📚📚I finished my book. Here’s why I’m not launching it yet...

🌍I thought I'd feel triumphant when I finished MOAR!🌍

Instead, I feel quiet. Tender. Raw in the best possible way.

This morning, I typed the last words of Chapter 8: ROAR for MOAR – Return with Your Gift. The manuscript is complete. All eight chapters. The full journey from beginning to end. Three years in the making.

And now I understand at an even deeper level that your message is always for you first.

Before I could share my message, I had to own my new story and who I was becoming on the journey. Truth be told this never ends – it deepens. There is always a next level, another layer. And it gets messy. 

Writing Chapter 8, I realised I was teaching about the courage to share your transformation story whilst still wondering if mine was 'ready' to share. The irony wasn't lost on me. I was writing about owning your story completely, about the return with the elixir, about integration... whilst still in the middle of integrating – that’s why I invite you into my messy middle. And that’s when I knew I had an opportunity to really practise what I preach.

That’s why I'm shifting my book’s launch date to next year. 

📚MOAR! will now be released on 26 February 2026.📚

Making this decision was tough, because the old me, the one who believed her worth was tied to meeting deadlines and keeping promises, would have pushed through at all costs. 

Not because I'm being undisciplined or because I'm procrastinating, but because it takes as long as it takes. And I'm finally giving myself permission to trust that.

I want to enjoy the copy-editing process. I want time to integrate what I've learned – not just from living the content, but from the actual writing process itself. To master the art of acting with heart in the moments that matter – for me that means choosing to be Present, Peaceful, and Powerful instead of ‘pushing through at all costs’.

The manuscript is with professionals who will help me refine and polish what I've created. But there's a difference between being done and being ready. The manuscript is done. The wisdom is earned. And now comes the integration - giving myself space to let the wisdom settle into my bones, trusting Divine timing rather than rushing towards the next deadline.

February 2026 feels aligned. It gives me space to breathe. To integrate what I've written. To prepare me to share from a place of equanimity rather than urgency.

It also feels significant that the launch will be near the three-year anniversary of Andrew's passing. Full circle moments aren't rushed. They're honoured.

So I'm celebrating progress whilst honouring the process. I'm practising what MOAR! teaches: Present, Peaceful, Powerful. Not by doing more, but by being more of who I truly am.

Thank you for witnessing this journey. For giving me permission to be human whilst teaching transformation. The teacher is often only a chapter ahead of the student – and sometimes, we all need to slow down and integrate what we've learned.

More updates will come as we move through copy editing, design, and the beautiful process of bringing MOAR! into the world.

For now, I'm resting in the completion. And trusting Divine timing.

With love,
Marilise 
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