THE HEART
Chouchou
Her name means "darling" in French. Her job: settling the beef inside the body.
✧ THE INNER MEDIATOR ✧
My Heart is a person. Her name is Chouchou.
Chouchou (pronounced “shoe-shoe”) means “darling” in French. She settles emotional conflicts inside the body, aka “beef.” In a 21-day practice of talking to your body, she can help you meet your own Heart, too.
What if your body could talk, and what if you finally listened?
After a car accident left her in pain and full of self-doubt, Carol Viana took the mediation tools she had learned in Law School and turned them toward the hardest conflict of all: the one inside herself.
The Inner Mediator is a 21-day practice of talking to your body and making peace with yourself. There is nothing to fix. No one to judge. Your only job is to listen.
“The idea is to go after a condition called I-hate-myself-alitis.”
What readers are saying
My mom and I actually read this book together, and we were truly moved by it. It's an easy, pleasant read that will fill your heart with love towards your body and yourself.
Warm, creative, and honestly quite comforting.
A very unusual and creative approach to self-compassion.
Beneath the playful writing, there are some serious reflections about fear, healing, and self-acceptance.
This book actually made me think about the way I talk to myself. I really liked the idea that we don't always have to fix everything about ourselves. Sometimes, we just need to listen.
Meet the crew
The inner community you'll get to know, one conversation at a time.
FEAR
Fifi
A hungry T-Rex. (T-Rexes love lawyers.)
PAIN
Charlie
A loud Shar Pei who just wants to be heard.
THE BRAIN
Carol
She used to think she was in charge. Now she listens to everyone, and she has a medal to prove it.
THE LUNGS
Ashley
Breathing used to feel like fire, so she decided she must be a dragon.
THE PINKY TOE
Pinky
Small toe, big emotions. She wears a helmet because the furniture is out to get her.
COMING SOON: MY NEXT BOOK
Pretendland
The Adventures of the Space Croissant
Captain Camilla Bok and the Space Croissant Crew are landing in Pretendland, on Mars, where it's always Now. Here, Lola the Unicorn-Self presses every button on the ship, Pinky finds a wormhole to the Pink Planet, the Body Cells get a playground of their own, and one Sunday a Mermaid Sharknado delivers a couple thousand trolls to the beach.
A whimsical adventure where imagination becomes a way for adults to heal their inner child.
Read it as it's being written: a new chapter every Sunday on my Substack.
Read the first chaptersStories from Pretendland
Every Sunday, a new adventure: Pinky finds a wormhole to the Pink Planet, Lola the Unicorn-Self presses every button on the ship, and the Cells get a playground of their own. Plus gentle how-tos for talking to your body.
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About Carol
I am an indie author. I published a book called The Inner Mediator last June, and I am currently working on my second book, Camilla Bok and the Adventures of the Space Croissant.
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