Writing “High Five Your Spirit Guides” by Katherine Marie

No one was more surprised that I wrote the spiritual self-help book High Five Your Spirit Guides than I was. In fact, if someone had told me ten years ago that I would not only write but also publish and market a non-fiction book about using intuition, finding connection, and experiencing guidance, I probably would have laughed. I don’t come from that world! I spent thirty years working in the tech sector with computers and software and everything based on logic. It was my job to ask analytical questions and document the answers. If anything, my default setting around the mystical was to be highly skeptical. 

But then I was inspired. Not by any single, big event. I can’t point to a “I was saved from a plane crash because of a sign” moment, but there were many small ones that slowly built on each other. Things like answering a call that looked like spam but led to the perfect job. Or meeting someone special when I wasn’t expecting to, who helped me think outside my norms and see beyond my skepticism. Or randomly coming across the same spirit-focused book in multiple places, then hearing the title on a podcast, and finally, a friend recommending it in conversation. A book I read, and then thought out of nowhere, “I can write a book like that.”

Still, even with all the connections, at no point did I suddenly abandon logic and embrace blind faith. It was still too easy to chalk things up to coincidence or luck rather than say it was divine guidance. Instead, I studied lots of books across many metaphysical topics. My biggest takeaways were the recurring theme that while intuition is a strong force, it is quiet and can easily be drowned out by the noise of doubt and fear.

I also went to workshops that introduced me to concepts like spirit guides and channeling. Through those workshops, I met some amazing people who helped me understand there was more to the world than what meets the eye. Along the way, I visited specialty shops and found out about tools that exist to strengthen connections to the spiritual. Things like crystals, candles, and tarot. All items I in turn talk about in my book as a way to work with your spirit guides.

Journaling became a big part of my journey too. By free writing my thoughts, I captured questions and pondered possible answers. I could be as enlightened or as skeptical as I wanted in my journals, all as a part of my awakening and becoming in touch with my higher self. Ironically, it was through writing that I became able to converse with my spirit guides and use their help in writing my book.

Another big step was embracing meditation. It wasn’t easy at first, and I almost gave up on it a few times, but now it is an integral part of my life. What started out as just me in my bedroom sitting on the floor eventually became a special space I created that felt sacred to me. When I meditate in this space, I always light a few candles of different colors depending on what I am focusing on. I sometimes hold a specific crystal to help channel certain energy.  These rituals don’t necessarily create the guidance I experience. What they do is help me quiet the constant chatter of my logical mind long enough for me to recognize the gentle voice of intuition. A voice I finally realized had been there all along.

Over time, the patterns became harder to ignore. Once I embraced what was possible, quieted the doubt a little, and trusted the gentle guidance around me, I was led to the right people, the right opportunities, and the right next steps. Finally, I accepted that I was connected to something beyond the logical and that guidance existed in my life. I trusted the nudges and believed the signs until my relationship with my spirit guides was too strong to deny. That was the point I had to write High Five Your Spirit Guides. Not because I wanted to convince anyone that spirit guides are real, but because I wanted to create the kind of book I wished I’d had when I first became curious about spirituality.

Unlike some of the other books I read on spirit guides and intuition, I wanted my book to say it is okay to question what you’re feeling. It’s okay to ask “Why?” or “How do I know?” I honestly believe those questions deepen our spiritual connection rather than weaken it. That’s how I approached writing the book. Instead of telling readers what to believe, I focused on sharing how it felt for me and included practical exercises to help them try making connections themselves. I wanted readers to find their own answers, not just accept mine.

If I am going to give advice on writing spiritual or self-help non-fiction, I think the best approach is to follow that model. Write from a place of honesty, and not necessarily certainty. I know that, as a reader, I appreciate an author who sounds authentic rather than like a perfect expert. Don’t package everything to the point that there is no room for the reader to stop and reflect on what they are reading. Let them digest the concepts and make their own conclusions.

Definitely draw from your personal experiences. No matter what your field is or how educated you are in it, be sure to include some parts that make you human. Don’t hide who you were before the book, even if it seems unrelated, because in reality, it is all part of your story. If nothing else, it helps build trust between you and the reader. Not to mention, it will make the book more memorable. I like to think that people walk away from reading High Five Your Spirit Guides feeling like they know me. I want them to see me as the woman who started out as a computer person, asked lots of questions, and slowly became a spirit-guide-loving person with a message to tell. Now all of it is who I am.

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High Five Your Spirit Guides

Imagine having a team of invisible allies, guides who protect you, cheer you on, and nudge you toward the opportunities meant for you.

In High Five Your Spirit Guides: Manifest the Life You’ve Always Wanted with the Help of Your Spirit Guides, you’ll learn how to recognize, connect, and partner with these powerful companions to bring you the life you deserve.

Through practical tools like journaling, reflection, noticing signs, and gentle rituals, you’ll discover how spirit guides make themselves known, how to communicate with them, and how to trust their guidance. With personal stories, simple practices, and a playful, encouraging tone, this book is your roadmap to building a lasting relationship with your guides and to co-creating a life filled with alignment, abundance, and joy.

KATHERINE MARIE is an author and creative thinker who writes practical spiritual tools for everyday life. With a background in computers and software systems analysis, she has spent decades balancing logic with lived experience and brings a clear, practical perspective to topics often wrapped in mystery or mysticism. Rather than presenting spirituality as something distant or theoretical, Katherine focuses on practical awareness and the quiet inner nudges that most people already experience but don’t always trust.

She lives in the Pacific Northwest, where she writes and spends time outdoors. Her work often draws on reflective practices such as journaling and tarot as tools for insight and self-reflection.

 

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