Hey, I’m Rachel Warmath
I’m a book shaman, professional ghostwriter, developmental editor, and book coach specializing in memoir and non-fiction. I combine editorial strategy, nervous system regulation, trauma-informed writing, internal family systems work, and over a decade of publishing and marketing experience to create truly transformational spaces where my author clients can thrive and grow.
I’m so glad you’re here.
Let’s step into the book writing portal together!
Between the written page and the unseen realms
I’m here to walk with you between worlds.
My Services
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Memoir and Non-Fiction Ghostwriting
For the writer who knows they have a powerful story or message, but needs a skilled partner to shape it into a compelling book. Through in-depth conversations and guided interviews, I will draw out the heart of your book concept. Together we’ll craft a table of contents and outline, then I’ll write the manuscript for you in your voice. You bring the lived experience and passion. I bring the structure, craft, intuition, and strategy. Together, we create a book that transforms both you and your readers.
Full manuscripts start at $50,000+
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Book Coaching
A supportive, trauma-informed, and deeply personal journey for writers who want to write a book—with a guide walking beside them. We’ll meet regularly to clarify your ideas, build structure for your book, and find the creative process that works best for you. Book coaching includes up to 4,000 words of manuscript before every call, so you have real-time feedback from someone who has edited hundreds of books. You’ll also have access to me on a voice note app like WhatsApp or Telegram so you can ask questions between our meetings. I’ll help you keep the momentum going and save you tons of time so you can write efficiently rather than going in circles for years.
Pricing varies by project.
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Developmental Book Editing
For writers with a full draft who want to elevate the storytelling, structure, clarity, and emotional impact of their manuscript. I dive deeply into the heart of your book—seeing what works, what doesn’t, what’s missing, and what wants to emerge. You’ll receive clear, compassionate feedback and a roadmap for revisions, plus optional coaching to help you implement the changes.
Pricing varies by project.
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Editorial + Energetic Support
I help you navigate the emotional and somatic layers of writing a book, including nervous system regulation, trauma-informed practices, energetic cleansing + grounding, and rituals for clarity and creativity.
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Publishing Guidance
Whether you want to self-publish, traditionally publish, or explore hybrid paths, I offer honest guidance based on over a decade of experience in publishing and marketing. We’ll explore what route aligns with your goals, capacity, and vision.
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A Story Mapping Ceremony
Your first step into the book-writing portal. A guided, intuitive session where we explore the emotional, spiritual, and structural blueprint of your book.
Storytelling +
soul work
Most publishing professionals only focus on what's on the page. I help you see what's happening beneath the surface, too.
You won’t be the same person you were before after writing your book.
What is a book shaman?
A book shaman is a guide who helps you navigate the emotional, energetic, and spiritual layers of writing a book. I support you with the healing and inner transformation that naturally unfold when you tell your story. I help you learn to trust yourself and your soul gifts. Your manuscript becomes a portal into a new identity—and I support you in embracing and embodying that new identity.
Writing your book is an initiation, a journey into the unknown.
Our creativity leads us to a place where story meets spirit.
On this path, you’ll encounter new parts of yourself. You’ll be stretched. You’ll shed old identities and outdated narratives, moving through your own cycles of death and rebirth.
This is the territory where courage is required. Because as you write, you’re becoming the authority of your life. The creator. You are opening up your voice and choosing to use it in a new and powerful way.
Along the way, you may meet fear, overwhelm, resistance, or exhaustion. There will be moments when the path feels dark or unending. But there will also be moments when light breaks through—moments of clarity, awakening, bliss, beauty, and deep self-love.
This is the wild, wondrous journey of authorship.
And you don’t have to walk it alone.
As a book shaman, I serve as your guide—tethering you and helping you stay connected to yourself, your truth, and your spirit as you write. Together, we’ll explore what it truly means for you to become an author… and who you’re becoming as your story unfolds.
Writing with a book shaman feels like being witnessed, deeply and without judgment.
I'm here to walk alongside you. My role as your book shaman is to support both the manuscript and the inner journey.
Not only can I help you craft, organize, and complete your book—I help you enjoy the process. To embrace the transformation happening beneath the surface. To experience writing as a sacred practice of becoming.
This is devotion.
What Clients Are Saying
Who This Is For
This work is for you if…
You’re writing a memoir or nonfiction book with emotional depth.
You’re ready for a writing process that feels grounded, safe, and aligned.
You want support that honors both your craft and your nervous system.
You sense your book could change your life—you just need guidance on how to begin.
Your story holds trauma, transformation, or healing.
Working with a Book Shaman
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I ghostwrite memoirs and transformational nonfiction for spiritually-attuned leaders who have lived through something life-altering—and are now ready to turn that lived experience into a healing, high-impact book.
I also coach first-time authors who are struggling with self-doubt, imposter syndrome, and perfectionism. -
Narrative craft
Emotional intelligence and depth
Somatic + intuitive guidance
Giving authors permission to heal THROUGH their writing
Helping authors confront visibility wounds and stand behind their stories
Combining the spiritual with the editorial
Being a safe witness for stories that feel scary to tell
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In short, because the support goes much deeper than just the surface.
I’m here to help you navigate both the story and your emotions behind it. This means we work with the parts of your story that feel complicated, vulnerable, or unresolved.
I draw from Internal Family Systems, somatic regulation, trauma-informed practices, and years of experience supporting authors through emotionally demanding material. These tools help you stay steady, resourced, and clear as we move through your narrative.
I pay close attention not only to what you say, but how you say it—the pauses, the hesitations, the shifts in tone—because those often reveal the deeper layers of the story that want attention.
I know when to guide you forward, when to slow the pace, and when something important needs more space.
And ultimately, I help you write the book that is true to your lived experience, not the version shaped by pressure, fear of what others might think, or what you think you “should” write.
Writing is medicine.
