I would love to have your help and quickly with a impeding decision I need to make on Monday.
I have written a book which is based on regressions I have done with clients. In these past lives, souls were either lost, victims or perpetrators.
Using many cases in the book, I trace the journey souls take into a series of dark lives and their emergence into light. This includes their journey into separation and isolation, perpetration and/or victimization, a powerful awakening and turnaround with a struggle back into reconnection and emergence into light.
The book also explains why souls become lost and separated and how they are rescued and redeemed. It covers the arc of our soul journey on Earth from our first incarnation through many lives of seeking and learning until we attain balance, compassion and wisdom.
Llewellyn, my publisher has asked me to suggest my preferred titles (See below) almost immediately. Thus, I am asking for your ideas and views on the following possibilities by 9 am this Monday morning the 1st of February.
What book title would attract you? What title would propel you to pick up the book and read the back cover? Please write a sentence or two on why that title (or subtitle) appealed to you and note any titles that repelled you. Please feel free to make any suggestions, including mixing up the titles and subtitles and other possible titles or subtitles. Then email your thoughts to me at Karen@LifeBetweenLivesRegression.com.au
Once you respond, your name will go into a draw to win one of five copies of my new book. The winners will be notified soon and then can expect to receive the book later this year as soon as it is released.
Here are the suggested titles: (Note you can copy them into an email to me and make comments in red text). Please do so by 9 am Monday morning the 1st of February to be eligible for the draw.
Shadow Past Lives: How Souls Grow
Dark to Light: The Purpose of Challenging Past Lives
Twilight Transitions: Understanding Challenging Past Lives
The Soul’s Dilemma: How Challenging Past Lives Shape Our Future
The Soul’s Dilemma: Past Lives of Falling from Grace and Finding the Way Back
Long Night’s Journey into Light: Past Lives of Separation and Reconnection.
Prodigal Souls: Our Long Purposeful Journey into Past Lives of Separation and Reconnection.
The Soul’s Descent: Exploring the Purpose of Challenging Past Lives and Our Gradual Emergence Back into the Light
Challenging Past Lives: How Souls Grow
Why Me? Lessons From Dark Past Lives
Dark Past Lives: Stories of Transformation & Triumph
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Thank you Virginia your comments are greatly appreciated. All responders will go into the draw for the book.
Dark to Light: The Purpose of Challenging Past Lives.
Thanks for your helpful response Kimbre.
Hi Karen,
My preference is “Dark to Light: The Purpose of Challenging Past Lives” because it’s clear and concise and doesn’t sound like the title of a journal article. I’d be very drawn to that.
I also like a slight alteration of your last suggestion but using ‘ascent’ instead of ‘descent’ as it’s more positive and appealing –
“The Soul’s Ascent: Exploring the Purpose of Challenging Past Lives and Our Gradual Emergence Back into the Light”
Good luck with the book!
Michelle
Thank you Michelle I appreciate your thoughtful response.
The title “Shadow Lives” might make me a little uncomfortable. [not sure why) The others seem too long. I’d be drawn in by ‘Dark to Light:the purpose of challenging past lives”
Thanks Jane. Dark to Light was the favourite of readers.
Dark to Light: The purpose of challenging past lives.
It’s simple to the point and you know what to expect from the book. Others are too wordy and you have lost interest by the end.
Thanks you Julie. I appreciate your thoughts.
Hi Karen, Congratulations on completing your new book. I like the first title suggestion Shadow Past lives: How Souls grow. This title is short and sweet, which piques the interest without saying too much. The majority of the other title suggestions seem far too wordy and confusing. For sure the saying ‘less is more’ seems to be the right choice. Best wishes for your book release!
Thank you David for your helpful response and comments.
Dark to Light – Understanding Challenging Past Lives
I think the other combinations are too ‘wordy’ for a book title and this gives a good description of what people will get to read about and also sounds interesting enough to create a curiosity.
However I am sure that the correct title for your book will be revealed to you. Best wishes for your new book.
Thanks Annette for your comments helpful comments.
Is this an every soul occurrence or one based upon actions in a past life?
Mary Beth In my experience of regressions, not every soul experiences lives of being perpetrators. I have a chapter in the book on those who do not take that path and why that is so. However it seems that most of us experience challenging lives of varying degrees of perpetration and victimisation. There are good reasons for this which I address in the book.
The Soul’s Dilemma: How Challenging Past Lives Shape Our Future
Thanks for your contribution Doris. The decision has now been made. I get a sense from my spirit guides that the name will not make a huge difference. The book will find itself in the hands of those who need it. I have no idea how many people that will be. I just trust that it will happen.
Dark to Light: The Purpose of Challenging Past Lives
Thank you Yasmin. This one has also been popular with email responders.
Long nights journey into past lives would have me picking up the book and reading the back. It sounds like a book I would like to read
Thank you Louann for your sharing your helpful thoughts.
Hi Karen,
Congratulations on being almost there.
This would be my pick.
‘The Soul’s Dilemma: How Challenging Past Lives Shape Our Future’
Good luck and much joy,
Kara
Thank you Kara for your response and encouragement.
The Soul’s Descent: Past Lives of Falling From Grace and Our Gradual Emergence Into The Light.
It is long, but I think best conveys the content of the book. FYI: I will buy this book no matter what you call it. I find the topic fascinating.
Thank you Marcia for your response and positive comments
I liked “Shadow Past Lives: How Souls Grow” the best as it was short and concise, grabbing your full attention. The reader got the whole idea immediately, while the other titles required me to think them through.
Thank you Ellie for your helpful comments.
I didn’t like any of the above titles because they were not to the point. May I suggest, Hellish Lives: Why Souls Have Them, and How Souls Recover.
Thanks for your thoughts and ideas Gary.
To the Soul and back again.
A Journey of self travel and reconnection.
Also appreciated Brad.
Podigal Souls: OurPurposeful Journey into Past Lives of Separation and Reconnection
This title gives you an immediate, general understanding of the topic. It also highlights the hope in the topic straight away, thus avoiding a potential dismissal of the book based on visceral fear.
Thank you Theresa.
To the soul and back again.
A journey of connection, reflection and even rejection.
How growing an appreciation of your own soul can reveal the true nature and value of knowledge that has been always been inexplicable.
Thanks Brad.
Shadow Past Lives: Shaping your Future
Thanks for your help.
From Darkness to Light: The Purpose of our Challenging Past Lives
I feel the title would be best to mention ‘past lives’ or ‘past life’ as this will be picked up by search engines when prospective readers are searching for books pertaining to this subject. I know that’s what I would use to begin a search to find books.
Congratulations Karen on your new book! I would love to win a copy but if not, I will be first in line to buy one when released 🙂
Thanks for your response Kylie and your positive comments. I agree, having “past lives” in the subtitle is important. You are in the draw. Good Luck!
Dark to Light; The purpose of Challenging Past Lives…..even ‘Understanding Past Lives’
I really like the rhythm of the ‘Dark to Light’ bit, it feels perfect!
And it would also look great in print- a ‘catchy’ three word title, with a small description.
Looking forward to see it …..
Thank you Katrina. Much appreciate you assistance.
Dark to light: the purpose of challenging past lives. The title gives us hope.
Thanks Fiona. You have chosen one of he favourites. You and all commenters are in the draw for five chances to win a book.
Hey Karen,
Congrats et al. I think a combo of the first two choices. Dark to Light: How Souls Grow. I agree with the others that said the others are too wordy – my eyes glazed over.
Best of luck,
Natalie L
Thanks Natalie. Very helpful for me and the publishers.
My initial reaction was for : Twilight Transitions: Understanding Challenging Past Lives.
As an analogy, twilight is that magical time when the sun goes down and there is promise of a star filled sky. I love it when the sun goes down in winter as it has such a beautiful golden hue. I also love it when, after a clear day, the night transitions into a stunning display of stars in the sky and if lucky and in the country, the magic of looking at the Milky Way.
Transition implies a moving from one state to another, it can be easy or a bit of a struggle – but moving forward. Dark and Light implies one or the other, this place or that place and maybe no interconnection.
Understanding and gaining wisdom from life’s challenges from this and past lives can mean transformation into something positive. And isn’t this the reason why people seek to know who they are, what drives them and why they do the things they do? This is where seeking assistance in reviewing past lives comes into focus.
Thank you Amanda for your detailed response and comments. You make some excellent points.
This is my favourite mash-up.
The Prodigal Soul: Understanding our most challenging past lives.
I love the idea of Prodigal – it says so much in one word with the resonance of the bible’s The Prodigal Son – the wayward son who finally finds his way back and is celebrated and welcomed.
I think adding ‘our most’ to the challenging lives bit makes it more personal and specific. Because aren’t all our lives at least a little challenging?
Good luck and I look forward to reading 🙂
Thank you Christine. Adding “most” is a good idea. Good luck also with the draw for the book.
Hi Karen
Sounds like a great book, I can’t wait to read it. Here are my feedback on the suggested titles:
Shadow Past Lives: How Souls Grow – shadow lives is too vague, I don’t know what is meant here.
Dark to Light: The Purpose of Challenging Past Lives- This is the best, it is clear and would be a good search item. It clearly explains what to expect from the book.
Twilight Transitions: Understanding Challenging Past Lives – I don’t understand twilight, I would not know if it was relevant to me as a reader i.e. does everyone experience twilight transitions?
The Soul’s Dilemma: How Challenging Past Lives Shape Our Future- this is my equal first favourite . I really like it’s clarity
The Soul’s Dilemma: Past Lives of Falling from Grace and Finding the Way Back- “falling from grace” sounds a bit biblical too me, would put me off
Long Night’s Journey into Light: Past Lives of Separation and Reconnection.- sounds limited to relationships with others only, not relationships with the self.
Prodigal Souls: Our Long Purposeful Journey into Past Lives of Separation and Reconnection.- as above, too biblical
The Soul’s Descent: Exploring the Purpose of Challenging Past Lives and Our Gradual Emergence Back into the Light- no, reminds me of the biblical concept of hell.May turn off other readers like me with recovering from repressive christian childhood conditioning.
Very useful comments Lynne. Really sums up what a lot of others have said in emails as well as here. Thanks heaps.
I liked ‘Prodigal Souls’ without the rest of the title. If we’ve read and understood the parables in the Bible, then ‘Prodigal Souls’ would speak to the return of the soul, in this case from light to dark and back to light again.
All the titles are interesting but short titles always pique my interest.
Thank you so much Lydia. A lot of people seem to prefer short titles.
I like… Shadow Past Lives: How Souls Grow
Short and concise.
The word shadow to me is very deep and personal. Suggests a cause.
How souls grow to me suggests the effect. The hope.
A deep reflective read with a positive opportunity for expansion.
And who wouldn’t want that?
Good luck.
Thank you for your insightful comments Taren. Deep and hopeful. That is what I aimed for in this book.
Twilight Transitions: Understanding Challenging Past Lives
I like the alliteration with the short expansion after the colon.
Hope you have a dream tonight that will let your subconscious choose it.
Hugs and good luck with this one.
Love Ric. Xx
Thanks Ricky. You are right. Dreams can certainly help. I need to ask for that at bedtime.
Sorry I am late, just read your email. My choice would be Dark to Light: The Purpose of Challenging Past Lives. I think it would grab my attention in a book store. Good luck with this new book. Love, Mary
Thanks Mary. Don’t worry. You made it and I am delighted you did. You are in the draw for the book.
I am probably too late, can’t wait to hear what you decided. I love this one Twilight Transitions: Understanding Challenging Past Lives. To the point and explains everything. Plus “Twilight” is a trending word 🙂
Thanks Jen for your contribution. You did miss out on the draw but you thoughts were shared with the publisher.
I know that this is a late one but the though came to me re your book title.
A Difficult Life? Straight to Heaven or to Hell and back?
Great idea Tom and thanks but the decision has been made.