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✍🏼 Author of award-winning memoir, Suddenly Silent and Still: Finding joy and meaning through illness.

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I just finished reading this book and I HAD to share my thoughts.

I felt every emotion reading "Suddenly Silent and Still" by Nin Mok. Her journey is relatable, honest and inspiring. I feel privileged to have read her story and if anyone out there is looking to read something that will leave them believing in themselves again- look no further.

Whether you suffer from a vestibular disorder, chronic illness or any kind of major adversity- you will find meaning and inspiration in this book.

Thank you Nin for sharing your deeply personal journey with us. It's left a mark on my heart that will last a lifetime. ♥️

#chronicillness #invisibleillness #vestibular #adversity #bookreviews by @ninmokauthor

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Nothing in nature lives for itself. Rivers don’t drink their own water. Trees don’t eat their own fruit. Sun doesn’t give heat to itself. Flowers don’t spread fragrance for themselves. - Nin Mok

One day you could be sitting at your computer, in a Zoom meeting for the company you worked 20 years to climb up the ladder of, to all of a sudden be lying in a hospital bed with complete hearing loss in one of your ears causing vertigo so bad your balance is permanently thrown off.

In a life-changing instant your life is silent and to avoid pain and vomiting it also has to be still.

Suddenly Silent and Still by Nin Mok is her life-changing story, how she went from the top to the bottom in an instant and what it took to regain not her old life back because she had to mourn that, but a new one that included vertigo and being completely deaf in one ear.

This book spoke to my soul. I loved every word of it. You don’t need to have suffered the same fate as Nin to relate to her story. We all have some kind of trauma in our lives, some worse than others. But that does not make anyone’s grief or journey any less than the person next to them.

Nin was unforgivingly honest throughout this whole book. Some may not agree with how she processed her emotions, her disability or her life from start to now, but one has to remember this is her story!

I honestly cannot praise this book enough. It is beautifully written. An easy read that gives the reader food for thought.

Thank you Nin Mok for my gifted copy in exchange for my honest review. Suddenly Silent and Still is now available in stores and online.

QOTD: Do you have a favourite memoir?

#nonfiction #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #bookstagrammer #bookaholic #readingaddict #memoir #memoirs by @ninmokauthor

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Word spreading. Suddenly Silent and Still is popping up in libraries one by one. There are so many ways to support an author. Requesting their book at your local library is an excellent way. Libraries have a budget set aside for your requests.

#mustreadbooks #library #booklaunch #suddenlysilentandstill #memoir #biography #nonfiction #grief #disability #bookstagrams by @ninmokauthor

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When I started on my writing journey, bad reviews kept me up at night.

Now I understand that not every reader will choose my books, and that’s okay. Because I don’t choose every reader either.

To the readers I write for, I give it my all.

#author #readersofinstagram #writersofinstagram #wechoose #booksworthreading by @ninmokauthor

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If you are interested, let me know. Genuine reader only please.

I think it’s … done?

#betareader by @ninmokauthor

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Join me for my 30 minute morning walk for our health.

#accountabilitypartner #naturewalk #mindfulliving by @ninmokauthor

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We spend a lot of time asking, “What job will still exist when our children grow up?”

Perhaps the better question is: What human capability do you think will matter most?

#FutureOfWork #ArtificialIntelligence #Parenting #Education #HumanPotential by @ninmokauthor

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Flip the script.
Make the workload known.
Really share the burden.

Or at least don’t be smug about it being equal.

If you’ve ever felt this way, share and repost with
#NoHotCrossBunHeroes

#MentalLoad #InvisibleWork #SharedParenting #EqualPartnership by @ninmokauthor

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You do not need permission to call yourself a writer. ✍️

#WritingCommunity #WritersOfInstagram #ImposterSyndrome #AuthorLife #AmWriting by @ninmokauthor

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When did you realise you wanted to become a writer? by @ninmokauthor

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No walk is ever wasted. What’s your excuse?

Writers are much like comedians, making observations and jotting them down. Instead of finding funny ways to retell it, we opt for beautiful ways to recount them instead.

#noexcuses #justdoit #keepgoing #nature #naturewalk by @ninmokauthor

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A little linguistic superiority, because sometimes “condescending” simply doesn’t cut the mustard.

#WordOfTheDay #Vocabulary #DuchessOfDiction #LearnEnglish #Supercilious by @ninmokauthor

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