Slo Mo X That Little Voice In Your Head - Lola Jaye on How to Stop Fortune Telling and Start Being You

Slo Mo X That Little Voice In Your Head - Lola Jaye on How to Stop Fortune Telling and Start Being You

By Mo Gawdat

Today&aposs episode is part of a mini-series of interviews done in the context of the topics of my new book, That Little Voice in Your Head, available now: mogawdat.com/littlevoice

This week I talk to Lola Jaye. Lola is a registered psychotherapist author of historical novels which feature characters tackling race, mental health and, simply, life. A member of the Black Writers&apos Guild and the author of five previous novels,  her most recent is The Attic Child , a hauntingly powerful, emotionally charged and unique dual-narrative novel about family secrets, love and loss, identity and belonging, seen through the lens of Black British History. 

I have learned so much from Lola&aposs work about the value of pain, and so much from her personal story succeeding as a black woman about the value of authenticity.

Listen as we discuss:

The heartbreaking backstory of The Attic Child.Modern racism and how it is strictly a product of conditioning.Why having a "bestselling" book is mostly a marketing job.Life isn&apost short. It&aposs long, when you&aposre present.Lola&aposs writing process and the internal voice of an eight year old boy.There has to be something in everything, or there&aposs no point to all this.My only-recent understanding of fiction writing (engineer brain problems)Fortune telling, and why you shouldn&apost do it.Lola&aposs top tip for happiness: be in the moment.How did Lola succeed as a black woman? By staying authentic.

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