Hello. I'm Catriona Mitchell, M.Phil: book coach and editor.

I work with authors of transformational non-fiction and memoir who are bringing the mythic feminine back to life.

THE MYTHIC FEMININE is for you if...

You wish to develop a book idea that calls forgotten feminine archetypes and their mythologies, forms, functions and symbols back into consciousness, conversation and culture.

Whether it's a work of transformational non-fiction or memoir, your book will take readers through an archetypal journey of 're-membering' the feminine.

Your aim to help heal the historical and cultural wounds that have created a split in the collective psyche between spirit and matter, the body and the sacred, human and nature.

You are called to be a public voice for the mythic feminine because you see that its historical erasure has split us off (ALL of us, not just women) from our embodied intelligence, Mother Nature, eros, intuition, the sacred web of life.

Your book will question cultural and spiritual norms by exploring dormant, rejected or culturally exiled feminine archetypes - from East to West, from the abstract to the anthropomorphic, and from the sacred to the so-called profane.

YOU ARE AN EDUCATOR AND AN EXPERT IN YOUR FIELD. WHETHER YOU'RE WRITING NON-FICTION OR A MEMOIR, YOU'LL ADDRESS THE WAYS WE'VE BEEN DISCONNECTED FROM OUR CREATIVE POWER, OUR EMBODIED INTELLIGENCE, OUR INNER KNOWING.

WHY WORK WITH ME?

You're looking for a guide to help you capture your most profound vision for your book, and get it onto the page in a way that genuinely connects and resonates with readers. This is how it'll find a dedicated readership and marketplace viability.

You have an expansive body of work to draw from, but you're struggling to find a powerful, central idea to structure your narrative around: a unique angle into your material that gives you a full body 'YES!' and frees you to write with momentum and flow.

You have been called. It's time to turn towards, not away from, the book idea that's alive inside of you. This is where the journey begins: you heed the call, but crucially, with support. From here, your book will work on you as you work on it.

YOUR BOOK IDEA IS ALIVE IN YOUR BLOOD, BREATH AND BONES. YOU KNOW IT'S YOURS TO WRITE. THIS IS HOW YOU'LL MAKE YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO A CULTURAL NARRATIVE THAT REIMAGINES OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BODY, NATURE AND THE SACRED.

You're passionate about this because

WE NEED TO RESTORE OUR RELATIONAL INTELLIGENCE IF WE'RE GOING TO SURVIVE TODAY'S CASCADING GLOBAL CRISES.

We're distanced from the intelligence held in our bodies, and from the body of the Earth, with catastrophic consequences that affect us all. You see the body as a micro Earth, a living temple, because it houses our life force and the spark of our divinity. The body knows our interconnection with all of life.

FEMININE REVERENCE IS MISSING FROM OUR HIERARCHICAL, LINEAR, RATIONAL, LEFT-BRAIN-DOMINATED SOCIETY.

Feminine archetypes are essential, not optional, organs of our collective intelligence, yet many have been culturally erased or are lying dormant in the collective psyche. Only when we bring their full spectrum back to life can we reclaim our totality, and our co-creative powers.

You've been through a heroine's journey of your own

You've journeyed through a series of initiations and challenges, a kind of descent into the underworld where you shed skins and encountered your deep self. You emerged with a profound shift in identity: one that's more embodied, creative, intuitive and attuned to interconnected existence.

You're ready to share your ideas about, and experiences of, the mythic feminine, whether you're writing your own life story, or about Mother Earth, goddesses of antiquity, the priestess, the womb, tantric philosophy, beauty, the life/death cycle, eros and sacred sexuality...

YOUR MYTHIC THEME IS INTERTWINED WITH YOUR OWN LIFE'S INITIATIONS, REVELATIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS. BECAUSE YOUR BOOK IS ROOTED IN LIVED EXPERIENCE, YOU CAN WRITE IT WITH UNFILTERED TRUTH, FREE FROM IMPOSTOR SYNDROME.

This is about more than writing a book.

YOUR BOOK WORKS ON YOU AS YOU WORK ON IT.

Writing a book is a huge undertaking, and we'll work together to bring your unique philosophy to light. You'll have to dig deep to find what you most want to say.

Because it comes from your soul, the idea you are called to share will take you beyond your egoic mind. This invokes a journey of psycho-spiritual development in you.

Over time, you will transform into a living embodiment of your most deeply-held message; and we'll work to shift any beliefs that would stand in the way.

Yes, more shedding of skins.

You'll step into your embodied leadership.

This is what the world is starving for right now: embodied, devotional leaders. No hypocrisy. No dissonance.

People will feel your integrity.

If you use AI to write your book for you, you won't get this transformation at a cellular level. You won't become a transmission for your message.

I'll help you birth your deepest vision for your book

WITH A BLEND OF PERSONAL STORYTELLING AND A CAREFULLY HONED MESSAGE THAT CAPTURES THE ZEITGEIST.

MY PRIMARY ROLE IS TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR STORY SPINE: THAT IS, YOUR BOOK'S POINT AND PURPOSE.

The point is the unique contribution you will make to a cultural conversation of global significance. The purpose is the journey of transformation you'll offer your readers, to inspire a profound shift in culture... one reader at a time.

CHOOSE BETWEEN:

NON-FICTION

You have a transformational non-fiction book in mind that will deepen your readers' knowledge about the mythic feminine, and inspire cultural change. You wish to share your research and development in book form as a natural extension of your educational platform; and you'll weave in your own lived experiences as a beautiful way to back up your argument.

MEMOIR

Your real-life experiences have led you to reclaim and re-embody a potent feminine archetype - one that carries buried yet vital wisdom for the collective. You're called to write about your journey in book form, because it contains valuable insights for others. At the core of your story is an 'elixir' that your readers can take away, to spark their own transformation.

Either way, your own story will play an important role in your book.

WE'LL PLACE A PRIMARY EMPHASIS ON UNCOVERING YOUR PERSONAL MYTH.

We'll look at your lived experienced through an archetypal and mythological lens, probing into questions of universal significance such as "Who am I?" and "What is the sacred purpose I came here for?"

This whole process is predicated on the belief that each of us comes into the world with a soul purpose; a lifelong project of discovery that is uniquely ours to explore.

You have found this sense of the underlying architecture of your life, even if your message isn't entirely refined yet. The scale and scope of it may be terrifying. It is far bigger than your egoic mind. Yet you must go ahead.

As it's said in the Gospel of St Thomas: “If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.”

We'll develop your book idea into a detailed outline

WITH A METHODOLOGY THAT IS STRUCTURED BUT NOT FORMULAIC.

We'll work on key elements of your book that include:

Your story spine
Structuring your contents
Narrative drive
Your reader's journey
1st and last chapters

We'll create a sacred container, and I'll bring:

Project management
Accountability & deadlines
Editorial feedback
Industry insights
Creative nurturing

DO WE FIT?

As one client described it, this work is an act of "switching the lights on together."

YOU AND I MIGHT FIND MAGIC TOGETHER IF:

You've built your expertise on an aspect of the mythic feminine as an educator over time, through research and development, teaching, speaking, writing, a PhD, documentary film-making, consulting and/or coaching.
You're actively writing and sharing your ideas on book's topic already - via a Substack, articles, essays, perhaps a contributing chapter to an anthology - even if you haven't published a full-length book yet.
Personally, you've been through an ordeal that has led you through a cycle of dissolution, death and renewal. It has led you into a deep feminine awakening; and you're ready to go all in with sharing what you have learned.
Your book will endure because of its richness and depth of content. It's more than a marketing exercise for your business; it will make a genuine contribution to a new cultural narrative.

WHEN WRITING, YOU WILL DRAW UPON YOUR INTELLECT AND YOUR MYSTICAL SENSES, YOUR LEFT BRAIN AND YOUR RIGHT BRAIN. YOU SEE THESE AS RICH SPHERES OF KNOWING THAT COMPLEMENT RATHER THAN CONTRADICT ONE ANOTHER.

PRAISE

I can honestly say I couldn’t have done it without her. My book is so much better for her gorgeous, subtle and sensitive touch. Thank you for making my book shine."

GINA CHICK - WE ARE THE STARS

Simon & Schuster (Australia), Oct 2024

ginachick.com

WINNER, AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARD FOR NEW WRITER OF THE YEAR, 2025

WINNER, DYMOCKS TOP 101 LIST, AUSTRALIA 2025

WE ARE THE STARS WAS ALSO SHORTLISTED FOR:

2025 ABIA Awards Biography of the Year, Audiobook of the Year, and the 2025 Indie Book Awards, Non-Fiction.

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The thought-provoking practices and techniques Catriona offers took my book to another level, allowing me to see its deeper purpose.

LAURA AMAZZONE - author of Goddess Durga and Sacred Female Power

Hamilton Books

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I believe that Catriona is the only coach I trust to make this the book of my dreams. She is flexible, kind, clever, generous, an incredible listener and close reader.

JANE HARDJONO

Embodiment coach

janehardjono.com

PRAISE

AI is no substitute for this process.

HERE'S WHY:

Your book's topic is inseparable from your real life. You will draw from your intimate, personal experience as well as your research and development. AI can't compete with the creative expression that comes from the deep centre of your being.
In recent years you've gone through a process of profound feminine 're-membering.' Revelations have come to you through your cellular intelligence and your intuitive senses. Your voice will emerge from this place of remembrance, too, as a form of transmission.
This work asks you to define what you want to say at the deepest level. This sparks a growth-curve of personal and spiritual development as well as a process of professional upleveling, as you grow in clarity and conviction in your message.
Along the way, I'll share tools and techniques that can help you become a powerful emissary for your message. This isn't something external to you; it is who you are. Our work will prepare you to speak about your ideas with authenticity, in public and on social media.
Of course you are free to use AI if working with me. However, I request that you use AI as a tool, not to replace you as author. Once we've worked together, you'll know what your core message is and the story you most want to tell. You'll then be equipped to prompt AI more accurately.

If you doubt your ability to be a voice for the mythic feminine,

I'VE GOT YOUR BACK.

IF YOU RUN INTO SELF-DOUBT OR RESISTANCE:

I am certified in mindset work and embodiment methods as well as in feminine empowerment coaching to help you get back on your feet. Creative blocks are likely to arise, but we'll endeavour to catch them early and dissolve the resistance that shows up.

IF YOU'RE AFRAID OF BEING SEEN AND HEARD:

I'll guide you back towards confidence and conviction in your project. This is big, because being an author these days requires you to be a speaker too. The subject of your book is personally edgy, if not culturally disruptive, and going public with it in a big way can feel exposing.

YOU'RE SERIOUS ABOUT BUILDING AN AUTHOR CAREER WITH A GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF READERS, WHETHER YOU SIGN UP WITH A LARGE PUBLISHING HOUSE, AN INDEPENDENT OR ACADEMIC PRESS, A HYBRID PUBLISHER, OR YOU INTEND TO SELF-PUBLISH.

YOUR NEXT STEPS

NON-FICTION:

MINI STORY SPINE

INTRODUCTORY offer

In this bite-sized package, you will narrow your ideas down from the broad to the specific. You'll define what your book is about, why it's of value to readers, and how it will interact in the world. I'll bring my industry insights to assess the viability of your project in the marketplace, in terms of scope and subject matter. This has the advantage of offering a 'taster' of my coaching style, without any bigger financial commitment.

YOUR STORY SPINE

SIGNATURE offer

Here you'll be guided to create an inspired and detailed outline for your book, so that when it comes to writing your full manuscript, you are coming from a place of clarity. Your thoughts are organised, and all the important elements of your book are defined in advance. This is like creating an architect's model before building the house: you can see the big picture and know exactly what you're doing, before getting involved in minutiae and craft.