Our Culture & Community
At Green Heart Living Press, we hold every manuscript as sacred ground. Behind each page is a person who lived something real, survived something hard, and found their way to a new way of being. Our work is to walk beside that person, step for step. We midwife transformation.
What makes us unique? We are a trauma-informed publishing house. Our founder holds an MSW and brings a somatic, embodied lens to every stage of the process, from the first messy draft to the final printed book. We know that writing a true story stirs the body as much as the mind. We make room for that. We take our time and build safety and trust. This is part of the alchemy.
We are author-first, always. Your rights stay yours. Your voice stays yours.
Our role is to build the container strong enough to hold you and your story as you step into becoming a published author.
Community is the whole point. We believe healing happens in circles. Every author who moves through Green Heart Living Press joins a lineage of writers who have done this same brave work before them, and who will hold the door open for the ones who come next.
We move with the care this work deserves, and with enough momentum to get your book into the world.
Green Heart Living Press exists because we believe story is a force that dissolves division and rebuilds connection. When you publish with us, you are adding your true story to a body of work that heals, inspires, and leaves a legacy, for you and for every reader whose life it touches.
Our culture is built on inclusivity, honoring the interwoven experiences of race, sexuality, and cognitive diversity. We welcome authors who are BIPOC, LGBTQ+, neurodivergent, and/or for whom English is a second language. We see these identities not as differences to accommodate, but as strengths that deepen the stories we publish.
We believe that sharing our stories breaks down stigma and prejudice. It grows empathy and understanding. It makes the world a more peaceful, compassionate place for all. This includes the stigma so many still carry around mental health. When an author names their struggle on the page, they give permission for a reader somewhere to feel less alone.
Our Community
Every author who joins Green Heart Living Press steps into a circle of writers doing the same brave work: turning lived experience into a story that can hold others.
Our community spans every stage of the path. Some are just beginning to find the heart of their story. Some are deep in the messy middle of a manuscript. Some are holding a finished book in their hands for the first time. Some have published their first book years ago and are now onto their second, third or fourth. Some have built entire businesses around their books.
We believe a writer grows faster and heals more fully when they are witnessed. So we build spaces where authors read their pages aloud, offer each other feedback with care, and celebrate one another’s milestones as their own. Many authors who meet inside our programs stay connected long after their books are published, carrying the relationships forward into their own writing lives and beyond.
This community also lives outside our programs. The Green Heart Living Podcast brings listeners into the stories and voices of authors who have walked this path before you. Our free quarterly workshop, Find the Heart of Your Message, opens the door to anyone ready to take a first step. And our newsletter, The Abundant Author®, keeps the conversation going for writers building a sustainable, book-centered life and body of work.
Each month, our authors gather for a live call led by Elizabeth. Every call brings a guest speaker into the circle, either a Green Heart author who has already paved the way and published, or a professional who works closely with authors and brings fresh resources to learn from.
The Abundant Author® Hive is our online community that lives on Circle.So, and is a place for our clients and authors to connect, ask questions, access resources, and gather support as they move through their own publishing path.
We give our authors safe spaces to share their stories, on the podcast, in online gatherings, and at in-person events. Each of these spaces helps authors touch more lives, so a story can find the readers it was always meant to find.
