Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week
Maternal Mental Health Awareness is a topic dear to our hearts not only because of the experience of the moms in our team but also because of our very own Dreamwork Collective author, Tilda Timmers who wrote the book “This is postpartum”
Let's talk about it and raise awareness for perinatal and postnatal mental health, so women and families can openly share their experiences and stories; ultimately empowering people to seek the help they need to heal and enjoy the incredible miracle the bringing life into this world really is.
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- 2020 in Books -
As a small indie publisher, we dug deep to support our creative industry and those that make it what it is. We kept our heads down and our spirits up to bring the world health tips, parenting laughs and advice, home inspiration, and empathy through our 2020 books. Shop small this holiday season and curl up with one of our 2020 books to see in the new year.
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Seeing Ourselves in the World Around Us
It’s time to listen, learn, and most importantly, amplify the voices of the marginalized.
As a Muslim Emirati woman who wears a headscarf, I recognize the importance of diverse representation in storytelling. t school, I was taught to value the likes of Shakespeare and other dead white poets and writers. Rarely did I see people who looked like me in the stories that I read on a regular basis.
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'THIS IS POSTPARTUM' Launches and is Helping New Parents Through Isolation.
This is PostPartum is helping new parents through isolation.
As the world shifts its focus and we start to feel the weight of the Covid-19 pandemic lift a little, we've been busy working with Tilda Timmers to help new parents around the globe navigate their journey into parenthood.
Tilda's new book, This is Postpartum, launched on June 16 and it is this book that has inspired us to help new mothers as much as we can during this time.
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8 STEPS TO WRITING YOUR BOOK
Professional writers spend years exploring and experimenting to develop a writing method that works for them. At The Dreamwork Collective, we’ve come up with a clear path to help authors complete their manuscript.Here are 8 Steps to Writing Your Book:
Step One: Determine your goal/reason/vision for publishing the book.
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3 Ways to Work With Your Emotions & Feel at Home After a Move
Moving to a new city - especially in a brand new country, can bring a huge mix of emotions. There’s excitement, nervousness, fear, and even grief of the life we left wherever we’re moving from.
Here are 3 tips to working with your emotions during the first couple years of your move (yes, it might take that long):
Allow yourself to feel what you’re feeling
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3 Things That Surprised Me About Writing my First Book
My very first book, At Home Anywhere will be released on November 5, 2019. At the beginning of 2019, I had no idea that I’d be spending the year writing and releasing a book of my own! Ever since I was a teenager, I have always had the dream of being an author and I had no idea how that dream would come to pass. But, in April of this year, an idea struck - I couldn’t seem to find a book I liked that discussed how to support yourself emotionally when you move abroad (or away from family and friends in general).
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Meet the Author: Mathilde Loujayne
Mathilde Loujayne’s dream was to highlight the beauty of Islam to the world. Her dream sparked the idea for her book, Big Little Steps: A woman’s guide to finding a balanced lifestyle and a glowing heart in Islam. I am not a scholar. I am just a woman of faith with more than fifteen years of experience in the Muslim community. With my book, I wanted to pass on my knowledge and share what I’ve learned over the years, backed up by beautiful verses from the Holy Quran and narrations of Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him). I wanted to unearth what Muslim women have achieved in many fields over the centuries.
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How To Not Let Your Emotions Get in the Way of Your Creativity
How do you put emotion aside and take action? How do you take action consistently despite fluctuating emotional states?
Here are five ways to stay creative and productive and not allow your emotions to dictate your results or stop you from achieving your goals.
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How to Develop a Solid Writer’s Routine
Developing a routine for your dream work can sound like the most boring thing in the world to a multi-passionate creative. But the key to any success is the ability to keep going no matter what. Developing a solid routine is the simplest strategy that will have the most impact on your ability to achieve all that you set out to.
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Meet The Author: Prachiti Talathi
Prachiti is the most positive person you will ever meet. She co-authoredMy Arabian Almanakh [available here] and works alongside literary organisations and publishers deploying her expertise as a translator, professional book reviewer, and operations manager.
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How to Take Care of Yourself While Serving the World
Service to others plays a major role in doing your dream work. But how do you take care of yourself when you’re busy building an empire, creating a legacy and changing the world? Self-care is the number one factor determining whether someone can fulfil their dream work or not. It is the most important aspect of doing this kind of work in the world.
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A Book Club for all the Soul Sisters out There
For as long as I can remember, I have always been intrigued about all forms of religion. Since finding my faith in God as a child, reading has been a way to quench my thirst for religious knowledge and satisfy my curiosity.
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Nailing Your Non-Fiction Book Proposal
Whatever stage you’re at with your writing project, here are some questions to keep in mind. Having clear answers to these questions will help ensure that your finished book is as commercially viable as possible, filling a gap in the existing market.
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Harnessing the Power of a Like-Minded Community
There is nothing we love more than a collective. It is the family we have chosen. The Dreamwork Collective is filled with rebels, game-changers, odd-balls, and weirdos – the ones who don’t fit in and stand out. We created The Dreamwork Collective to bring all of the odd-balls together and we encourage everyone who comes into our world to harness the power of a like-minded community.
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Finding Your Vision – What’s Your Calling?
Your calling is something you uncover not something you find. It is in you all along. It can reveal itself suddenly or gradually when you are ready to embody it in a greater way. It is not simply something you do, it is who you are. So look within and allow yourself to be guided towards the most powerful version of yourself and your life.
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Enhance Your Glow With Love, Not Make Up
I’ve recently become aware of the various messages associated with make up. Perhaps you can relate to some of them. These messages really dented my inner confidence.
“I have to hide my terrible skin,” “I have small eyes and need to make them bigger,” “I am prettier with makeup,” “It’s not acceptable to go to work without makeup”
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How to Punctuate Dialogue
The good news is that punctuating dialogue isn’t hard at all. By keeping a few simple rules in mind, you’ll have more-professional looking manuscripts in no time.
The basics:
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What Does it Mean to Be a Conscious Creative?
Here is a list of what it means to be a conscious creative:
· You are committed to leaving the world a better place and doing so by creating something that is of service to others.
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