Hello everyone and welcome. I’m Jennifer Urezzio, Super Power Expert and founder of Soul Language. And this is SuperPowers of the Soul. And today I’m here with West Michell and I’m so excited because we’re talking about self-motivation to write your dreams.
Hello, West.
Hello. Thank you for having me.
I am so excited. I always like to start this conversation with getting everyone on the same page and getting to know you a little. So we’re kind of concerned, in a good way, about super powers over here. So what would you consider the super power of your soul?
I think being able to tell a story and have people walk away thinking about what you did, I think that’s me.
I think overall, I’m the creator and I always have been. I have your book, which is fabulous by the way, Soul Language.
Thank you.
And you know, I went through it and I pulled some stuff out and checked it out and I think that’s my thing. Since I was a little girl, my earliest memories were wanting to create and write books and stuff like that. I love movies, I’ve always been fascinated by that process. I think being able to tell a story and have people walk away thinking about what you did, I think that’s me.
Yeah. It’s an ancient art to tell the story and to share with individuals something that’s extremely personal and yet universal. And I think when people hear those explanations and those stories, they understand that individualization of the one, they feel like, “Oh wait, there is a place.” And they get to experience something from the observer. I so love that superpower.
Thank you.
You’re welcome. So we talk a lot about sacred purpose here and I think so often people think about their sacred purpose is doing and about other people, but sacred purpose is really about what you’re here to profoundly experience, and then offer that experience to others. So with that definition, what do you consider your sacred purpose?
I have, on my website, I say “Inspire, strengthen, lead” and not in the sense that I’m going to tell you how things should be or, “This is my way and this is how it is.” The more that I think I like the idea of letting people find what’s inside them. And I’ve always, I love your superpower because I do believe everyone has their gift or their superpowers or whatever you want to say. And it’s just a matter of figuring out what it is. I think we live in a way that everything around us is sort of burying that and when you can find it and get it out and accept it your whole world changes.
Agree. So, what has been a common theme, your soul or your essential nature has shared with you over your journey?
Not stopping, even when you think you’re done.
Persistence. Not stopping, even when you think you’re done. I think that’s kind of the big one. Persistence and being kind. I’ve always, I really believe in matter how you look at anything in life, being kind is it, period. And so those two things for me are sort of what my themes have been, I think.
So as you’re going and you’re creating and you’re being kind: What is the sense of joy that you get out of being that sacred power?
That’s a good question. What do I get out of it? I guess it just makes me feel good. Like it makes my heart feel good, you know? And I have to say, I think I’m discovering, I’m definitely some kind of an empathy type person and I feel, I have this. I’m vegan. My respect for life having become vegan is like through the roof in ways that I never, ever thought would ever happen to me. I always have these feelings for other people and I just always want everybody to be happy, you know? Which is not an easy thing. And if I’m at odds with someone or if I see people at eyes, I want to make it so that that doesn’t happen anymore. And that’s not always successful. But if I can be positive and help be a positive influence, then I try to do that.
I love that. Being empathic and wanting everyone to be happy is often debilitating sometimes, right?
Yeah.
Especially since you write fiction, in a sense, but I think it’s spiritual fiction. I think there’s a lot of knowledge in that fiction and for people that understand an experience, that must be a little kind of hard wanting everyone to be happy as you’re writing this fiction and everyone’s not always happy and there are challenges and you know, for that to kind of be empathic on that wavelength must be interesting for you.
It is. It’s a little bit torture for me sometimes because when I wrote Under the Veil, it’s a very dark book and bad things happen to some of the characters, and when I was writing that, I literally sometimes had to write the word, the action, that was taking place over and over again. I would write it and delete it and write it and delete it and write it and delete it, because even though it’s a character, it’s fiction. I was still having a problem making this negative thing happen to them. But I realized that if you’re going to write a book that you want people to think about when you’re done writing it, you have to go for it. So it’s either going to be what you want it to be or you can sort of conform to what you want to make you happy, but it’s not going to be the same book, you know? And my book, I wanted to have a point and that worked out.
But yeah, it is hard. Even when it’s fiction, it works. It’s hard to do.
That’s no problem.
So as we’re doing the break here.
All right.
As we’re doing the break here, let people know how, before we break, how people can get in touch with you.
So I have a website, it’s westmichell.com and you can contact me through there if anyone had any questions or even with the whole publishing experience and how that works. It’s westmichell.com and there’s no T in Michell.
Perfect. Okay everyone; I want you to stay tuned. We will be back in two shakes.
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