Find Your Sparkle: Embracing the magic of life

by Meredith Gaston

In her beautiful and enchanting new book  Find Your Embracing the Magic of Life , Meredith Gaston's delightful words and pictures culminate in a bountiful, hand-illustrated love letter for our spirits. Page by page Meredith encourages us to explore, nurture and nourish our inner sparkle for happier, healthier and more magical living. 

Every single one of us can find ways to sparkle, and sparkling is indeed what we were born to do. Drawing inspiration from the limitless beauty and mystery of our natural world, Meredith encourages us to create joyous, rich and fulfilling lives that we can truly love.

Meredith's integrative and practical approach to flourishing in daily life will uplift, soothe and encourage her readers. Be inspired by her thoughtful prose, whimsical watercolor illustrations, uplifting affirmations, meditations, plant-based recipes and so much more.

We all understand life as a patchwork of light and dark. Meredith reveals the profound insights that challenges can awaken, and helps us to visualize the world as a place of full of healing, adventure, and wonderful possibilities to explore. Through cultivating blissful self-care practices and choosing to live mindfully we can all learn to color our lives with wonder, gratitude and peace, sensing the ever-present magic within and around us. 

By turns warmly encouraging and practical, Meredith's voice will inspire you to shine. It's time to find your sparkle, and embrace the magic of life.

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction, Personal Development

240 pages, Hardcover

Published November 19, 2019

About the author

Meredith Gaston is an internationally acclaimed Australian artist, best-selling author, and passionate wellness advocate. Celebrating the release of her sixth book ‘The Art of Wellbeing – Joyous Living Inspired by Nature’ , Meredith continues to grow her prolific and diverse creative practise.

Meredith’s playfully sophisticated signature style and inspirational words bring comfort and joy to many. Her lovingly illustrated books are translated into foreign languages, her original artworks and limited edition prints collected worldwide.

While exhibiting her artwork locally and abroad from a young age, Meredith graduated from The University of Sydney, majoring in Art History and Theory and Gender and Cultural Studies. Continuing her education as an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, Meredith frequently features in the media and public sphere discussing wellbeing and creativity in daily life.

Meredith lives with her husband and poodle Rudi on the picturesque Mornington Peninsula of Victoria. This year she is celebrating the re-release of her first title ‘Tucked In’ (Now, ‘Your Bed Loves You‘) and the launch of her new label ‘Love Meredith’ – Boutique giftware inspired by nature, and devoted to women’s wellbeing.

Reviews

[Donna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Loved the idea of this book and it did have some good information and ideas in it but it all became a little repetitive. The illustrations were cute but the best part was the saying throughout the book.
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. Martin Luther King Jnr

[Tasha · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 ⭐️ Really cute, uplifting book with adorable illustrations. ☺️ It was a bit repetitive at times but that was okay with me because I really took my time reading this. I read a little bit each morning while sipping coffee to start my day with a little positivity and sparkle. ✨ Lots of resources at the end, too!

[CadyReads · Rating 5 out of 5]

The most important thing I can say about this book is that it really helped me. I picked it up at a time when I really felt my sparkle needed it, and it’s such a beautiful book to read. From the cover to the illustrations you can tell this was made with thought. The content itself was so light and positive, all revolving around the sparkle. It made me get introspective about our sparkle/soul and how our bodies are a way of interacting with the world through the senses. There were amazing quotes and resources scattered throughout, including this from Buddha which is now my wallpaper: “if your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.” To think of ourselves and others as divine and beings of stars I think also ties in with this. It has made me reassess the importance of the things I spend my time on, the natural things I surround myself with and experience and even cleaning products! I’m grateful for this book and will try and fulfil my sparkle!

[Ursula Kolecki · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book as an antidote to the punishing Victorian covid Lockdown regime. It was therapeutic and transportingly magical, particularly with its luscious artwork and inspirational quotes. It is Gaston's third book I read, and frankly, though it has its delightful moments, she revisits previously established tread-lightly-on-this-universe pathways. I respect her deep immersion into natural health and eating, with recipes and lifestyle actions to take, but I will not be following her into her daily life as a Faery Princess: long may she reign :-)

[Tarnie Horner · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bit too woo woo for me. Love self growth books but I felt like this was preaching health only using raw ingredients rather then medicine. Would’ve been nice to acknowledge when and maybe when not to rely on natural forms of medicine.
Did love the cover and the illustrations though, very pretty book 😜

[Shelley]

So cute

[Louise Cleary · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book....you never stop reading it, it's an ongoing joy (for me anyway)

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lovely illustrations and some yummy recipes but a lot of the other content just wasn’t my thing.

[KLCreative · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely needed this book! So cute, artwork adorable, kind words throughout. Can’t wait to pick up some of the other works from this author!

[Jazz Maree · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF