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Welcome to this edition of the PublishU Magazine featuring Karen Lombard and her powerful new book, The Warehouse of Your Mind.
One of the greatest privileges of publishing is helping authors bring deeply personal messages into the world, especially messages that bring hope, healing and freedomtoothers.
Karenʼs book speaks into a reality so many peopleexperiencetoday:overwhelm,mental clutter and the exhaustion of carrying too muchfortoolong.Throughwarmth,honesty andpracticalwisdom,sheinvitesreadersto beginclearingspaceintheirmindsandlives sotheycanlivewithgreaterpeaceandjoy.
We are proud to share Karenʼs voice and story with you and hope this edition encouragesyouasmuchasitinspiredus.
MattBird FounderofPublishU
DECLUTTERYOURMIND, RECLAIMYOURFREEDOM
Interview with authorofTheW Mind.
Tell us about Karen.
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try to help parents find ways to communicate with their kids in a way they understand. Whether children are struggling with anxiety, ADHD, struggling at school, with friendships, or any time a parent is overwhelmed and
don't know that's when I Your Mind is usaboutit.
short stories, kind of modern day parables for many years. I've never done anythingwiththem,butI'veoften shared them in small groups at church events. Every time I read it,somebodysaid,“Whenareyou going to write a book?ˮ. And my an
answer was always the same, “Never.ˮ And then in August of last year, I was sitting outside at 4.30withmyfirstcupoftea,like Idoeverymorning.AndIsensed I got a real audible voice, and I felt God say, write the book. It mayfail,writeitanyway.
Tell us about the heart of your book,Karen.
So the idea is that if you picture yourmindasawarehouseandall your thoughts and tasks are the boxes that are stored in your warehouse, then the idea is getting clarity on what's in those boxes and learning to right-size them helps clear the clutter and helps you live more freely. So each chapter is a box. So there's a hurry box. There's a memory box. There's a dress-up box, which is about the masks we wear. And the idea is that you can work through the chapters andthere are very practicaltools on how to right-size those boxes and find ways to just live with morejoy.
What is your hope for what the bookachievesinpeople'slives?
The real answer is the book has already achieved what I wanted to achieve. If no one ever reads the book, it's given me the freedom that I needed. But my rea
real hope is that anyone who is living in this mind that is racing and busy and overwhelmed, and people who are living with childhoodwoundsortrauma,that they would pick it up and they would use the tools and find healingandwholenessandhope.
If you would,I'd love you to tell usaboutthat“freedomˮ.
Igrewupinahomethatfromthe outside should have looked perfect, picture perfect. As a result, I grew up very fearful and became a real people pleaser. And this book has given me the courage to live again and permission to never live small again. My real humble hope is that God will use this to do immeasurably more than I could ever imagine in the lives of peopleastheyheal.
Practicaltoolson howtoright-size boxesofyour thoughtstolive withmorejoy.
KarenLombard AuthorofTheWarehouseofYourMind
YOUHAVEA BOOKINYOUTOO
There comes a moment for many people, sometimes quietly and sometimes persistently, when a thought begins to surface…Ihaveabookinme.
It may be a story you have lived, a lesson you have learned or a message you feel called to share, something that could encourage, guide or change the life of someoneelse.Andyet,formany,itremains unwritten, held back by doubt, uncertainty ornotknowingwheretobegin.
Thetruthisthis.Youdohaveabookinyou andyouaremorecapableofwritingitthan yourealise.
Writingabookiseasierthanyouthink,but onlywhenyouknowhow.
With the right structure, support and encouragement, what once felt overwhelming becomes achievable, even enjoyable.
That is why PublishU exists, to walk with you from idea to manuscript, from manuscript to book, and from book to opportunities.
“The ‘Writing My Bookʼ course has been a lifechanging experience for me. I recommend this coursetoanyonewhohas an idea that they want to birthintoabook!ˮ
WarrenSwart
“The Writing My Book course gave me the necessarykickupthebutt todowhatbeforewasbut a pipe dream. Thank you, Matt, I never ever thought I would become an author.ˮ
CherylWatson
“Beyond writing a manuscript, the Writing My Book course has helped reframe my view on how I show up in the world… an author with “a unique message for a unique audienceˮ. Thank you, Matt, your message has challenged me in my personal and professional growth.ˮ
Dr.GendaSilva
