Virgin Notes Radio with Kimberley Wenya – Details, episodes & analysis

#18: If you love journaling, notebooks, paper, pens, ink pots and gel pens, then you will most likely enjoy today’s episode of Virgin Notes Radio!

Today, we explore:

* The four notebooks that I gravitate towards for manifestation

* How I use each of these notebooks, the intention and feel curated for each of them

* A grounded take on journaling for manifestation

* The kinds of pens I prefer, specifics on how I journal

* Examples of how I might write in each journal

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This week, whilst down with a cold/flu, I re-listened to a familiar self help book: The Big Leap. My second time around with it hasn’t panned out the same as when I first listened to it in 2017. So, I thought I’d share my thoughts and commentary on why I think this is the case, and my own unsolicited advice on what I would do now to overcome self-sabotage.

Today, we explore:

* Different kinds of self-sabotaging behaviour

* Commentary on The Big Leap, which addresses self-sabotage

* Alternatives to the advice given in The Big Leap

* How culture shifts influence how I perceive self help advice now

* 5 practical tips to overcome self sabotage

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2024 was my year of no morning routines. It was a year of loving semi-hectic, haphazard, do-what-you-will, come-what-may type of mornings. I thrived in the chaos of an unmeditated morning. I’d slap on my slippers, splash water on my face, slather on some face oils, let my dog out, grab my journal and water bottle and head on upstairs.

Details of my 2025 morning routine and more are in this episode.

This is a read-aloud of an article from Virgin Notes by Kimberley Wenya. Read-alouds occasionally contain added context and detail from the writer than its written version. To view the written version of this article, click here.

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Crashing ocean waves, smoothie bowls and temporary gold-traced tattoos. Photos of jumping off beach cliffs, The Icebergs and the summery sounds of Odesza. These logos are all I need to be taken back to 2014 when Tumblr reigned and Sydney was the destination of Australia. Living in Melbourne, I remember being all too envious of the people who lived up north and had an-hour-and-under access to alcoves and beaches that looked airbrushed and their saturation boosted.

How does it feel when you finally go to a place you’ve longed to ten years later? What reflections might be had?

This is a read-aloud of an article from Virgin Notes by Kimberley Wenya. Read-alouds occasionally contain added context and detail from the writer than its written version. To view the written version of this article, click here.

To purchase a copy of The Manifestation Diaries, click here.

Manifestation is not new; it’s a topic that has been cat-fishing and over-promising as it’s made its way from one human’s mind to another for years on end. With commodities like The Secret and a self help industry that profits millions of dollars from it, one might question the motives of sharing on such a topic, and whether it’s all just a multi-level-marketing scheme (‘I’ll tell you how to manifest your dream life, and that’s how I’m funding mine, which is funding another’s and another’s up the line.’). So why is it that I felt like I could say a few words in defence of it? Why would I spend two years writing a book about it if it’s a theme that draws so much controversy and slyness in its online industry?

This is a read-aloud of an article from Virgin Notes by Kimberley Wenya. Read-alouds occasionally contain added context and detail from the writer than its written version. To view the written version of this article, click here.

To purchase a copy of The Manifestation Diaries, click here.

This is a read-aloud of an article from Virgin Notes by Kimberley Wenya. Read-alouds occasionally contain added context and detail from the writer than its written version. To view the written version of this article, click here.

To purchase a copy of The Manifestation Diaries, click here.

This is a read-aloud of an article from Virgin Notes by Kimberley Wenya. Read-alouds occasionally contain added context and detail from the writer than its written version. To view the written version of this article, click here.

To purchase a copy of The Manifestation Diaries, click here.

This is a read-aloud of an article from Virgin Notes by Kimberley Wenya. Read-alouds occasionally contain added context and detail from the writer than its written version. To view the written version of this article, click here.

To purchase a copy of The Manifestation Diaries, click here.

This is a read-aloud of an article from Virgin Notes by Kimberley Wenya. Read-alouds occasionally contain added context and detail from the writer than its written version. To view the written version of this article, click here.

To purchase a copy of The Manifestation Diaries, click here.

The Manifestation Diaries, written by Kimberley Wenya is out October 16!

Pick up a copy of The Manifestation Diaries here.

In this episode, Kimberley talks about:

• Finishing her book, The Manifestation Diaries
• Some of the shifts that occurred whilst writing
• What sets The Manifestation Diaries apart from other manifestation books?
• Who might this book be for?
• What inspired the title, The Manifestation Diaries?
• What inspired the volvelle, a paper tool that sits at the back of the book.
• What was the most psychologically challenging part whilst creating this book?
• What was your editing process?
• What did a day of writing look like?
• What is the genre of The Manifestation Diaries?
• An excerpt from the book
• If you had to summarise the reading experience, how would you describe it?

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