Let them guide and inspire you. I am a freelance writer in Johannesburg, South Africa. From a young age, I felt drawn to understand the various holistic perspectives on healthcare. I believe that true healing should encompass all aspects of being human.
Writing enables me to share my knowledge with others and I have several published articles in Quality Life, Rolling Inspiration and Your Baby magazines. As of , I have been a holistic health contributor to the parenting website babyyumyum. I am a certified BodyTalk practitioner and have witnessed many healing shifts in my clients.
For my creative inspiration, I turn to dance, travel and music. The tragedy hit so hard that Rowling stopped writing and moved to Portugal to teach English. Giving it your best shot also applies to cherishing the connections around you. Never leave anything unsaid. After marrying, having a daughter and divorcing, Rowling moved to Scotland in with nothing but three loose chapters of Harry Potter. She was an unemployed single mother suffering from bouts of deep depression.
The only thing she could think to do was pull out those dusty chapters and keep writing. Rowling faced rejection after rejection after rejection. She fought the impulse to throw in the towel with the belief that she had written something others would enjoy — and was rewarded for that persistence. The manuscript was accepted by the 13th publisher on her list. Since the first novel in the Harry Potter series hit the shelves in , she has written the most successful book series of all time, sold over million books, earned the top spot on the best-seller list for every book released and snagged an Order of the British Empire.
At 54, she is now the richest author on earth and the only one to have reached billionaire status. Twelve publishers rejected it. The 13th took a chance on her -- just like she had taken a chance on herself.
To date over million copies of J. Rowling 's Harry Potter series have been sold, making it the all-time bestselling book series. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone alone has sold more than million copies.
The Harry Potter movies currently are the highest-grossing film series ever. How did she change her life? Here's what she said :. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy to finishing the only work that mattered to me. Had I really succeeded at anything else, I might never have found the determination to succeed in the one area where I truly belonged. I was set free, because my greatest fear had been realized, and I was still alive, and I still had a daughter whom I adored, and I had an old typewriter, and a big idea.
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