The Quantum of Light
Dr Marina Nani

Dr Marina Nani

Editor-in-Chief

Editor-in-Chief of Rich Woman Magazine, founder of Sovereign Magazine, author of many books, Dr Marina Nani is a social edification scientist coining a new industry, Social Edification. Passionately advocating to celebrate your human potential, she is well known for her trademark "Be Seen- Be Heard- Be You" running red carpet events and advanced courses like Blog Genius®, Book Genius®, Podcast Genius®, the cornerstones of her teaching. The constant practitioner of good news, she founded MAKE THE NEWS ( MTN) with the aim to diagnose and close the achievement gap globally. Founder of many publications, British Brands with global reach Marina believes that there is a genius ( Stardust) in each individual, regardless of past and present circumstances. "Not recognising your talent leaves society at loss. Sharing the good news makes a significant difference in your perception about yourself, your industry and your community."

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From Acorns to Oaks: An Urgent Agenda to Rebuild Britain by Michael Heseltine

Book Review

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The Brexit Lie Has a Name — and the Men Who Told It Have Gone Very Quiet

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Anthony Seldon's 'The Brexit Effect' is the most serious reckoning with the Brexit decade yet published. It is also, conspicuously, missing the voice of the man who has said plainest what many now believe: that Brexit was a con and that the people who sold it should be held to account. When you read it alongside Michael Heseltine's 'From Acorns to Oaks', you can see the full picture: what was lost, who lost it, and what a different Britain could still become.

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Poets & Poetry

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The Healing Power of Poetry: A Medicine as Old as Writing Itself

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The history of poetry and the science behind poetry therapy, from Ancient Egypt to modern expressive writing studies and why verse heals what prose cannot. Poetry has treated grief, trauma and loneliness for four thousand years, and modern research now shows exactly why it works.

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Author Journeys

Ulrich Brugger's Eternally New Is a Contemplative Answer to the Self-Help Industry

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After more than sixty years of writing, the founder of The Ojai Retreat has published a collection of aphorisms that sets itself against the formulas of modern self-help.

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Debut Authors

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Traci Slatton spent nine years making HEROIC and found that hope is a discipline you build

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Traci Slatton spent nine years filming HEROIC, the documentary on Sabin Howard's National WWI Memorial, on hope, legacy and building things that last.

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Poets & Poetry

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Poetry by Season

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A simple guide to the verse that suits each turn of the year, for the person who likes their reading to keep time with the light

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

Author Journeys

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Careless People: Sarah Wynn-Williams' Memoir revelling how the elite shaped world events

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Sarah Wynn-Williams invented her own job at Facebook, then spent seven years watching it from the inside. Her memoir reads like literature and lands like testimony. The book gives you "a front-row seat to Facebook, the decisions that have shaped world events in recent decades, and the people who made them."

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Book Review

How Kathy Taylor Turned Two Stays in Marburg Into an Autobiographical Novel

·5 min read

A retired professor wrote The Birthing House across two decades and two stays in the same German town. It is a novel about grief, language, and how writing returns a woman to herself.

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Book Review

The Compliant Cowgirl: Christa Jan Ryan's Cautionary Memoir of Love and Codependency

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In her memoir The Compliant Cowgirl, Christa Jan Ryan follows a man to 1970s Wyoming, loses herself in the relationship, and writes the way back out of codependency.

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Author Journeys

Gripping Finale Seething Storm Concludes The Patrons of Earth Trilogy By A. N. Jones

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A. N. Jones spent a decade writing her way back to the trilogy she started with her late mother. Seething Storm, the final book in The Patrons of Earth series, is words woven with love, grief and strength."

Gabrielle Pelayo, author of Fractured, Never Shattered

Debut Authors

A Debut Novelist Writes a Man's Trauma to Say What Men Rarely Get to

·6 min read

Gabrielle Pelayo's debut psychological fiction, Fractured, Never Shattered, follows a composed man whose memories stop staying buried, built from real conversations about what men do not say out loud.

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Debut Authors

Citiscape: The Magical Realism Novel Asking Readers to See the People Cities Forget

·6 min read

Beverly Schloendorf's debut weaves Death, a ghost-turned-guardian and a homeless girl into eighteen interconnected tales about urban invisibility.

Katrina Bills, author of Prayed Up

Author Journeys

Katrina Bills Wrote an Award-Winning Daily Prayer Devotional That Doubles as a Spiritual Growth Manual

·6 min read

The Chicago-born author and publisher built Prayed Up around real seasons of loss, love, and faith, then watched it win a NYC Big Book Award.

Karen Lawrence, author of The Last Midwife

Author Journeys

Author Karen Lawrence Delivered Babies in the NHS, Now She Delivers Bestselling Stories

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Former NHS midwife Karen Lawrence began writing during the Covid pandemic. Her debut novel The Last Midwife, a dystopian thriller about state-controlled childbirth, became a bestseller.

Author Christina Marullo

Interviews

Christina Marullo Found Her Strength by Letting Go of Control

·3 min read

A mother of eight and co-founder of Only God, Christina Marullo shares how trusting in something greater became her most powerful act of faith.

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Author Journeys

Gisèle Pelicot Refused to Let Shame Be Hers to Carry

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At 73, Gisèle Pelicot has published her first full account of surviving abuse, waiving anonymity and choosing to believe in love anyway.

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Author Journeys

Birgitta Visser’s Journey from Trauma to Healing Others

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From childhood abuse to empowerment coach, Birgitta Visser shares trauma healing via self-reflection, accountability and Light Language to build inner strength.

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Author Journeys

Why Toxic Relationships Feel Like an Addiction: Christa Jan Ryan’s Story of Breaking Free

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Christa Jan Ryan’s memoir exposes trauma bonding in toxic relationships, blending psychological insight and experience to show how emotional addiction traps.

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Author Journeys

Jennifer Sukalo Lost Everything at 24. Then She Built a Framework That’s Helped 50,000 People Find Themselves Again

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From near-homelessness to TEDx speaker. Our review of Claim Your SWAGGER by Jennifer Sukalo, the self-help book that actually makes you do the work.

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Author Journeys

Healing with Gold: Dr Charlotte Wang’s Journey Through Scars

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On World Mental Health Day, Dr Charlotte Wang’s ‘The Kintsugi Way’ reframes healing with honesty, urging resilience, vulnerability and shared stories.

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Debut Authors

When Fantasy Heals: Finding Magic in Broken Places

·4 min read

Crystal J.N. Willix’s debut fantasy romance blends magic and trauma recovery, following a scarred heroine and a cursed prince as emotional healing unfolds.

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Author Journeys

When Success Becomes a Prison– The Hidden Courage Behind The Big Dark

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Healthcare professional Pamela Elaine Telford reveals decades of domestic abuse in memoir ‘The Big Dark’ – exposing why leaving is perilous and healing.

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Author Journeys

Finding Poetry in Survival: How to Built a Life and a Home at Alaska’s Edge

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A fearless memoir of Alaska’s off-grid living where science meets remote wilderness, charting faith and survival and a woman’s search for authentic purpose.

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Interviews

A Grandmother’s Handwritten Gift of Gentle Wisdom For All: Musings For Madie- Quotes to Live By When Life Gives Us Life

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Stephanie Malbasa’s ‘Musings for Madie’ turns a handwritten gift into a book of wisdom, gratitude and daily joy honouring family bonds and mindful reflection.

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Author Journeys

Finding Your Way Forward- How One Woman’s Story of Grief Became a Guiding Light for Others

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Laurie Robinson Sammons’ ‘From Mourning to Dancing’ reframes grief and loss through shared stories with guided journaling for wellbeing and book-club support.