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Living peacefully is within reach if you slow down your life. With slow living you, too, can embrace simple living and mindfulness for peace-induced days!
List of contents
CHAPTER 1 WHAT IS SLOW LIVINGThe myths of slow living + productivity
How we’ve been taught to be happy
What we’ve been taught to believe success is
We need to define our own success
CHAPTER 2 THE FOUNDATIONWhat we learn from death—your time matters/your life is valuable!
Your Core Values
CHAPTER 3 SIMPLICITYEssentialism
Boundaries
Work + Worth
Don’t turn your want-tos into have-tos
The Energy We Consume: cut back/digital detox (and physical stuff)
Silence
Chapter 4 SLOW LIVING HABITSThe Importance of Slow Routines: Morning & Evening Routines
Stop thinking you need to respond ASAP
The importance of time in nature
LEISURE TIMEFrench Lifestyle (silence, quiet, focus on rest & enjoyment)
> Perfection
Self-Care & Pampering
Ambition while living slowly
Efficiency and productive living
Presence and Meditation
CHAPTER 5 APPRECIATING THE SIMPLE JOYSInspiration of children and importance in having fun / lightness
The power in seeing life big-picture (zoom out)
Follow your excitements
CHAPTER 6 CONNECTING WITH YOUR INTUITIONIntuition vs the ego
Losing our connection with ourself.
Other people: listening to others
Be Your Own Influence: Self-sovereignty
Your multifaceted self
Developing trust and connection with yourself.
How to access the inner voice (breathing, gut, presence)
Chapter 7 GOING BEYONDAllowing What Is
Surrender
Stoicism
Nonattachment – stop trying to force things. Thirsty energy.
Patience & Trust: trusting the divine timing of your life
Resilience
CONCLUSION
About the author
Helena Woods is a creative storyteller, photographer, Youtuber and blogger. Her first love has always been writing, she’s been writing stories since the age of 7 and has over 60 journals completed. She’s been consistently blogging since 2015 and she currently writes a monthly column for
Radiant Life Magazine. She’s been a guest on several podcasts such as the
Wild + Awake podcast with Bridget Nielsen,
Cozy and Connected podcast,
Health & Soul and
Spiritual Assholes. She resides in France. You can visit helenawoods.com for more on this author.
Summary
Living peacefully is within reach if you slow down your life. With slow living you, too, can embrace simple living and mindfulness for peace-induced days!
Foreword
“Helena Woods” on YouTube
- 63k subscribers, consistent growth daily
- 210k recent monthly views
- 42.5k returning viewers
Blog - helenawoods.com / Most searched blog posts are related to slow living in France.
- 12k monthly views
- 3k unique monthly visitors
- 60% organic search
- 40% direct visits
Audience
- 90% women, living in the U.S.A. and Canada
- Ages 26 - 55 years old
- Average age: 35-45
Book / channel promotion
- Helena Woods created her channel and grew her audience in the pandemic, and creates videos inspiring people with her slow European lifestyle.
- The author has an engaged following on Youtube who frequently ask for a book. They will enjoy the book and videos relating to it, create online discussions about it, and leave comments/reviews.
- She also has a dedicated + loyal audience on Instagram and her email newsletter. She has about 2,000 people on her email list. Many have purchased from her online shop from the mailing list alone.
- She will create “day in the life of an author” videos on Youtube (these types of videos are very popular on YT and highly searchable) while in the process of writing the book to create some excitement and hype.
- She will create a high quality book trailer on her channel.
- She will include her book pre-order information in each one of her slow living and France videos on Youtube, as a voiceover or talking about it to the camera.
She will create a slow living online course that she will offer as bonus material for preorders.
