Unexpected Alchemy: Poems of Addiction and Awakening

Author: Nicholson Skye

Number Of Pages: 87

Details: From the Back Cover

“Skye’s writing is magical. She brings you to the depth of your emotions and the pain, yet, magic of being a human. This poetry collection is a gorgeous work of soulful inspiration. I dare you not to be moved when you’re reading it.” ~ Karolina Rzadkowolska, author of Euphoric: Ditch Alcohol and Gain a Happier, More Confident You

“In this wonderful collection of poetry, Skye Nicholson beautifully illustrates her incredible life transformation. Not only through her words but also through their artistic arrangement on the page, Skye empowers her readers to vividly imagine every scene and relate os deep to the inspirational stories she shares.” ~Annie Grace, best-selling author of This Naked Mind and The Alcohol Experiment

Product Description

In Unexpected Alchemy, poet Skye Nicholson shares her journey of recovery—and empowerment—after ending 25 years of alcohol abuse. Her poems are filled with soaring language, fraught memories, and poignant images of motherhood and self-acceptance. Readers will discover a remarkable empathy from poems that effortlessly invite nature, relationships, and presence. Paired with artful designs by Indie illustrator Cheryl Liz Byers, Skye’s words evoke a courageous and raw honesty that illuminates how decades of addiction and shame can dissolve through vulnerability, compassion and self-love.
After finding freedom from alcohol in 2018, thanks in part to Annie Grace’s bestselling book This Naked Mind, poetry was the catalyst that shook the dust out of Skye’s shadows and aired her newly open soul in the sunlight. The beauty of her story is in its transformative nature: the dichotomy of discovering love through loathing, joy through sorrow, and wisdom through pain. Skye remains on the life-long journey of personal growth, but she has learned the importance of breath, stillness, and sunlight to nurture her soul.
In 2021, Skye became a certified Recovery Coach through This Naked Mind Institute and formed Soul’s Truth Coaching, LLC, an empowerment coaching service for women, so that she may offer assistance to others as they regain control over alcohol.
Praise for Unexpected Alchemy:
In this wonderful collection of poetry, Skye Nicholson beautifully illustrates her incredible life transformation. Not only through her words, but also through their artistic arrangement on the page, Skye empowers her readers to vividly imagine every scene and relate so deeply to the inspirational stories she shares.
~Annie Grace, best-selling author of This Naked Mind and The Alcohol Experiment

Skye’s writing is magical. She brings you to the depth of your emotions and the pain, yet, magic of being a human. This poetry collection is a gorgeous work of soulful inspiration. I dare you not to be moved when you’re reading it.
~Karolina Rzadkowolska, best-selling author of Euphoric: Ditch Alcohol and Gain a Happier, More Confident You
Skye shares her own truth and personal growth by showing her courage and emotion in this collection of poetry. Her use of nature imagery will help guide any struggling soul to an empowering path of awakening and self discovery. This book is simply magical!
~ Tracy Price, Spiritual Life Coach, Healer and Founder of Walking the Path
Using the metaphor of ancient alchemy, this book bravely examines a life dissolving under self-sabotage, and then lays bare life’s pain alongside the poet’s strength to process, heal, and even triumph via the power of poetry. Through line and language, and a breadth of poetic forms, we feel the importance of breath, stillness, and an artful attention that nurtures growth. Skye Nicholson is unafraid to use poetic language to slow us down and help us all recover.
~ Katherine Factor, author of A Sybil Society, winner of the Test Site Poetry Prize

Earthy, real, and full of life, Skye Nicholson takes us on a beautiful journey of transformation. Her poetry speaks to all of us and shows us that real change is possible.
~Samantha Rae Lazar, author of Reach

Release Date: 23-12-2021

Package Dimensions: 9x229x132