USA - London - Ireland & then add some more bravery to my cup.....

Chasing my dreams & why i'm not going to give up.....

Hey there substack family,

Just a short little post from me to you today….you know as I write that, it will be interesting to see can I keep it short haha ;) It is me after all……Here goes it…..

So just of last night I have booked flights to London for next week. Yes this is the new me. Well the old me with the new me included haha ;)….I set my sights on being brave this year so the bravery card is still being pushed forward. I must continue not being afraid and taking steps towards my goals…. I want to continue to force myself out of my comfort zone…So i’ve booked my flights to London to attend ‘The London Book Fair’. If I want to be successful in this field longterm, I am going to keep pushing myself forward. Eventually I will meet the right person and they hopefully will believe in me and help me take that next step up…I feel it in me, I feel this is my moment…I am a hard worker and I do not shy away from grafting…….At this stage of my story, I really want to bring on board an agent at this stage so I need to be proactive on that front…I now know I can talk haha ;) I know I know…I can hear your thoughts as I type and you are right haha ;)

But the trip to the states was really really special. I will be forever grateful to all who I spoke to, all who I hugged, all who I drank tea & Guinness with, all who I laughed with, all who cried with me and to all the people I love so much there. You were my affirming moment of my own realisation that my gift is in communication & in healing. I want to write more books. I want to speak to people. I want to help them heal and feel less alone in this world. And it was through all the people who I met in the states on my tour & also all who I met on my Irish tour was the moment in which I realised that this is what I’m here on this planet to do so I must chase my dreams and keep pushing forward. My aim for this year is, if I can do it, is to build a team around me to support, encourage and grow my reach of helping & healing people and also sharing my light where they might feel darkness. So if anyone is in London next week, I will be there from Monday & i’m flying home Thursday evening. I am staying in Notting Hill ( total dream - as that film is one of my faves ) and I will be attending The London Book Fair Tuesday & Wednesday & maybe Thursday too if time allows. I will be meeting with my writing friends on Tuesday night & hopefully Wednesday also and I hope that stepping out on my own chasing my dreams will eventually lead me to a space where I can make a difference in this world. No matter what, I will smile, laugh and engage with people so no matter how it goes I will enjoy my trip. I will enjoy my life. I will not leave a stone unturned on this path that is my path on this earth. I’m a big believer in ‘What’s for you, won’t pass you’ so no matter what, I will keep going. No matter the amount of doors I sense or feel closed to me, I am determined to keep knocking until I find the right one and I know this next move to visit London next week is another moment of bravery and another push through my fear and an effort to create a life I really want to have.

Also to mention I hope to hold a zoom next Friday night - 21st of April - to chat about my US Tour. I will send out another substack email next week confirming this plan & will include the zoom link once again.

This is the zoom link - ( I hope it is anyways - I’m so bad with technology haha ;) )

Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85842159459?pwd=V0NtZnVoUk9PbEpyd2NHTERWSGZEZz09

Meeting ID: 858 4215 9459 Passcode: teabags

This meet up will be very casual….just like friends meeting up for a chat….I will turn up with my mug of tea and would love you to join for a chat and also any questions you might have about the trip. By next Friday I will just be back from London as well so hopefully I will have some fun to share from that end too.

Going forward I hope to run a more focused ‘Writers Chat’ about the tour but I will share that with you further down the road. For now, next week’s get together will be fun, social and get together of messers and legends & I just would love to share the whole experience with you. Hopefully I might have a number of people who I met over there too and they might share with you the true Lou Coghlan tour story haha ;)

How is all with you substack family? Hope life is being good to you? I send you all my light and love if life is being heavy on you at this time…I know a lot of people are under pressure at the moment with lots of different things happening and also a lot of things going astray. I just want you to know I’m thinking of you and I hope in time, things lighten for you and everything always comes right in the end. Just be kind to yourself, be gentle to yourself and travel through this moment one step at a time, one hour at a time, one day at a time. And if things get too much, make sure to lean on a friend. We all love you and so many people are only eager to try lighten your burden even just by listening to how you feel. Keep being you. Keep going and keep looking up.

Righteo today’s letter is a bit different and I didn’t manage to keep it short haha ;)

Thanks so much for all your support and friendship and return your love ten fold to you.

Thanks so much for BEING YOU! Stay true to your magic! You are a gift to this world and we all need you and your bright shining light.

Love and loads of it from my heart to yours,

Lou xx

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