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I am Clare Hollywood, founder of Healthy Alchemy and author of The Stars and Sea Are in Me. For nearly two decades, my work has lived at the intersection of science, psychology, energy, and consciousness, supporting people through overwhelm, transition, self-doubt, health challenges, spiritual awakening, and the deeper process of coming home to themselves.
The Stars and Sea Are in Me arrived in a way I did not expect. On December 30, I woke up chanting the title over and over. I had never heard it before, but it stayed with me all morning. When I finally sat down to listen, the book came through in one sitting.
I wrote it for the moments when life feels like too much — when someone needs somewhere quiet to land that does not ask them to explain themselves.
On one level, it is a calming illustrated book for emotional regulation and reflection. On another, it speaks to inner knowing, unity consciousness, and the sense that we are not separate from the vastness, but part of it — vital, infinite, and beautifully alive.
The hidden symbols woven throughout the illustrations are invitations to slow down, look closer, and notice what keeps calling us back.
My hope is that readers of all ages find breath, comfort, and remembrance in its pages — and perhaps discover that what feels hidden within them is not gone.
Reviewed by Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' Favorite
There is beauty all around us, and it’s soothing. Imagine the stars in the night sky and the gentle sound of the waves. It’s all very calming. In Clare Hollywood’s The Stars and Sea Are in Me, one can feel the simple power of the quiet language of both the stars and the sea. These poetic words will comfort as light imagery is shared, allowing the reader to pause and take in a breath of fresh air. The watercolor illustrations are simple yet powerful as they allow the reader to soak up the quietness of life, the solitude we tend to lose in the noisy world that engulfs us. When life becomes too turbulent, there is the reassuring thought that even the turbulence will pass and calm will return.
Clare Hollywood’s book, The Stars and Sea Are in Me, is a comforting therapy to help readers of all ages work through the chaos of life. Told with few words, in poetic reverie, and accompanied by spectacular watercolor images, this book will both entertain and relax the troubled mind and calm the anxious body. Each page is complete with a light verse and an image to ponder and reflect on. The book can be read from start to finish, or piecemeal, picking random sections to help ease the troubles of life. There are hidden symbols in the artwork to entertain the reader in the joy of discovery. This book is an immersive and beautiful experience that will help readers pause to absorb the real beauty of life, to soften and guide readers back to themselves. Overall, an absolutely beautiful book.
