Featured Interview With Jenny Clift
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I am British but my twin sister and I were born in France, as my parents were diplomats. We then lived in Malaysia, China, Canada, Northern Ireland and England.
While I was at boarding school in England I started to play the violin.
I now live in Madrid, Spain, with my Spanish husband and three daughters, and our two cats, Muffin and Pepper.
I am a professional freelance violinist and play in symphony orchestras and with my violin and guitar duo, the Laurus Freestyle Duo.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I have always been a voracious reader…first of novels and fiction, and more recently of non-fiction, especially personal development books.
As a somewhat frustrated performer, facing fears and insecurites, I was very drawn to books such as Susan Jeffer’s ‘Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway’ and Timothy Gallwey and Barry Green’s ‘The Inner Game of Music’.
As I progressed I read a lot of books about the Law of Attraction and then discovered the energy healing modality, EFT. That lead to working with a Life Coach, EFT expert Brad Yates, and making a LOT of changes in a relatively short space of time…. moving from mainly teaching to, now, mainly performing. I was then inspired to share what I have learnt, in the hope that it will inspire not only musicians, but other people who are fed up and frustrated, not ‘daring’ to follow the career that they truly love.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
When I was a child my favourite book was Enid Blyton’s ‘The Faraway Tree’!!
Then a mixture – classics (all of Jane Austen, Trollope etc) and novels by Lynne Reid Banks, Rosie Thomas, John Irving, Jeffrey Archer…anything with a great story and great characters.
I love authors like Michael Crichton (I read his ‘Travels’ 3 times!) and Bill Bryson. Starting on my personal development journey I read all of Scott Peck’s ‘The Road Less Travelled’ series as well as Alan Cohen’s books.
My writing is inspired by so many authors, coaches and thought leaders. I LOVE googling ‘inspirational quotes’ by Einstein, Gandhi, Benjamin Franklin and Churchill to name just a few.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
My first book, ‘The Music Inside: Inner Techniques to Tap Into Your Potential, Change Your Beliefs and Create a Fulfilling Career ‘, was a direct result of all the inner and outer work that I have done, especially over the last 5 years, which changed my life totally.
After working with a life coach, using the energy healing modality EFT, as well as starting to meditate and taking courses in goalsetting and planning, I was inspired to share the techniques and tools that have helped me so much and have enabled me to move into performing and into pursuing a career that I love.
I knew I wanted to get this all down on paper…and when the time came the actual writing took me just 3 weeks!! I had thought so long and hard about it all that it just came spilling out.
After that came the hard work! Turning the draft into a real book, with beautiful book cover (IMHO!!), edited content, formating, and finally all the marketing and promoting required to self-publish a book. It has been a steep learning curve…and an immensely enjoyable experience.
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