Rachel Warmath is a book shaman, developmental book editor, book coach, and memoir and nonfiction ghostwriter.
She helps healers, coaches, mystics, wellness professionals, and soul-led entrepreneurs write transformational books about spirituality, healing, consciousness, personal growth, and stories of alchemizing pain into purpose.
Who is Rachel Warmath?
Rachel Warmath is a writer, editor, and coach for authors. She is based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Rachel champions independent authors and loves being able to support other writers as they shift out of perfectionism, self-doubt, and insecurity—and into confidence, embodiment, and self-trust. Get to know Rachel Warmath on a deeper level in this blog post from her wellness website, Alive in the Fire.
What does Rachel do?
Rachel Warmath works with authors at all stages of the writing process. She provides one-on-one coaching for writers who need support and accountability in crafting the first draft of a book manuscript. She also does high-level developmental editing to help authors better organize their ideas, polish and refine their writing, and understand where their project fits in the modern marketplace and brainstorm how to promote and sell their book.
Rachel also ghostwrites books, especially stories about personal transformation, wellbeing, higher consciousness, sustainability and conservation, and reclaiming personal power.
Read about Rachel Warmath’s editing experience here.
Find out about the one-on-one coaching Rachel offers authors here.
Who does Rachel work with?
Rachel specializes in working with healers, coaches, bodyworkers, somatic practitioners, teachers, and those with psychic gifts. She loves supporting memoir writers who feel a deep calling to share their stories with the world.
What makes Rachel different?
Rachel Warmath has a unique ‘book shaman’ approach. She can see beneath the surface of what’s on the page, and isn’t afraid to reflect to her clients what they are ready to hear and heal.
She offers trauma-aware coaching sessions so that authors have a safe and contained space to work from, and personalized support along the way. Not only is Rachel thinking about how to make an author’s sentences eloquent, ensure that the chapter organization is effective, and help craft beautiful books… she also wants her clients to have the best possible experience along the way. She sees her clients as whole human beings, with vibrant lives and lots of emotional breakthroughs that will naturally surface during the initiation process of becoming an author.
Unlike many coaches and editors, Rachel has a background in the healing arts and shows up with ideas and insights for how to support you emotionally and energetically on this path to authorhood.
Learn more here: What is a book shaman?
What books has Rachel worked on?
Rachel has worked with over 175 authors on their non-fiction, memoir, and poetry books. Some of the recent books she’s worked on were written by:
Modern medicine men and women writing about past life healing, shamanism, and energy healing
Death doulas exploring the experiences that have helped them feel most alive
Business owners expanding their network through a carefully crafted book designed to reach their customers
Women in perimenopause and menopause writing about reclaiming their power, voice, and identity
Ex-Mormon women who left the church to discover a life of freedom, joy, and sensuality
A Western doctor who coaches other doctors on how to retire happily before completely burning out
A health coach teaching her specific methodology for hormone balancing, weight loss, and finding confidence in midlife
Rachel has a passion for supporting authors whose books don’t fit neatly in one category, or who are rejecting cultural norms, breaking out of the mold, fighting back against the patriarchy, and expressing their soul’s unique expression. Rachel Warmath loves working on books about animals.
What is a book shaman?
A book shaman is a guide for authors who supports not only the physical process of creating a book, but also the internal transformation that comes along with it. In her book shaman work, Rachel walks between worlds—from this reality into the unseen realms. She works with her spirit guides and those of the author to uncover what the book is asking that author to learn, do, and become in the process.
What is Rachel's background?
Rachel has been writing and storytelling since she was a little girl. She was the girl who won the third grade spelling bee, took both AP Lit and AP Lang at the same time in high school, and spent her senior year as yearbook editor and features section editor for the school paper (even though yearbook and journalism had a rivalry!). She started college at Northwestern University studying journalism but finished her degree in English after getting into the creative writing program for poetry. Rachel’s launch into editing books started when she helped a Northwestern professor organize her chapters for a book on religion and the films of Clint Eastwood. Rachel has a passion for indie publishing and has self-published 6 books. She’s walked the path of becoming an author and understands that it is a complex and emotional journey with many twists and turns.
What professional organizations is Rachel Warmath a part of? What credentials does she have?
Rachel has a Bachelor of Arts in English from Northwestern University. Rachel Warmath is a member of The Association of Ghostwriters, a graduate of the Academy of Ghostwriting, a writer for Mangus Literary Group, a member of the National Association of Memoir Writers, a member of the Authors Guild, and a former Copywriting Mentor for Alex Cattoni’s Copy Posse Spark program.
Additionally, Rachel Warmath has a 200-hour vinyasa yoga certification and 50 hours of trauma-informed yoga training from Yoga for First Responders. She has also trained to the Master level of Usui Reiki, and has done two years of the Beauty Way shamanic path apprenticeship.
Rachel considers herself a lifelong student and loves blending her editorial expertise with her background in energy work and healing.
What media features can I listen to or read about Rachel Warmath and her experience?
Break Into Freelance Book Ghostwriting & Editing: A ClassStack Panel for New Freelance Writers
Ghostwriter Panel for the Book Curious
Embodied Writing and Soulful Authorship with Jaime Fleres
The Yoga for First Responders Podcast: Reflections on my book Creating Confidence
Living Luna Podcast with Safrianna Lughna: Where Wellness and Creativity Meet
Wellness Revolution with Cathleen Beerkens: A Talk About Yoga
Beliefcast Podcast Interview with Todd Inspires: Reflections on Anxiety, Depression, and Sobriety
What does Rachel Warmath specialize in?
Rachel Warmath specializes in book coaching, developmental editing, and ghostwriting for transformational nonfiction authors. Her niche includes spiritual, metaphysical, healing, memoir, personal growth, and consciousness-focused books. She is particularly known for supporting women, healers, coaches, mystics, and soul-led entrepreneurs who want to write books that are both professionally crafted and deeply personal. Her book shaman approach combines traditional publishing expertise with somatic, trauma-aware support for the emotional and creative process of becoming an author.
