WRITE THE BOOK OF YOUR HEART
Writing from the Deeper Self:
book development through deep listening & guidance
NAOMI ROSE, BOOK DEVELOPER & CREATIVE MIDWIFE
Encouraging your flowering
Do you dream of writing a book?
Of bringing forth something beautiful from within you
so you can intimately know yourself, as well as your subject?
So you can meet yourself truly and say, with full gratitude: “Yes, this is who I really am”?
This is Writing from the Deeper Self.
Since childhood, I have been fascinated by the creative process.
When I was a child, I would stare up at the vast blue sky and watch the golden sunlight illuminate everything around me — as if it all, myself included, were a miracle from someplace beyond what I could see.
“How does something,” I wondered, innocently and passionately, “come out of nothing?”
This question has woven through my life and become my life’s quest: to help bring forth a true and beautiful “something” out of what appears to be “nothing.” I see this as holy work. And the medium through which I help people do this is by writing a book.
You may secretly think, “Who am I to write a book?” But the “Hidden Treasure” that brought you into being seeks devotedly to be known through you. And so writing a book can be a way to bring forth this Hidden Treasure through you — your unique and special constellation — as through no one else.
This is the Writing from the Deeper Self approach.
Through it, you can get the book written and out into the world. But equally importantly, it can be a way to listen to yourself so deeply, intimately, and beautifully that you feel met, known, and utterly trusting of what comes to you to write. Then your book is an expression of who you really are, whatever your subject, genre, or audience.
We come to this by listening for what wants to be known.
Listening is my passion and my path, my gift. Listening is a form of loving. Listening opens the doors for the deeper Self to become felt, known, and present.
Want to write a book you can love?
Let’s listen to you together.
This kind of book, and this way of writing it, is:
Authentic,
Inspiring,
Healing,
and even
Beautiful!
~ Because it’s not how many pages you write.
It’s how much of you comes onto the page ~
HOW THIS WORK FEELS FROM THE INSIDE
In our sessions, you don’t need to arrive knowing what to say or where to begin. You only need to show up with whatever is alive in you about your book that day.
I listen not only to your words, but to what hasn’t yet found words. To what wants to emerge through you. And in that listening, you begin to hear and trust yourself. Then, what wants to be known opens up in you. Your book’s internal direction leads the way. Your true voice emerges. Your book’s next step reveals itself.
And because your book and your life are connected — they are not separate things, they inform and co-create each other — the Writing from the Deeper Self process is not only for your creative nature, it’s for all of you.
I bring an artist’s attention to your work so your inherent artistry can blossom.
“Naomi Rose is a true artist in every sense of the word; a consummate professional, a skilled writer and editor, and a birther of creativity in those whose lives she touches. She sat me down and nurtured out of me ideas I didn’t even know I had in me. She was able to show me what was in me, but to which I’d never given words or any expression whatsoever. Her passion is to help people bring forth their inner treasures in some form.”— Zoe Larkin, photographer and writer
This is not a formulaic methodology. It’s a way of being with you and your book that I’ve created and cultivated over more than half a lifetime — as a book editor, a writer, a visual artist, a musician, a creative midwife, and an ordained Healing Conductor in the Sufi Inayatiyya tradition.
Depth is my natural element. Together, we help your book find yours.
IS THIS FOR YOU?
You are a woman over 50 with an inner life you take seriously — perhaps a healer, a therapist, a spiritual seeker — with a book waiting inside you that wants to be born. You sense that your writing could help others and reflect the full depth of what you know, have lived, and have yet to explore.
You long for a way to write that honors your whole self: not just your ideas, but also your voice, your pace, your attunement, your natural creative ways.
You want a book that is genuinely yours — that speaks from you and to you, and therefore to your readers.
You sense that being truly listened to could make this possible.
If you recognize yourself here, you are in the right place.
VOICES FROM THE Book-Development JOURNEY
"Being in this with you has been a very transformational journey. You created such a deep holding space that I felt safe to open up my heart, my being — to let myself out. I've been able to say things I didn't know I could even say, didn't know I had words for. Your deep listening was able to help me know how it wanted to emerge in me. I couldn't have done it without you."
— Shira Stone, LMFT. Author, The Sounding Heart
"Naomi has provided unwavering support and profound mirroring, gently guiding me, again and again, to write from my true and authentic self. In the process, I have come into relationship with my deepest creative self, after a lifetime of longing and disconnection from it. Anyone who has the pleasure of working with her will encounter the joy of discovering many hidden gifts and treasures in their work and, perhaps more importantly, in themselves."
— Dr. Shoshana Fershtman, PhD. Author, The Mystical Exodus in Jungian Perspective: Transforming Trauma and the Wellsprings of Renewal (Routledge)
THE BOOK
"What is happening, through being deeply listened to, is that I am starting to hear myself. Because of that, my relationship to writing has shifted to a level that will grow beyond the book project and inform the rest of my life. The book has become a bonus and I am grateful."
— Clare Goodwin, Psychosynthesis Therapist. Author, Gifts of the Mandala: A Guided Journey of Self-Discovery
“Thank you for your tender care guiding me through the birth of my book — a long labor but/and one I couldn’t have done alone. You are truly a midwife.”
— Marianne Rothschild, MD. Author, Dancing with The Rhythms of Life: A Holistic Doctor’s Guide for Women
AND A TASTE OF WHAT’S POSSIBLE FOR YOU
Before many of my clients became published authors, they were often — perhaps like you now — a bit unsure as to whether they actually had it in them to write a book, especially one that fulfilled their longings.
Turned out, they indeed did. And so do you.
THE BOOK
THE AUTHOR
Doreen Downing, PhD
WHAT THE AUTHOR HAS TO SAY:
“It always surprises me when I receive a call from someone who has said they have read my book and want to work with me. This is what pleases me the most. Without the book, I could not have reached the number of people who are now able to learn about Essential Speaking. Naomi, thank you for listening to the heart of this book. It was inside me, and you welcomed it into being. Giving birth to books that heal is certainly your calling."
THE BOOK
For more, see Author Testimonials & Success Stories
Your Next Step
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Book a DISCOVERY CALL
The most natural beginning is a free Discovery Call — thirty minutes to explore your book, sense the quality of this work, and find out whether this is the right path for you.
There is no pressure and no agenda. Just genuine listening, and the possibility of something opening.
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Deep Listening Session
Perfect if you’d like to go a little deeper before committing to ongoing work. This is a full hour of deep listening with you about your book, at whatever stage — whether you’re just beginning, stuck in the middle, or simply needing one profound conversation to find your way forward again. A complete experience in itself ($175). (If you find you might like to continue, the option of 1:1 ongoing sessions can be explored.)
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1 : 1 ongoing book-development sessions
For those ready for the full Book Development journey, twice-monthly sessions of my dedicated deep support for midwifing your book into being create a relaxed yet intentional pace. And my support is available to you throughout the month: you are welcome to send me any writing you have done between sessions, as you are entitled to an additional hour of my time to read and respond. This is the deepest level of the work — a dedicated ongoing relationship between you, me, and your book, from spark to finish. You are not in this journey alone. ($500/month)
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The Co-Writing Sanctuary
If you’d like to write in solitude yet in the company of others, The Co-Writing Sanctuary offers a protected sacred space where, together with like-minded souls, you write from an intimate inner contact. In each of the 10+ weekly gatherings, I introduce an inspiring portal to bring you inward, then hold you in an attuned, silent hour of sacred writing time, and end with a Closure ritual to honor yourself and what you’ve written. This Sanctuary takes place around once or twice a year.
Naomi Rose
Book Developer & Creative Midwife
helping you write the book of your heart.
let’s listen to you together.
THE AUTHOR
Jenaii Gold, PhD, MFT
WHAT THE AUTHOR HAS TO SAY:
“There was a deep knowing that there was so much I needed to express, and that urgency was called a book. [After a while] it went from inchoate to ‘This is absolutely possible. I’m going to do it!’ Naomi Rose has worked with me from the inception of this book to the finish. She has truly been a midwife to my ideas and my process, as well as keeping me afloat with affirmations of confidence and worth. We have traveled a long way together and I am grateful for our work and our friendship.”
THE AUTHOR
Rahima Warren, MFT (ret.)
WHAT THE AUTHOR HAS TO SAY:
“Supportive, kind, and wise, Naomi is an excellent guide and editor for developing your book and bringing it forth in beautiful shape. Highly recommended! She is so kind and supportive and gentle and appreciative, yet perceptive of the places where my book needed improvement, from commas to emotional nuances. She pays attention not only to the nitty-gritty like punctuation, word choice, sentence structure, etc., but also to the nuances of meaning and the flow of the writing. She really listens to whether the writing is connecting with the reader, and for the places where there’s disconnection.
“I worked with her over many years to revise, edit, and polish my trilogy — and always felt gracefully received and held through this 'book birthing' process. Her faith in my book was very important to me in keeping my inner critic at bay. She inspired me to honor what I have written by doing the work necessary to bring it into the coherent and beautiful form it deserves. Her support and kindness and wisdom have been worth every penny!"