Interview With Author Ann Diment
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
This is my first book and i’m thrilled to have it published at last! i have had poems and other works published in compilation books and digital and printed media but this is my first solo book.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
the book is called ‘Turning the Tables on Burnout’ and it was inspired by my own lived experience of breaking out of the burnout cycle using the tools and support I share in the book. As an Emotional Freedom Techniques coach I help clients reframe limiting beliefs by using the analogy of them being like a table top and the legs of the table holding up the beliefs are generally formed when we are really young by our family, our society and our experiences that lead us to form the belief. In htis book I’m inviting the reader to challenge their beliefs about being resilient and burnout so they can break free and burn brighter.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I’m not neurotypical, so I tend to have lots of ideas that need to get out of my head in any way they can! This could be in the form of mindmaps, dictatiing into transcription software, or pages of scrawled concepts that get shaped into more legible text as the writing process goes on. I was so grateful for my coach , the awesome Kerk Murray at self publishing school fo rguiding me through the writing process and keeping me accountable to get it writtend and shaped into a published book.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Lots! probably too many to mention here, but a few key ones are Julia Cameron- The Artists Way set me on the path to exploring my creativity that has become a career and Jon Kabatt-Zinn for introducing me to mindfulness that helped me start healing from the PTSD and be able to share my story to help others learn ways of living a more joyful and stressed life. I also love Brene Brown’s narative writing style on connecting with emotions and the human condition and
What are you working on now?
I’m in full launch mode for this book and building a collection of poems to publish as a volume hopefully in 2024. I’ve also got several new music projects on the go and a socially engaged art project happening in spring of 2024 that will generate materials for the next book ….. watch this space 🙂
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I’m all new to this so I should probably be asking you???
Do you have any advice for new authors?
i couldn’t have done this without teh coaching support from self-publishing school, so my advice would be to learn from other authors who have already published and if you can get a coach or mentor then do!
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
oohh tough one, I’ve had a lot of good advice in my time, haven’t always followed it though!
The most useful on is this from the Dalai Lama:
Instructions for Life in the New Millennium by his holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
And that a loving atmosphere in your home
is the foundation for your life.
Be gentle with the earth,
be gentle with one another.
When disagreements come
remember always to protect the spirit of your union.
When you realize you’ve made a mistake,
take immediate steps to correct it.
Remember that the best relationship is one
in which your love for each other
exceeds your need for each other.
So love yourselves, love one another,
love all that is your life together
and all else will follow.
What are you reading now?
‘Conscious Living’ by Gaye Hendricks, ‘Start with Why’ by Simon Sinek and a whole bunch of new books by fellow authors who we’re doing launch team swaps with to support each other.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Learning from the launch process, building my burnout coaching and speaking practices and working on the next books digging deeper into the impact of adverse childhood experiences on health and wellbeing.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
1. ‘the Poetry Pharmacy’ by William Sieghart
2. How To Stay Alive: The Ultimate Survival Guide for Any Situation by Bear Grylls
3. The Artists Way- julia cameron.
4. Full Catastrophe Living- Jon Kabatt Zinn
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