The Feels The Moon & My Soul

by Sara Sheehan

“The Feels The Moon & My Soul” is a collection of raw vulnerability. Covering topics of self-love, self-accountability, love, heartbreak and more. Each page you flip is a different story. Some you may find yourself in and some you may sympathize with the pain the writer endured. It’s a collection of poems, journal entires, quotes, and free thoughts. Take a ride, one with many emotions, and discover how beautiful it is to love and let go.

Genres: Poetry, Nonfiction

222 pages, Paperback

Published December 18, 2021

Reviews

[Brianne Honda · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this collection of poems, Moonsoulchild writes honest stories of love, heartbreak, and accepting the past. She reflects on the people and experiences that taught her lessons, some painful, while also expressing gratitude for the things in life that bring her joy now.

I really enjoyed this collection of poems, and there were many that resonated with me. A few favorites were Misunderstood and No superpowers. This collection will resonate with anyone who has been broken before and has healed themself or are working toward doing so.

[rhea · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best way to describe Sara’s writing is “familiar”, because each line in her book is something that crossed my mind, or i’ve been through at least once. It helps you reflect and sometimes even brings a new perspective into situations we go through. Most likely I will go back to read it again as going through this beautiful thing called life. I recommend you read it if you’re on a healing journey, or you just want to read something good for you soul.

[L Newman · Rating 5 out of 5]

An amazing read! I felt the emotion behind each piece and felt like I could connect to it in a deeper way. Would definitely recommend this read!

[Kai · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well you gotta bear with me coz this is gonna be a long review.
This book had me rethinking my whole existence while I flipped the pages. I’ve been following Sara Saheen and her work on Instagram and been huge fan of her writing.
This book left me wondering what I seek.
Being a Cancer makes it really hard to turmoil through emotions and feelings but this acted like guidance for me. Instead of getting overwhelmed; the words made sense to all my inner thoughts in a sync.
I read the book three times, annotating and bookmarking pages throughout the whole journey.
First was a quick read and skimming to get the grasp of content at a look.
Second was a deep reading going slow through each page and turning thee memories in my head as pages flipped and words made quite the order.
The last time was to reread the bookmarked and annotated text to make it instilled in my subconscious mind too.

It didn’t feel like I was reading someone else’s life story instead each word seem like popping up infront of my eyes long with the life events I passed till now.

I am gonna a make a copy of whole book just to make notes and hight the text and turn it into a workbook to calm down my anxiety depression and ptsd

[Mariah Manes · Rating 5 out of 5]

The way that Sara speaks of abandonment, self and others inflicted, whilst pairing the depths of a found love and how raw and pure it can feel at any moment given an open and ready heart, sends chills throughout my body as I connect with the ever-relatable sentiments.
“My tender heart fell for anyone who made it feel something.”
I love how she was able to capture single moments along with a multitude of undeniably impossible situations that one goes through when navigating love, remorse, heart ache, and so much more.
I also can’t disregard her use of love in all forms; romantic love need not only be spoken of as the single most painful to lose.
Her dedication to love in all forms is appreciated as there is wild pain of all forms: familial, friendships, self, etc.

I read this book at a time when my soul needed it most. I suppose that is how the universe works and yet I found surprised healing all the same whether I would have recognized the Devine timing or not. However, I am glad that I do recognize the timing this book was placed in my life as in some ways, it changed my heart for the burden it bares or myself and for others.
I feel lighter and that I was mirrored within Sara’s book. This has brought me peace to finally be seen in a way I didn’t know I needed.

I also am enthralled her her use of examples for what it feels like to love so deep and so hard; “Savior Complex” gives a sense of knowing that you’re giving your love away in possibly a toxic manner yet knowing you don’t know how to exist without needing to be needed. I will sit with this for some time.

Love love love! “Loving an artist.” Sometimes as artists we feel like too much or not enough. This was so nice to see reflected back at me.

Grateful! 🙏🏼

[Viva Schurch]

Moonsoulchild leads us through her chrysalises distributed along a timeline that stretches
Through the growing pains and the enduring injury of her teens, when the absence of her father led to trauma bonding instead of fulfilling relationships. The poet (name?) grapples with her self-destructive love for others that often brings distress when her expectations are betrayed.
In a number of pieces ,she nostalgically revisits different relations with lovers and people who have left an impression upon her, revealing that self-growth comes with accepting and with giving grace to herself for hurting some in the “crossfire,” as well as with forgiving others who were toxic for her. Often these poems end with sad self reflection (placed in italics), where the author reviews her experiences over time.

Ultimately, and happily, the poet discovers self-love and the ability to express herself through writing, which allows her to share her vulnerably and to discover a healthy love for herself and a partner with whom she shares her growth. Through writing she is able to express generosity to others who can feel a sense of identity in her words and know they aren’t alone.
Hope is the big underlying message, hope that for all our faults, our self-inflicted insecurities and our self-proclaimed failings, we can still find self-acceptance and self-love.
Moonsoul’s words will echo your own trials and pain, but also join in the harmonies of your heart.
In her own words ..

“We’re all damaged souls searching for acceptance, love, and a feeling we’ve yet to experience. Things to remember, love is always beautiful. Cherish every moment, and nothing is permanent.”

[Beth Mather · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has really helped with my own self love and self healing journey. It spoke to me in the sense of I have always felt the need of someone to love me because I couldn’t love myself. I craved the attention I didn’t give myself, I tried to love anyone who gave me attention. It really helped me understand these feelings and why I felt this way. It has helped me to understand my emotions. The different affirmations will be really helpful when I need them, a lot of them resonated with my emotions at the time, and I imagine, in the future. It is empowering and uplifting, inspiring to read about somebody else’s darkest times and how they were overcome. Being attracted to broken individuals, I can relate, nearly broke myself trying to fix them, again helping me to understand my emotions of how I felt at the time when I was with them. It’s good to read another account of something you’ve been through, acting as a comfort and inspiration. Overall a very very good and thoughtful book, which helps to understand emotions and feelings.

[Moya Marie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sara, to read your work is a gift.

This collection is so vulnerable & challenges you to unpack heavy emotions and work through tough life moments in your own life while walking this journey with the author. She writes so genuinely, I found myself celebrating her insights/realizations and moved so deeply from the vulnerable things she shared with her readers. Reading through these poems showed me how I can redirect perspective on the relationships or bonds that I’ve had in my life and honestly allowed me to free myself of guilt and stress. A poem written about the depths of anxiousness/fear of being misunderstood by the people around me really hit home… what a blessing it was to read this at the start of the new year. I feel I can take all that resonated with me from this and really apply it to my life.

Read this book and get ready for some beautiful, challenging soul work.

Take away: find the top 10 things in life you love most and delight in them ❤️

[Giorgi Keeley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Raw, Real & Relatable.
This read was so empowering and relatable. Like being at a theme park on a roller coaster. So many raw pieces of her life shared, and albeit them being a personal experience, she presented them in a way that was so relatable, in a way soul searching and healing people can cultivate. I read this book in one day (absolutely insane I know), I just wanted to get to the next piece of her story, the next capturing quote that I can ponder on.
This book isn't a one time read, this is a book to always go back to, to remember that healing isn't linear. To remember amongst the bad times, they'll be followed by good times and then maybe bad again, but the truth is, how we deal with those is how we heal.
This book was so beautiful, and touched my inner child and soul.
Amazing, thank you for sharing such raw parts of yourself, and being open to the world. Your light will shine bright, and I send you all the love and light you need on your writing and healing journey.
Some of my favourite small quotes.
'Start putting passion
Into what fills your soul.
Start putting passion
Into your art
Nothing fleeting,
Not people' ; what's your magic when no one is watching?

'Jealousy is one hell
Of a weakness
But has no home in me
I hold no ill intentions
I clap for others when they win.
I don't hold the energy
To give anyone questionable love ~ I'm a real one'

[Diana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely relatable! I found myself relating to many of the experiences Sara shares with us in this book. A lot of past experiences in my personal life mirrored what I was reading and with each page I felt like I was talking to myself. I love the amount of vulnerability and the raw emotions perfectly captured in her writing. As I grew up and entered adulthood, I often couldn’t put into words what I was feeling but reading this felt like I had finally found the words I was searching for all these years. Her writing style sets her apart from other writers, in my opinion, because of the level of transparency and authenticity felt while reading. I especially enjoyed the parts where she talks about accepting, forgiving and loving yourself. Those are things I am currently working through so it was refreshing to read her work and finding valuable lessons in her writing. Sara truly makes the reader feel like they’re talking to a best friend.

With this in mind, I cannot wait to read more of her work!

[Anna Patricia · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Think about what you love to do; imagine doing it, succeeding at it, and loving it. Your purpose will never disappoint you. Your purpose is whatever makes you feel safe in this cold world, something that won’t make you feel alone.”

The Feels The Moon & My Soul is absolutely a great collection of poetry. I honestly resonated with almost all the author's experiences, which made me connect with her poetry in a whole deeper level. Sara Sheehan exhibited authenticity, realness, and rawness in her writing.

All throughout, she touched topics relating to self-love, body image, self-acceptance, coming out, bare-minimum love to feeling-at-home type of love, finding soulmates and true love, and my favorite - embracing your true self.

4.5 ⭐✨
A-must read!

[Annchi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Relatable, insightful and therapeutic. This book leads you on a personal healing and recovery journey that is simultaneously meditative and thought-provoking.

I started this book right after a year of burning out and the beginning of a self-healing process. This book is like a pond of spring water for me as a dehydrated hiker walking through the desert. I would recommend anyone who is on a lone journey of healing, recovery and growth. This book makes you feel that you are not alone and you are supported. It can be your best accompany in a park, on a flight or in a cafe shop where nothing else matters except yourself, the book and your feelings. It will cheer your wins, cry your battles and heal your wounds. It just like the moon, always shines in your darkest nights.

[Brittany Nicole]

In the “Feels the moon & my soul”, Sara Sheehan gives you a glimpse of her life. This book is real, raw and very personal. It lets you feel and sympathize what she’s experienced, how much she’s grown throughout the years. I think it can be humbling for some to read about another’s persons life. There are things in this book that almost anyone can relate to in some way. This book helps readers see that its ok not to be ok all the time. We all go through things in life, we all have a story. Reading this book can comfort readers to know that we're not alone. Sometimes situations or things we endure in life,help us learn, grow and become who we're meant to be. It's all a part of our individual journeys.

[S Soledad · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just as many of you, I have been following Sara on social media platforms for quite sometime. Her posts have always been well written and thought out. Reading this collection made me realize a lot of things, but above all, it made me realize that I was not alone. There were so many powerful poems in here that lit a spark in me that I haven't felt in a while. It brought me to actual tears, I might start crying while writing this again. I've never connected with words so easily -it's comforting for the most part, and that's how you know that it was a great one. I definitely recommend this book, it truly is one of the best I've read. Thank you for sharing your experiences amongst the rest of us, in times like this, it was well needed.

[vic ♡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

So, hear me out. I've been through a rough breakup in the beggining of january and I casually came across Sara's page on instagram. One of her posts got to me so heavily I cried and felt freedom and hope for the first time in weeks. I then found out it was part of this book, so I obviously HAD to read it and I was granted the opportunity to, which I'm really greateful for. So I began my journey through Sara's pages and writings and in many many levels it made so much sense to me. There were moments I could feel something being released inside me as the tears fell, there were moments I could feel finally, FINALLY, someone could understand me and feel the way I did. I finally felt heard and understood. Sara has a way with her words that makes you feel hugged, that feels like someone's whispering "it's gonna be okay, trust yourself, trust your process". It's really healing and it gave me so much hope, so much to think about. It's magical and real and increbible.

[Libby Demarco · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful pure raw emotion. There were moments that my heart was beating so fast, like these words were trapped inside of me yet the author had somehow managed to extract them from me and write them in a book. Painfully relateable yet also soothing and healing. Genuinely couldn't stop reading once I started, it felt rude to think about about putting it down while reading every emotional page. The author acknowledges her own mistakes something we could learn from especially in a road to growth and recovery. Thank you for being brave and sharing your story. An absolute must read x

[Shalini · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is an autobiography of the author’s relationships written with beautifully woven poems and quotes. It is not a book that can be nor should be read in one go - you get the most out of it when when you take the time to assimilate the content to your own life experiences. The writer is excellent at articulating her emotions and this book would resonate with everyone, especially those who have experienced challenging relationships.

Disclaimer: I was provided a copy of this book to review.

[Elizabeth Grey · Rating 5 out of 5]

“The Feels The Moon & My Soul” is an autobiographical story of Moonsoulchild (author Sara Sheehan) told through a series of poems, letters, and sections of freestyle thought. The variety in the writing style makes this a quick read.

This book is authentic and raw—a journey of heartbreak, healing from trauma, finding self-love, and acceptance. As a person on my healing journey, I connected with the story. It’s validating to read something relatable, and I would recommend this to anyone working on self-improvement.

[Jemimah · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve always been interested in books with poems and short excerpts that can really touch someone’s heart. This book really did touch my heart. The raw emotions can be felt, and some were even relatable to me. I have been following Sara on her Instagram for quite sometime and have always loved her content and work that she posts. When I saw this book, I knew I had to read. I love that the author can draw a connection with readers through certain experiences or feelings though it may be personal to her. I would definitely recommend this book to other readers.

[Chetna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Raw, Inspiring and Healing.
I could not put it down. I relate to the emotions felt from looking for love, heartbreaks, deception, self-sabotage, death and opening the heart to self love and healing. If emotions and feelings could be expressed into words, it is beautifully and truthfully written from Sara. Thank you for sharing your truth for others to read and to know it's ok to feel the emotions we experience from life's events. The emotions of a human being so unapologetically written - I'm inspired in such a way to make writing/journalling my friend, my therapist and my safe place.

[Ryan Bartlett · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a great compilation of the writers thoughts. It was nice to read a book that wasn’t just poems but several other mediums as well. I found her writing to be very thought provoking and relatable. This is definitely a book that is worth a read.

Disclaimer: I was provided a copy of this book for review purposes.

[Ashley Nicole · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great read of the writers thoughts and found it to be very relatable and enjoyed it very much also I liked how the author wrote about more than just poetry but so much more than that.

This is definitely worth the read!
Disclaimer : I was given a copy of this book in exchange for a review

[Annie · Rating 5 out of 5]

“The Feel The Moon My Soul” takes one on an emotional journey. Ms. Sheehan peels away emotional layers with a very unique writing style. I must say I was sucked into her world and was surprised how there were moments that were so visceral to me. Inner growth, empowerment and strength are words that resonate after this read. If you want to dig deep then this is a read for you.

[Fiorella Awad · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautifully written from the heart. Touched me deeply, cried many times during this as I related to it on so many levels. It was comforting knowing that you’re not alone in feeling how you feel. Definite read for anyone who is dealing with any hardship or struggle, but worth reading just because her written word is that engaging. ❤️

[Sive · Rating 5 out of 5]

This has been the best book I've read in a long time. It made me emotional and I think that is because I could relate it to it to a certain extent. I felt each and every emotion that the writer poured in whilst writing it and I'm sure it's one of the most personal books she's ever written because you can literally feel her heart in the pages, in the paragraphs and in the sentences. It's beautifully written and I love it!!

[Ariana · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book would touch you someway or another fersure.
I didn’t really go into it with any expectations
& a few pages made me cry and alot of what’s said i related to in a personal way which helped me feel less alone & made me feel connected to the author. So with that said i highly recommend, good book to have in your personal library.

[Avalon Pleines · Rating 5 out of 5]

In my opinion is that it is a really great book. It was not how I expected it to be, so that made it even better.
I was not having the best time and some words that were discribed in the book, were the ones that I needed.
Everyone who wants to read it and is looking for someone to tell them, here I am! You should definitely read it and you will not have any regrets.

[Marie CocoLoso · Rating 5 out of 5]

Before I picked up this book I was going through a lot of emotional turmoil and a very hard break up. I spent my evenings reading the words that explicitly explained exactly how I feel - wow. I find it so fascinating the way MoonChild pours her heart out & it is so relatable not only to me but thousands of others also. This book has been my sunshine on a cloudy day - Thank you!

[Lainey Fort · Rating 2 out of 5]

I came across this book on Tik Tok and fell in love with one of the snippets I read. Once I read it, I was disappointed with what felt like repetitive short stories. It wasn’t until the last 30 pages I was reading what I was hoping the whole book would feel like.

I always appreciate the vulnerability but this book felt like it wanted to be more vulnerable than what was actually published. I would have preferred if it was either more vague or more vulnerable. Not this weird in the middle.

[Zahra · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was absolutely amazing. I felt such a strong connection with the writer. She never disappoints. I’ve read a lot of her books and she continues to amaze me. I can relate to her in so many ways.