together. It’s where I discovered some of my favourite childhood books. Where The Wild Things Are, Charlotte’s Web and Jillian Jiggs… to name a few. I can still remember the paper library cards that would be stamped and placed in a pocket in each book. I can still smell the stale discoloured pages of the classics that seem to get better with age. My love for literature, storytelling, poetry and writing was nurtured and encouraged at the library.
The library adventures continue. The words of Glow Your Worth are tucked away on a bookshelf at the St. Albert Library. A stamp of honour in my book.
Glow Your Worth Receives 2022 Indigo Design Award
Glow Your Worth received the 2022 Indigo Design Award for illustration and book design.
The International Indigo Design Award celebrates trail-blazers and risk-taskers who are innovating in the visual design world, with exceptional projects that shine with an uncommon artistry and have a fresh new take on design inspired composition and layout.
From hand-drawn sketches using tracing paper to digitally refined doodles, every detail in the book was artfully and thoughtfully considered.
The continuous linework in the symbolic drawings visually inspires an entwined path of discovery and growth. Similar to connecting with the flow of the ocean, the minimalist stylization of each illustration carries a sense of serenity and peacefulness — enhancing the theme of unconditional love.
The feedback on the book design thus far has been nothing short of inspirational. The custom pairing between affirmation and illustration successfully evokes themes of connection and unconditional love. People have praised the illustrations as being “methodical” and “meditative” — that “the drawings bring them back to their ocean adventures and “the illustrations entrance their imagination with the power of just one line.”
Arrival at Audreys Books
Glow Your Worth made its first local appearance in downtown Edmonton at Audreys Books in January 2022. Audreys Books is stacked with local authors. I love how they continue to celebrate local talent and how dedicated they are to keeping the art of literature alive in our city. I’m incredibly honored and grateful to be part of their collection.
Glow Your Worth At The Makers Keep
In March 2022, Glow Your Worth affirmation and gratitude journal was welcomed in all four locations of The Makers Keep beautiful boutiques, allowing readers to access the gratitude journal in Sherwood Park, St, Albert, on 124 Street and at Kingsway Mall. Joining this lovely collective of local artisans was a major highlight.
Glow Your Worth At The Wild Collective
Glow Your Worth affirmation and gratitude journal made an appearance at the Wild Collective hosted by Flow Functional Health Care.
The Wild Collective is a thriving sisterhood and supportive community of like-minded women, offering health education that helps ignite passion and purpose. The Wild Collective cultivates body awareness and encourages a deep connection with health and intuition.
The Universal Radio Network Interview
Radio debut! I was welcomed onto The Universal Radio Network on September 14, 2022 to dive deep into conversation about overcoming betrayal and heartache and how my experience empowered me to share my story with others through the vulnerable creation of Glow Your Worth gratitude journal.
Publishing Glow Your Worth Affirmation & Gratitude Journal To Ignite Abundance
Release the power of authenticity with the new Glow Your Worth Affirmation & Gratitude Journal To Ignite Abundance.
Glow Your Worth Affirmation & Gratitude Journal To Ignite Abundance holds 222 empowering affirmations that will help you embody the power of presence and authenticity. All 222 affirmations will inspire a gratitude practice that will help you embrace the value, strength and beauty of your energy and essence. You are everything and everything is enough.
Each affirmation is paired with a beautiful continuous line illustration and prompted gratitude practice that will ignite your intuitive sense of worthiness. Worthy words, positive thoughts and pure appreciation are the spark that will light and expand your heart to the infinite flow of abundance and love that is available to us all.
Available on Amazon.ca and Amazon.com.
