Uplifting Books & More Magic
Hi, My Name Is
Katy Yaksha
I am the author of uplifting books based on my own life exploration. I believe, and now I know, that if we want and do something about it, we can turn our (everyday) lives into an inspiring creative journey, a joyful celebration, a happy destination. My aim is to encourage you to let playfulness, curiosity, and, of course, your heart help you stay young, in other words, to be happy, healthy and authentic at any age. My first book, You Can Do Anything You Want, has already helped thousands of people regain their zest for life, and follow their own path and dreams. I was born in the heart of Europe, in the Czech Republic, I have lived in various countries since 2000, and for the last four years a little southern Italian island has become my home and a source of inspiration.
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Why I Decided
to Be a Writer
When you have to talk about yourself, you run out of words very quickly. And humor too. Writing a brief and engaging biography of yourself, unobtrusively highlighting your achievements and outlining the assumptions that helped you discover a path that gives you meaning and brings you joy, is more difficult than writing a book. Just like writing an engaging text for a bookcover. And that's even if you are - among other things - also a writer. Of course, what joy would it be if you didn't have to overcome challenges on the way to it. And there were quite some on my journeys. But because I was equipped by life with a lot of optimism, imagination and willpower, as well as the belief that anything is possible, I can handle this too. So if you're interested in what was behind my decision to pursue a freelance career as an artist and what sparked my desire to inspire others to follow their heart and to more things that - at least from my perspective - make sense, read on. Or just pick up one of my books.
My Story
As in every good story, at the beginning of mine there was a dream. Actually, not one. And not a small one at all: To make a living doing what I enjoy. To live on an island. To help others feel more joy... But thanks to my basic - literally magical - equipment of optimism and the other things mentioned above, I manage to build bridges over chasms that normally seem insurmountable. No matter what they are about. In my professional life, I have alternated several roles that I chose with my heart - dancer, DJ, founder of my own clothing brand and operator of several boutiques, including an online e-shop with my models. And finally, since 2016, I have officially become a writer. None of what I have ever been and am, I studied. What I have succeeded and failed at is quite enough. And even though I have experienced many difficult moments, I do not regret anything and would not choose a different path. I learn as I go. From my successes and mistakes. And from others too. After all, what one enjoys, with their own contribution, develops more easily than what is being done with a different motivation than to follow an honest path and be beneficial to others.
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Actually, I had no choice in my life path. Doing something that would be meaningless to me, for example doing something only with the prospect of a big profit, was never an option for me. Life is such a rare opportunity! Every moment is precious! And even though it is true that joy and positive aspects can be found everywhere, there is no need to voluntarily exchange our time for something that means nothing to us. I did not always meet with enthusiastic acceptance of my decisions to follow the voice of my heart. Many times I got lost, did not know how to continue... But that is all part of it. Like in every good story. Because after the trials come rewards, whether it’s a message from a reader or meeting someone who is on the same wavelength and reassurance that I’m not as crazy as I feel in those more tense times.
And as for living on an island… This dream started to come true for me a long time ago and the first island where I felt “at home” was Mallorca. In 2015, I dared to take a long-planned solo trip to the south of Italy, to the island of Ischia, which has since become so ingrained in my skin that I’ve been returning to it, and over the past four years it has become my base. I wanted to live on an authentic island, both because of my love of the sea and because I wanted to live a simpler and fuller way of life. That’s what I’m experiencing here and is also the inspiration for my new book, which I’m currently working on.
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In addition to encouraging people to follow their heart and experience joy in everyday life, my lifelong passion is to experiment on myself, and preferably even on those around me, with regard to what helps me sleep less and live more (literally and metaphorically), to feel harmonious, healthy, but not as a result of austerity or another regime devoid of all pleasure, well-being of the soul and also taste. This is also, like a spice, incorporated between the lines of my books. I really wish that as many people as possible would discover how relatively little is enough to live and feel much better. That's why I decided to share some of it also on my blog, here on the website.
And since I was born in the air sign of Libra, I need variety in life, changes - even small ones, in short, a fresh wind in my hair (which, paradoxically, I usually wear rolled up in a knot on the top of my head), it is possible that in time everything will be different again. Because that is the very nature of life. It is both slightly disturbing and openly beautiful. Nothing is ever certain. The only thing that is is right now. So let's live it the way we feel. And if it's not what we want, let's start changing it right now. Maybe in our heads. Maybe with a tiny step. Right now. Let every next now be worth it (more and more).
Have I written the essentials about myself? Did it help you understand whether my books are for you? You probably know that best. All I know is that I didn't write briefly, but honestly. And I also know that my words will find their way to those they are meant to find their way to. Just like everything that is not driven by logic, but by the heart. I look forward to meeting you… here on my website... on the pages of my books... or anywhere else… After all, we are all almost neighbors, inhabiting the same Earth.
Katy
"If we want and do something about it, we can turn our (everyday) lives into an inspiring creative journey, a joyful celebration, a happy destination."
- Katy Yaksha