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As we get ready for the release of Book Two: Shadow of the Witch, ride along in today’s podcast episode as I raise joyful, provocative questions to ponder alongside the first 50 pages of Smoke & Honey, Book One, such as ….   the impact of names on our own, personal storylines,   how nature(magic) plays a role in our own lives,    & more :)    Pull out your copy of Book One (or order yours here!) and follow along as I book club this new series with you.    From the heart of my heart, thank you so much for reading, for listening, and following along.    Paula xxx   PS Stay tuned: I'm bringing Evening's Kingdom into print next :)

Introducing SMOKE & HONEY, Books One and Two, Available now! A sexy, witchy historical fantasy series spanning continents, kingdoms and time itself. When Honey Crowley is recruited to collect magic for a shadowy private library, she crosses a threshold through which she can never return. On assignments with Egyptian priestesses, Druids, elemental spirits and more, Honey tries to control feelings for her assigned Traveller, the mysterious Rhett Coltart… only to discover her Order’s most dangerous secret. Click here to buy your copies today, and follow along as I book club this new series with you.  From the heart of my heart, thank you so much for reading, for listening, and following along. I hope you love it!  PS Stay tuned: I'm bringing Evening's Kingdom into print next :)

“I’ve danced at the birth of stars, and cloaked myself in oceans as they chastened to sands…” Evening’s Kingdom, by Paula Schmidt   Hello travelers,  We meet again on the bridge between our minds. Welcome to Evening’s Kingdom, where I’m reading installments of my epic fantasy, Evening’s Kingdom, books one and two, and interviewing other artists and thinkers…  If you’re enjoying the show, please take a moment to scroll down in your app and click five stars - maybe share the show with a friend, let them know how much you love it!    In today’s episode: When worlds collide, kingdoms come… and kingdoms go. Every ending contains a new beginning as Ouma meets her story’s narrator - the descended goddess, Naomh.   Evening’s Kingdom, written & read by Paula Schmidt.    We continue! Please share and enjoy :)    EveningsKingdom.com

In today’s episode:    Ouma raises an otherworldly army and alliances begin to shift…    Evening’s Kingdom, written & read by Paula Schmidt. This is Paula Schmidt…   We continue!    For more free stories, interviews and meditations, please visit EveningsKingdom.com Thank you for listening. Please share and enjoy :)

In today’s episode:    As the Chiriklo rebels storm the castle Ullalea, Yang soldiers and their families reel beneath the attack - and respond with their own. Ouma discovers a power beneath the sands, greater than any she has ever known…   We continue…   For more free stories, interviews and meditations, please visit EveningsKingdom.com Thank you for listening. Please share and enjoy!

In today’s episode:  Ouma discovers a surviving Wutar who escaped the long ago genocide of their people... by doing the unthinkable. As they prepare for battle, Fern and Owain fall more deeply in love. And the warrior-executioner Talu is in his element as the Chiriklo rebels storm the castle Ullalea from occupying Yang forces.    Thank you for listening ~ please share & enjoy! For more free stories, interviews and meditations, please visit EveningsKingdom.com   Please stay tuned. More from me is…   Just down the road :)   Love & stories Paula

“Think of it as a game. A game of energy…” - Paula Schmidt, Evening's Kingdom.   Hello, travelers.... in today’s episode:    Ouma has a vision, and the great gathering of Chiriklo from all across the kingdom make their crossing to Ullalea, to seize the ancient castle back from the occupying Yang forces. Thank you for listening ~ please share & enjoy!   Love & stories Paula EveningsKingdom.com

Do you want a more satisfying daily routine?   Use this thought exercise to examine your habits of identity and desire, and create a more meaningful life pattern. Create goals that truly inspire you, and a life design that sparks joy.   Listen before journaling, taking a walk or on a day when you can give yourself space to reflect.    Want more? Voyage Into Energy with guided meditations, journaling prompts and embodiment practices for sleep, meditation & healing:  Buy my new course, Alchemizing Anxious Energies to experience powerful insights and deep calm. Created for artists, highly sensitive people of INFP, INFJ/ 4w3 and 4w5 varietials, these practices are luscious, integrative tools to support anyone experiencing feelings of stress and overwhelm.   Thank you for listening ~  Please share & enjoy!   Love & stories Paula EveningsKingdom.com

For paired journaling prompts for this meditation, visit EveningsKingdom.com. Please share & enjoy!

“Working on a yacht is one of the best ways to travel the world, earn cash, and live on a floating palace on the water (for free!)” - Baker Manning   Hello travelers, Today’s conversation is with my very dear & lovely friend, Baker Manning from Below Deck, the Bravo reality TV show.    Baker shares how mourning her beloved father led her into a life of world travel… and thrill-seeking became soul-seeking. We discuss plant medicine, music as medicine, and how she unlocked her greatest superpower: joy.   The queen of ‘adventure -income,’ Baker teaches adult hip-hop choreography in Charleston Diva Dance parties, and is the author of the Yacht Job Handbook, your complete guide on how to break into the yachting industry.* Her handbook is perfect for anyone in transition. Especially any hard-working thrillseekers you may know who are interested to stockpile some cash for a rainy day… maybe even pay off some debt! (As a crew-member, all your living expenses are paid.)  I can also testify - it makes for equally great armchair travel, too :)    Once upon a time, I daydreamed about working as a masseuse on a yacht. I love my life, but I wonder - in some other life, maybe she and I are crewmates in some sunny isle :)    Are you there with us? Who knows?    Take a daydream (here) & (here)  as you listen in. *Showlinks available via EveningsKingdom.com under the Interviews tab.   Thank you for listening. Please share and enjoy! ​ love & stories,  Paula ​EveningsKingdom.com ​

Hello travelers,  For today’s episode, I’m elated to share my conversation with the extraordinarily talented Justin Booher! Please enjoy as Justin shares his adventures cheffing for retreats around the world. We discuss energy work, ways to clear out space to let more wonder and alignment into your life; structuring a dinner party to delight all the senses, Justin's delicious wellness remedies and more. Justin is currently on LotusWei’s Flowerlounge tour. If you’d like to experience his art and magic firsthand, do book your ticket now, as they are bound to sell out.  Thank you so much for listening. Please share and enjoy :)

“Home is a feeling.” - Evening’s Kingdom   Hello travelers,  In today’s episode, we go deep into Fern’s world, as she falls head over heels for a lovely someone…  And I have a big announcement. Evenings Kingdom, Books One and Two, are coming to Kindle this fall!    Calling all fantasy lovers: would you like a free reviewers copy? Please visit EveningsKingdom.com and let me know. I’d love to hear from you.    Thank you so much for listening. Please share and enjoy! With love & stories, Paula

Hello travelers! Today I felt like sharing something a little different :)   Firstly, I’m seeking early readers for my new, epic fantasy series for adults and will soon be sending out a call via my email list soon. So if you would like to number yourself among them, please do sign up to my email list here.   Today’s show is about a long-running love of mine: journaling. I’ve been sharing journaling prompts with my email subscribers, and the response has been so lovely that I wanted to share some of these practices here as well. So in today's episode, we cover: How to start a journaling practice; a few quick journaling prompts to get you started and 3 journaling frameworks for Gratitude, Grief, Anxiety, Stress and more.    Thank you so much for listening. Please share and enjoy!

Evenings Kingdom: the Conversations. Wide-ranging conversations with artists and thinkers on their work, their life; their adventures, processes and routines.  Hi travelers! I’m thrilled to present you with my conversation with Justen Ahren, the 2017-2019 poet laureate of Martha’s Vineyard. Justen is a dear friend, poet, photographer, musician and teacher. He served as poet laureate of Martha’s Vineyard from 2017 to 2019, and is the founder of Devotion to Writing, helping people around the world cultivate their daily writing practice and awaken creative abundance.   Justen has published two poetry collections, A Strange Catechism and A Machine for Remembering. His work has been exhibited at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, set to music by Grammy award-winning composers, commissioned by national dance theater groups and adapted and performed on stage. You can find him on Justenahren.com, and on Instagram and all socials as @justenahren.   We take a moment to get going and have some audio misadventures, my fault - but our conversation catches fire, so please do stay with us!  If you are an artist also, there is a great deal for you here, as we discuss:  - The secret, parallel fantasy life that helped Justen survive a very tough childhood - - Art as a coping mechanism, a lover, and, ultimately, a spiritual practice - - Beauty witnessing us, just as we witness it - -​ The magic of Intention, and how we may manifest our longings, for, as the ghost of the ancient shaman called Yaeel tells Ouma in EK: “That which you seek is also seeking you.” - How stories choose us... - And I reveal the wild, midnight ceremony which unexpectedly brought Ouma, and the entirety of Evening's Kingdom, into me. Thank you for listening. Please enjoy!

Evenings Kingdom: the Conversations. Wide-ranging conversations with artists and thinkers on their work, their life; their adventures, processes and routines. Kind of an ‘Inside the Actor’s Studio’ meets ‘The Tim Ferriss Show,’ these Conversations will, no doubt, wend their ways into my writing. In stories from me in years to come, you may well recognize characters and ideas first discussed here.  ​Accordingly, today's episode features my dear friend Pat Gault. He is an artist and waymaker, and a military veteran.  In this conversation, we consider the many different kinds of possible cognizance - that of trees, rivers, mountains, even rocks - how this informs the worldviews of many traditional cultures like the Alaskan Dena’ina, who recognize these multiple dimensions of consciousness, all of which thoughts and the wind could traverse…  Pat became a Pararescueman (a PJ) at 18. He is also a writer, exploring alternative treatment methods for PTSD and depression, such as meditation and psychedelics. But it is his growing relationship with the Alaskan backcountry which has truly transformed his life. Accordingly, he founded the Alaska Institute of Curiosity and Exploration or ALICE to help redefine our understanding of nature as the original entheogen.  You can visit him at AliceQuest.com to learn more about the Alaskan quests he guides - and I do recommend it to your attention! :) Recently Pat was connected with the Heroic Hearts Project, which offers veterans psychedelic treatment options to heal their PTSD. The Heroic Heart’s program guides veterans to help them get the most out of their time on retreats, while also setting them up for success when they return home.    This is Pat’s story. Please share and please enjoy!  ​ Love, Paula