Book Launch - Voice for Anxiety Trilogy

An invitation

Samantha Glynn invites you to join her at Westgate Galleria on 22nd March to launch the third in her trilogy of books that chronicles her battle with anxiety - Goodbye Anxiety, It's Time To Shine! Free entry. No purchase necessary, but Samantha will be celebrating this milestone with a special offer on boxed sets of her trio of books. She hopes these will have appeal to those looking for encouragement, validation and support managing anxiety, and they are affordably priced with that in mind.

 

Book One

Samantha was prompted to start writing after her experience as a patient in a mental health ward in 2011. Her first book The Sapphire Conspiracy And Beyond It All details her two-week stay recovering from psychosis and how she felt at the time. She has come a long way since then, as this third book attests. Since her recovery from depression and anxiety after that hospital stay, Samantha has kept an eye on herself by her creative and charitable activities, and by continuing to articulate her experiences with mental health. Not only were they very dramatic, she knows many others have had them too, and she feels it is important to give them a voice. Her aim in publishing this series of books is to help others battling with anxiety too.

Samantha also has a Voice for Anxiety Facebook page and has found that this platform for articulating shared experiences has helped others too.

 

Book Two

Samantha's second book Moving Away From Anxiety And Writing Out My Bread Crumb List looks at other ways she has improved her mental health - despite the challenges of Covid-19 and a diagnosis of Parkinson's. It is a reflective book, exploring the reasons behind her two week stay described in book one, and her constant feeling of dread in the period thereafter.

Samantha's mental health had improved considerably. This book is split into three parts, with potential for helping others who have been on a similar journey to her. The first part reviews her progress along with the changes she made to help with her anxiety. Her cat features a fair bit which introduces some humour along the way. The second part looks at some key advice she offers from her life experiences. She believes everyone will have different advice to offer and we should pass this on. This is where the term ‘Bread Crumb List’ comes from.

Since her anxiety and Parkinson’s diagnosis Samantha has taken on a philosophical view and that has helped her greatly. She also covers the effects of redundancy and Covid-19 which hit partway through the times this book covers. In the final part she describes her personal writing and self-publishing journey, which without celebrity status is not an easy one, but from which she has learned much.

 

Book Three

Samantha's third book - Goodbye Anxiety, It's Time To Shine! - details her significant personal progress with managing anxiety and it celebrates her more recent, and many, successes, each helping her recovery. She told us that:

"As I look around, I see little reminders of what I have achieved over the last few years: a photo of my sister’s wedding where I read out my poem to the congregation and to YouTube live; a picture of me as a bridesmaid aged 47 with my six friends and Tasha the bride; a photo with my son and me featured on the Thanet Coast Volunteering Christmas card. An award for making a difference from BBC Radio Kent for our walk around Kent for Parkinson’s UK, which involved three radio interviews, and an article in the Margate Mercury for my volunteer work. Acknowledgments for my workshops at the local Literary Festival and photo competitions I had entered. Writing and publishing my books too.

I was still enjoying art through Creative Change Workshops. These online workshops in Lockdown had been the push I needed to get me doing extra things again. I was set to organise a public art exhibition that year. Being busy outside of work had really helped.

Had I finally beaten anxiety? I must have, to a large degree, to get involved in all of this and I was feeling better. This book is the final book of this ‘Voice for Anxiety’ series and I hope it inspires others coming out of a period of anxiety. Again, it is autobiographical detailing our walk around Kent and my feelings now, but I have also included my short fictional story based in Cornwood, Devon."

 

Venue Details

We look forward to hosting Samantha's launch event and to welcoming you to our bright and airy shared artisans shop space at 29 Station Road in Westgate on-Sea. Light refreshments will be served in our book corner, and seating can be made available if needed for those who would like to spend some time with Samantha. The venue is accessible. All are very welcome.