Sep 9, 2026 · 26 min · 10 segments
Hosts Dina Marais and Jan Edwards introduce their partnership and explore how writing and publishing can transform lives—turning grief, life changes, and personal insight into healing, clarity, and…
Jan EdwardsHost
Dina MaraisHost
I'm So Glad You Left Me was really about, about a previous version of ourselves that left us.
Any kind of something that our relationships and our life is basically revo- you know, changed irrevocably.
And, um, when I started this book, I thought it was about my husband passed away, and I wasn't glad that he left me, but I saw it as a very spiritual thing that he moved on so that I can fulfill my purpose here.
And, um, and so in the end, it was about a previous version of ourselves that we actually transcended.
And, and if you think about it, Jan, doesn't matter what kind of huge experience like that we go through, the old version of ourselves that upheld that reality is now not there anymore.
Yeah, I love the way you put that out there, because in the beginning when you first introduced this idea to me, the first thing that came to my head was the death of my son.
Um, not that I would say I'm so glad you left me, but so many, you know, so much healing and so many shifts and awareness came to me as a result of that, as, as a result of the soul contract that we had, I will say.
Um, but then I had also, a, a few months earlier, had a split with my life partner, my soulmate.
And so my chapter became more focused on, you know, how he left and how I was grateful for the gifts and the awareness and the epiphanies that came to me from that transition.
But it's kind of like I, I wanted to talk about it, because it's introducing this theme that's running through this conversation Dina and I are having right now, which is, you know, what have you experienced that's changed right now, um, that you can share with the world? And, um, I am an editor and a writing coach and an intuitive guide, guiding people through conscious recreation of knowing themselves and letting go of the parts of themselves that no longer exist, versions of themselves.
I'm So Glad You Left Me was really about, about a previous version of ourselves that left us.
Any kind of something that our relationships and our life is basically revo- you know, changed irrevocably.
And, um, when I started this book, I thought it was about my husband passed away, and I wasn't glad that he left me, but I saw it as a very spiritual thing that he moved on so that I can fulfill my purpose here.
And, um, and so in the end, it was about a previous version of ourselves that we actually transcended.
And, and if you think about it, Jan, doesn't matter what kind of huge experience like that we go through, the old version of ourselves that upheld that reality is now not there anymore.
Yeah, I love the way you put that out there, because in the beginning when you first introduced this idea to me, the first thing that came to my head was the death of my son.
Um, not that I would say I'm so glad you left me, but so many, you know, so much healing and so many shifts and awareness came to me as a result of that, as, as a result of the soul contract that we had, I will say.
Um, but then I had also, a, a few months earlier, had a split with my life partner, my soulmate.
And so my chapter became more focused on, you know, how he left and how I was grateful for the gifts and the awareness and the epiphanies that came to me from that transition.
But it's kind of like I, I wanted to talk about it, because it's introducing this theme that's running through this conversation Dina and I are having right now, which is, you know, what have you experienced that's changed right now, um, that you can share with the world? And, um, I am an editor and a writing coach and an intuitive guide, guiding people through conscious recreation of knowing themselves and letting go of the parts of themselves that no longer exist, versions of themselves.
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