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“Helena Woods” on YouTube


• 63k subscribers, consistent growth daily

• 210k recent monthly views


• 42.5k returning viewers


Blog - helenawoods.com / Most searched blog posts are related to slow living in France.


• 12k monthly views

• 3k unique monthly visitors

• 60% organic search


• 40% direct visits


Audience


• 90% women, living in the U.S.A. and Canada

• Ages 26 - 55 years old

• Average age: 35-45


 Book / channel promotion

• Helena Woods created her channel and grew her audience in the pandemic, and creates videos inspiring people with her slow European lifestyle.
• The author has an engaged following on Youtube who frequently ask for a book. They will enjoy the book and videos relating to it, create online discussions about it, and leave comments/reviews. 
• She also has a dedicated + loyal audience on Instagram and her email newsletter. She has about 2,000 people on her email list. Many have purchased from her online shop from the mailing list alone.
• She will create “day in the life of an author” videos on Youtube (these types of videos are very popular on YT and highly searchable) while in the process of writing the book to create some excitement and hype.
• She will create a high quality book trailer on her channel.
• She will include her book pre-order information in each one of her slow living and France videos on Youtube, as a voiceover or talking about it to the camera.
She will create a slow living online course that she will offer as bonus material for preorders.







Autorentext

Helena Woods is a world-traveling author, locational astrologer, and speaker. Before writing books, Helena created a popular YouTube channel and blog sharing her spiritual life lessons on slow living and mindfulness. Since then, Helena has helped over 2,500 clients find their best places in the world using the power of astrocartography. She has been featured in The Economist, ELLE, Condé Nast Traveller, Business Insider, The Times, PopSugar, BuzzFeed, Well+Good, and has taught over 1,500 students in her online courses and workshops. She inspires others daily online through her content, videos, meditations, and podcast, Cosmic Compass. Helena passionately believes in the power of romanticizing life, shining bright, and noticing the simple joys.

Klappentext

Rediscover joy, balance, and sustainable happiness—embrace the art of slow living.“Slow Living is a work of art…I observed a sense of calm within myself as I read its pages and appreciated the beautiful pictures.” —Andrea Henkels, author of Herman Heals His Heart

In a fast-paced world, the secret to true health and wellness may be found in slowing down. Slow Living by Helena Woods is your invitation to a simple living and meditative lifestyle, offering practical wisdom and inspiration for anyone seeking a slow living lifestyle. Whether you’re looking for ways to slow down your life, cultivate sustainable happiness, or create a sanctuary at home, this book is your gentle guide to living a slower life with intention and presence. 
 Helena shares how to live a slow life, with mindful routines and rituals that encourage you to notice the small and significant moments anywhere, anytime. Perfect for those seeking slow living gifts or homebody gifts, this beautifully written book is filled with reflections and actionable tips for embracing a more meaningful, peaceful existence. 
 Inside, you’ll find: 


• Guidance on adopting a slow living lifestyle and the principles of simple living.

• Tips for slowing down, creating meditative routines, and finding joy in everyday moments.

• Inspiration for sustainable happiness and building a life rooted in presence and gratitude.


• Thoughtful ideas for slow living gifts and creating a nurturing home environment.


If you’re ready to slow down your life and embrace a meditative lifestyle, Slow Living is your essential companion for finding balance, contentment, and joy in every season. Perfect for homebodies and fans of The Cottage Fairy Companion, Joie, or Call it Home, this book will inspire you to savor the simple moments and cultivate sustainable happiness. 


Zusammenfassung
Living peacefully is within reach if you slow down your life. With slow living you, too, can embrace simple living and mindfulness for peace-induced days!

Leseprobe

Chapter 4





Slow Living in Practice





 “How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.” 

 —Annie Dillard 



    

 We live in a society that has an intense sense of urgency. We want things done quickly and efficiently. We want fast food and fast cars. We don’t always celebrate the quiet things that develop slowly. Things that require patience. Like jewelry making or painting a work of art that takes meticulous detail and brush strokes. Look at growing a baby or tending to a garden. These things take time.  

 Time doesn’t actually move quickly. We just think it does. 

 If you’re someone who tends to say, “Where did the beginning of the year go…it feels like it was just yesterday,” that’s a clear indicator to slow down. Time doesn’t fly by, we’re just rushing through it. We jam pack our schedules, filling it to the brim with work meetings, side-hustles, and social events, that it does, indeed, appear like life is moving fast. But that’s because we’ve made it so. But you can make the conscious choice to embrace simplicity, a life of less, and opt to live slower. For it’s when we live slower that we have more time to revel.  



Slow Down Your Routine



 What we do with our days is how we spend our short but beautiful existence. And how we start our day is a great indicator of how the rest of the day will ensue. We’re living life deliberately, rather than living life by default. When we begin our day from a peaceful place, we’ll remember that initial feeling throughout the rest of the day when our work and family life gets a little chaotic. We’ll have a measurement, a setpoint, to remind us of the energy and values we want to embody for the remaining hours in the day. To put it simply, when we wake up, we need to hop on the appreciation train.  



 There are two rules to starting your day mindfully: 





1. 

It needs to feel good doing it.





2. 

It needs to be completely and entirely focused on you.





 Your mindful morning practice is not for anyone else. It’s not to be seen by your friends, your partner, or your followers on social media. This is your sacred time. How many hours in our days are spent focusing on other people? Responding to other people’s emails, working and chatting with others, sharing life with someone else. There is plenty of time in the rest of the day to share and give, reciprocate and serve. But this is not the time for that. This is a time for you. This time in the morning is meant to dazzle and delight you, it’s meant to open you up to the magical mysteries of your inner world, to nourish yourself and remind you that life is worth celebrating. Your mindful morning practice is not the time to scroll on social media or respond to emails. It’s a time to get quiet and listen to the inner whispers of your heart, the whispers that can only be heard when you get really still and silent. 

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