Thank you for stopping by my website, MachelShull.com. If this is your first visit here, welcome. I am an author and podcaster and yoga teacher living in San Diego County in Southern California. Nothing brings me more joy than connecting with likeminded individuals that resonate with joy and building and promoting dreams for yourself and promoting others. That is exactly what all of my books that I have written are about, including my podcast, the INSPIRED MIND, which is now in its sixth year, reaching into over 150 countries around the world. I am grateful for my listeners and for my readers. You can connect with me here or on social media on X or on my Instagram page. Both are listed at the bottom of the website.
SIMON AND SCHUSTER – MACHEL SHULL BOOKS
How has your year been? Mine has been a maze of wonderful surprises and influences from other mentors that continue to shape my thinking and lift my heart to higher places. Currently, I have been listening to Joel Osteen daily for the last two months. I recommend you listen to one of his podcasts. You don’t have to be religious to be inspired by this man. He has your best interests at heart. I have been listening to him for one hour a day and writing down his powerful words that speak beauty and hope over my life. I try to do the same at my podcast and in my books.
I recently found out that my first two books LIVE LOVE SOUL and MIDDLE AGE BEAUTY are now being distributed through SIMON & SCHUSTER. I can tell you that I have been over-the-moon-about this and it is a lifelong dream that has been attained. Sometimes when you least expect it, something beautiful happens to you when you weren’t even planning it. When you keep watering the seeds of hope and joy and believing in the beauty of life for yourself, your loved ones and all that you come in contact with, remarkable things begin to change. Your world softens. Your face muscles relax. Your joy becomes contagious and you recognize the good in each person you meet.
I wish you well. I hope you are enjoying this year. I have been reading fantasy books this year as a theme, which has been a marvelous experience. I finally read LORD OF THE RINGS and I am almost finished with THE HOBBIT. These books are classics we all know. I have seen the movies many times. However, there is something in the written word that cannot be contained in the movies. The feeling, the description, the prose, the movement of The Company and how Frodo and Sam are dangling from the mountains with Gollum close behind. I found myself being pulled deeply into this novel with a new type of enthusiasm because of the writer, whom I have always admired but never read, J.R.R. Tolkien.
This year, I finished my second installment of a sci-fi trilogy, which is very close to my heart. I am now working on my third book, with about 30,000 words so far. I can hardly believe I am about to finish this trilogy in the next six months. I have been steadily working on it for almost four years. Writing and reading will always be my first love. My first passion. I love yoga and health, but the heart belongs with what it loves and stays there for a lifetime. I am also about to launch my first yoga book into the world in the next year, which will be a commitment toward my love for teaching yoga and also uplifting your health by practicing more self-love.
Thank you for stopping by. I hope the last few months of 2025 are wonderful for you. I wish you luck on your endeavors and dreams. I hope you hold your heart up HIGH. What I mean by that is you deserve JOY, GOODNESS, and love, where ever you are on your journey.
Godspeed,
Machel Shull
