Sherrie Laryse Author Bio:
Sherrie Laryse is an Australian teacher and mentor with 12+ years working in human behaviour, neuro linguistics, grief, trauma, psychosomatics, mental illness, yoga and meditation. Her fascination with the human psyche also has her completing a degree in Cognitive and Brain Science.
Sherrie’s focus is teaching emotional intelligence and how to overcome challenge. She does this through private consultation, yoga, and guided Yoga Nidra meditations. Having witnessed profound transformation and personal growth in her consultation clients, Sherrie aims to share practical methods of self-help through meditation, emotional intelligence techniques and through the power of story — the first story being her memoir, “On Path”.
Additionally, Sherrie shares her wisdom via her online yoga and personal development programs which are designed to help people achieve their potential and live a fulfilled life.
What inspires you to write?
My husband and I were unable to start a family, for some unknown reason. It just didn’t happen for us. Regardless of this fact, I wasn’t ready to give up motherhood. It felt like the only way I knew myself – as a mother. While my memoir started as journalling, ultimately the inspiration to share this story was as an avenue for me to mother, via my book.
Motherhood, for me, comes in the form of teaching emotional intelligence to others, and empowering them to find gratitude for their own path, as I found in mine. Through my book, On Path, I nurture and guide others the way I would nurture and guide my own child, all the way through their tough experiences in life.
I found that we are never off path. All of our life experiences accrue to prepare us for what is ahead. We are always ‘On Path’. This is the message that I am inspired to share.
Tell us about your writing process.
I use my own experiences as a real-time case study to share emotional intelligence techniques, and therefore my writing occurs quite organically — as life happens.
The writing habit began as me journalling my way through life challenges, namely, my inability to be able to have children. Given my husband and I were both of excellent health, with no known medical reasons why it shouldn’t happen, the seven-year span of me waiting for that little pink line on the pregnancy test gave me a lot to journal about! There were many emotions that I spiralled through, and I wrote through each emotional intelligence technique and meditation that I used to find level ground again.
It was about part way through my debut book, On Path, when I realised I wasn’t just writing for me. This story was going to be shared. My writing style stayed the same and the raw and honest nature of a private journal is what flavours the whole book.
Who are your favorite authors?
I grew up reading Paulo Coelho. His fables certainly flavoured my book, which moves through the full spectrum of emotions, and arrives at a place of resilience, growth, peace, and gratitude for life exactly the way it is.
What genres do you write?
Memoir, Self-help, Spirituality
How did you choose the genre(s) you write?
I think the memoir genre chose me, not the other way around!
What three things are on your writing desk at any given moment?
An empty mug from my last cup of tea / hot chocolate.
Hand cream.
A miniature Buddha
What hobbies do you have when you need a break from writing?
Yoga, meditation, and walks with my husband.
What formats are your books in?
eBook, Print
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