July 20, 2025 • 11 mins
From multi Grammy-award winning artist and songwriter Victoria Monét comes a lyrical picture book that's perfect for children with separation anxiety, while also offering some healing for hard working parents.I'll always be your moonYou'll always be my starJust keep me in your heart andI'll be everywhere you are
Everywhere You Are is a lyrical and heartwarming picture book to comfort children experiencing separation anxiety while offering solace to hardworking parents. This melodic tale follows a gentle moon as it comforts a young star when they part ways at dawn. Paired with the whimsical and imaginative art of Alea Marley, Everywhere You Are beautifully illustrates that even when loved ones are not physically present, their love remains ever-present in our hearts. Inspired by Victoria's own experiences as a working parent, this book is a touching reminder of the enduring bond between parent and child.Everywhere You Are reminds us that even when someone isn't right next to us, their love still carries on in our hearts.
Everywhere You Are is a lyrical and heartwarming picture book to comfort children experiencing separation anxiety while offering solace to hardworking parents. This melodic tale follows a gentle moon as it comforts a young star when they part ways at dawn. Paired with the whimsical and imaginative art of Alea Marley, Everywhere You Are beautifully illustrates that even when loved ones are not physically present, their love remains ever-present in our hearts. Inspired by Victoria's own experiences as a working parent, this book is a touching reminder of the enduring bond between parent and child.Everywhere You Are reminds us that even when someone isn't right next to us, their love still carries on in our hearts.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, Victoria. How are you doing?
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Good morning, I'm good, How are you?
Speaker 1 (00:04):
Fantastic? Very excited to share a conversation with you because
I love it when people take their creativity to so
many different levels and they understand who it is that
they're reaching out to and how it's going to change
people's lives. I'm an adult. This book right here really
has a way of reaching into adult lives as well.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Thank you so much. That means a lot to me.
I was actually one of the goals because there was
a book that I really loved called All the Places
You'll Go. And though it's supposed to be a children's book,
I was gifted in high school graduations, so it's still
applied even after all those years.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
So I definitely love that you resonate.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
One of the things that I really felt in the
very beginning is is there a difference between separation, anxiety
and codependency? Because I mean, I mean, to me, they're
one and the same, but they're not. But at the
same time, after reading this book, I'm trying to figure out, Okay,
where am I on this path? Because you talk about
so many amazing things.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
You know what, I feel like they can be intertwined
but also looked at differently. And I think even the
fact of that when people go away, we miss them
is one reason to read the book.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
No matter what the title of the feeling is.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
I think the book can address those emotions, especially when
you're able to establish object permanence as at such a
young age and being able to understand you know that
when you go away, it doesn't mean that you're actually gone,
you know. And it kind of applies even for someone
who's grieving, just taking on different meanings depending on what
(01:42):
each reader is feeling.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
It's so amazing how you're being so open and so
honest with this book in the way of you're getting
the subject at hand at such an early age, because
I wish I would have had a book like this
when I was a kid. Well, I didn't have this,
and I think that's the reason why I had high
anxiety or I became codependent.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
Yeah, I don't think there's It's not necessarily a negative
feeling if you're feeling codependent. I think we are in
a world where we do want to be able to
want each other and need each other. We're not meant
to be I am.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Legend with one person on the work in the world.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
So I think it's cool to have emotions when when
people are away from you and missed them, but also really.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Great to have a book that helps you through through.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
That because I study Native American spirituality. I love the
fact that you have a gentle moon comforting a star
that that hit me very spiritually.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Oh I love that, Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Where did that idea come from? Were you staring at
the stars somewhere out in Montana, Wyoming, Canada, or wherever
you're traveling for well?
Speaker 3 (02:53):
I remember growing up, I lived in a place called
Wilton and High School, which was kind of a little
bit outside of Sacramento, and we didn't have city lights
like when you're driving. When I was driving from high
school home, once you got into my heir, there was
only reflectors, which allows for a really amazing view of
(03:16):
the sky and you can see even more stars because
the city's so dark. And so I always loved looking
at the at the stars and looking at the sky
and wondering what's out there. And I think it was
a really great way to describe it, you know, object termanence,
because when you see the sun, you know you know
(03:36):
it's going to come up, it always goes down. You
never see the sun in the moon in the same room,
you know, so it was cool to use that as
a visual. Is something that you'd definitely be able to
see daily and explain to the child, and it gives
it gives a visual to something that they feel emotionally.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
The book we're talking about is everywhere you are. One
of the things that you put concentration on, and you're
actually educating young readers, and that is being present and
being happy in your moment of all things right now, Yes,
that's right, but so many people don't understand because you know,
there was one thing I looked up the other day
(04:16):
about the word uncertainty. The reason why people feel uncertain
is because they're spending so much time in their past
trying to rewrite that's history that they don't want to
be in the present because they know what their history is,
but they don't know what the future is, so therefore
they would rather spend time in the past. And it's
almost like one of those things where I'm blessed to
have an author like yourself to do this, because people
need to learn how to be in their moment of now.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
No, that's right, I think a lot of anxiety comes
from either, you know, reflecting on the past or thinking
too far in the future, and neither of those things
or things that you can control, or a race. So
it is really nice to be in the present, and
I think those are the moments in happiness truly exists or.
Speaker 4 (04:58):
Please do not move. There's more with Victoria mone coming
up next. The name of the book is Everywhere you
Are from Victoria Monet. One of the things that you're
very true and transparent with is when someone isn't right
here next to us, their love is still here. Because
I swear to God, I feel my mother's presence more
today than I did when she was here. And I
(05:20):
love the fact that that you're so open and honest
with this.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
I love that. I think that's so important. I think
I feel the same way.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
You know, my grandma was one of my favorite people,
and she passed, but I feel that she's more present
everywhere that I am now than she was able to
be while she was here on earth.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
So now that she's in the spirit realm, she's part
of the stars. So I think it's really.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
A beautiful message for everybody who has lost anybody.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
So Now, what have you learned from this project? Because
I mean when an author goes into a writing adventure,
you know you're also going in there as a student.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Yes, well, I think I really just wanted to be
able to express myself and how I was feeling and
use that expression to help people through their own emotions.
And that's part of my calling, whether it's through songwriting
for myself for other people. I think a book is
another form of that calling. So one of my purposes
(06:23):
is to really just help people through certain emotions and
using words that maybe they couldn't find in order to
do so.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
So this book is another conduit for that.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
So what was it like to create with Aliyah? Because
I mean, you know, when it comes to that kind
of a collaboration, there's got to be some sort of
relationship between the two creative people, you know what.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
We were really aligned from the beginning. One of her
first iterations of the drawings I already was in love with.
I had very minor tweaks and notes, color changes in
certain shapes and quessions, but she's based on what she
naturally did. She was a perfect fit for what I
(07:06):
wanted people to feel when they even look at the pictures,
and so I'm so thankful and excited that I was
able to work with her. And she's a very, very
busy illustrator, so I'm lucky to have her a part
of this book.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
So this is one of those books and my wife
and I were talking about this because she's a retired
school teacher. This is one of those books where I
would love to have parents read out loud to their
kids this book, to share the book so they can
hear the pitch, volume, and tone of it.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
Yes, yes, absolutely, I think that's super important. I do
feel like at a certain age, maybe the child will
read it to the parent, you know, those teenage years
where they're trying to go out with their own friends
and they got their own life. I feel like the
message may apply back to the adult as well. So
it's I think a multi dimensional book.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
See that is so interesting that you say that, because
instantly I was shot back to the movie note the
notebook where he was, you know, the the daily journals
were being read back, and oh, that's a fantastic story.
And I think maybe that's what's missing from today's world
when when we go and be with adults with dementia
and stuff, read the stories that they had as children.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
Right, right, So then how how do.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
You take this to the next level? Do you take this?
I mean, are you on are you the voice on audible?
What what is the next step?
Speaker 3 (08:26):
Actually, my daughter and I record audiobook together, so she's
four years old. I think she was three at the
time of the recording, but we've recorded it together, so
she's definitely going to have that for the rest of
her life, which I'm really excited about for her and
then also for other kids to hear, you know, a
child's voice within the book as well, I think will
(08:48):
be pique their interests and be super exciting for them to.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
To read along with the audiobook.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
When you touch on the subject of even the ones
that you love in your life, what is that like
for you to put it on a page and then
share it, Because I mean that that is an extension,
that is an extension of your creativity and basically your
your truth and trust in yourself.
Speaker 3 (09:13):
Yes, well, you know a lot of times when you
say certain things, it can it can go in one
air the other, but when it's written down, it feels
permanent and it feels factual. So I think that's one
of the powers of books is when and even manifestations,
when you're writing things down, the universe will respond, God
(09:34):
will respond, your body will respond, more cells will respond,
and you're able to read read it almost like a
mancho or affirmation over and over again with the same words,
so it becomes even more true in your body. So
I think when you write a book or write anything down,
it just it manifests as permanence.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
And that's what I wanted.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
For the book, for it to outlast people, you know,
be here for generations and be able to be passed down.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Oh, I cassed up.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
I totally get that because I'm still reading Mike Mulligan'
Steam Shovel and in the first grade. I totally get that.
I call that dear future reader. I mean, it's like
we were in this moment here in twenty twenty five,
but in twenty and seventy five, your words are still going.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
To be there right right Exactly Where.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
Can people go to find out more about you, Victoria,
because I want them to really get into what your
presence is and how you're sharing positive energy.
Speaker 3 (10:36):
Yes, so I'm able to be found on our social
media sites at Victoria Monet.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
It's m O and E. T is the last name.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
And then also I think you'll get to know a
lot about me by even read reading the book and
what my intentions are and the dedication in the back.
So the book is available everywhere books are sold. And
also the audio book Wow is available.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
You've got to come back to this anytime in the future.
The door is always going to be open for you.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
I appreciate you. Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
Will you'd be brilliant today? And thank you for giving
yourself permission to write such amazing books for young adults,
because this is the kind of steps that we need
to take, and especially for parents who are afraid to
bring up that subject.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
Yeah, I appreciate that. Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Do you have a great day today?
Speaker 2 (11:23):
Okay, you too, Thank you.
Good morning, Victoria. How are you doing?
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Good morning, I'm good, How are you?
Speaker 1 (00:04):
Fantastic? Very excited to share a conversation with you because
I love it when people take their creativity to so
many different levels and they understand who it is that
they're reaching out to and how it's going to change
people's lives. I'm an adult. This book right here really
has a way of reaching into adult lives as well.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Thank you so much. That means a lot to me.
I was actually one of the goals because there was
a book that I really loved called All the Places
You'll Go. And though it's supposed to be a children's book,
I was gifted in high school graduations, so it's still
applied even after all those years.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
So I definitely love that you resonate.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
One of the things that I really felt in the
very beginning is is there a difference between separation, anxiety
and codependency? Because I mean, I mean, to me, they're
one and the same, but they're not. But at the
same time, after reading this book, I'm trying to figure out, Okay,
where am I on this path? Because you talk about
so many amazing things.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
You know what, I feel like they can be intertwined
but also looked at differently. And I think even the
fact of that when people go away, we miss them
is one reason to read the book.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
No matter what the title of the feeling is.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
I think the book can address those emotions, especially when
you're able to establish object permanence as at such a
young age and being able to understand you know that
when you go away, it doesn't mean that you're actually gone,
you know. And it kind of applies even for someone
who's grieving, just taking on different meanings depending on what
(01:42):
each reader is feeling.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
It's so amazing how you're being so open and so
honest with this book in the way of you're getting
the subject at hand at such an early age, because
I wish I would have had a book like this
when I was a kid. Well, I didn't have this,
and I think that's the reason why I had high
anxiety or I became codependent.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
Yeah, I don't think there's It's not necessarily a negative
feeling if you're feeling codependent. I think we are in
a world where we do want to be able to
want each other and need each other. We're not meant
to be I am.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Legend with one person on the work in the world.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
So I think it's cool to have emotions when when
people are away from you and missed them, but also really.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Great to have a book that helps you through through.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
That because I study Native American spirituality. I love the
fact that you have a gentle moon comforting a star
that that hit me very spiritually.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Oh I love that, Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Where did that idea come from? Were you staring at
the stars somewhere out in Montana, Wyoming, Canada, or wherever
you're traveling for well?
Speaker 3 (02:53):
I remember growing up, I lived in a place called
Wilton and High School, which was kind of a little
bit outside of Sacramento, and we didn't have city lights
like when you're driving. When I was driving from high
school home, once you got into my heir, there was
only reflectors, which allows for a really amazing view of
(03:16):
the sky and you can see even more stars because
the city's so dark. And so I always loved looking
at the at the stars and looking at the sky
and wondering what's out there. And I think it was
a really great way to describe it, you know, object termanence,
because when you see the sun, you know you know
(03:36):
it's going to come up, it always goes down. You
never see the sun in the moon in the same room,
you know, so it was cool to use that as
a visual. Is something that you'd definitely be able to
see daily and explain to the child, and it gives
it gives a visual to something that they feel emotionally.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
The book we're talking about is everywhere you are. One
of the things that you put concentration on, and you're
actually educating young readers, and that is being present and
being happy in your moment of all things right now, Yes,
that's right, but so many people don't understand because you know,
there was one thing I looked up the other day
(04:16):
about the word uncertainty. The reason why people feel uncertain
is because they're spending so much time in their past
trying to rewrite that's history that they don't want to
be in the present because they know what their history is,
but they don't know what the future is, so therefore
they would rather spend time in the past. And it's
almost like one of those things where I'm blessed to
have an author like yourself to do this, because people
need to learn how to be in their moment of now.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
No, that's right, I think a lot of anxiety comes
from either, you know, reflecting on the past or thinking
too far in the future, and neither of those things
or things that you can control, or a race. So
it is really nice to be in the present, and
I think those are the moments in happiness truly exists or.
Speaker 4 (04:58):
Please do not move. There's more with Victoria mone coming
up next. The name of the book is Everywhere you
Are from Victoria Monet. One of the things that you're
very true and transparent with is when someone isn't right
here next to us, their love is still here. Because
I swear to God, I feel my mother's presence more
today than I did when she was here. And I
(05:20):
love the fact that that you're so open and honest
with this.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
I love that. I think that's so important. I think
I feel the same way.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
You know, my grandma was one of my favorite people,
and she passed, but I feel that she's more present
everywhere that I am now than she was able to
be while she was here on earth.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
So now that she's in the spirit realm, she's part
of the stars. So I think it's really.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
A beautiful message for everybody who has lost anybody.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
So Now, what have you learned from this project? Because
I mean when an author goes into a writing adventure,
you know you're also going in there as a student.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Yes, well, I think I really just wanted to be
able to express myself and how I was feeling and
use that expression to help people through their own emotions.
And that's part of my calling, whether it's through songwriting
for myself for other people. I think a book is
another form of that calling. So one of my purposes
(06:23):
is to really just help people through certain emotions and
using words that maybe they couldn't find in order to
do so.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
So this book is another conduit for that.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
So what was it like to create with Aliyah? Because
I mean, you know, when it comes to that kind
of a collaboration, there's got to be some sort of
relationship between the two creative people, you know what.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
We were really aligned from the beginning. One of her
first iterations of the drawings I already was in love with.
I had very minor tweaks and notes, color changes in
certain shapes and quessions, but she's based on what she
naturally did. She was a perfect fit for what I
(07:06):
wanted people to feel when they even look at the pictures,
and so I'm so thankful and excited that I was
able to work with her. And she's a very, very
busy illustrator, so I'm lucky to have her a part
of this book.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
So this is one of those books and my wife
and I were talking about this because she's a retired
school teacher. This is one of those books where I
would love to have parents read out loud to their
kids this book, to share the book so they can
hear the pitch, volume, and tone of it.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
Yes, yes, absolutely, I think that's super important. I do
feel like at a certain age, maybe the child will
read it to the parent, you know, those teenage years
where they're trying to go out with their own friends
and they got their own life. I feel like the
message may apply back to the adult as well. So
it's I think a multi dimensional book.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
See that is so interesting that you say that, because
instantly I was shot back to the movie note the
notebook where he was, you know, the the daily journals
were being read back, and oh, that's a fantastic story.
And I think maybe that's what's missing from today's world
when when we go and be with adults with dementia
and stuff, read the stories that they had as children.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
Right, right, So then how how do.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
You take this to the next level? Do you take this?
I mean, are you on are you the voice on audible?
What what is the next step?
Speaker 3 (08:26):
Actually, my daughter and I record audiobook together, so she's
four years old. I think she was three at the
time of the recording, but we've recorded it together, so
she's definitely going to have that for the rest of
her life, which I'm really excited about for her and
then also for other kids to hear, you know, a
child's voice within the book as well, I think will
(08:48):
be pique their interests and be super exciting for them to.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
To read along with the audiobook.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
When you touch on the subject of even the ones
that you love in your life, what is that like
for you to put it on a page and then
share it, Because I mean that that is an extension,
that is an extension of your creativity and basically your
your truth and trust in yourself.
Speaker 3 (09:13):
Yes, well, you know a lot of times when you
say certain things, it can it can go in one
air the other, but when it's written down, it feels
permanent and it feels factual. So I think that's one
of the powers of books is when and even manifestations,
when you're writing things down, the universe will respond, God
(09:34):
will respond, your body will respond, more cells will respond,
and you're able to read read it almost like a
mancho or affirmation over and over again with the same words,
so it becomes even more true in your body. So
I think when you write a book or write anything down,
it just it manifests as permanence.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
And that's what I wanted.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
For the book, for it to outlast people, you know,
be here for generations and be able to be passed down.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Oh, I cassed up.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
I totally get that because I'm still reading Mike Mulligan'
Steam Shovel and in the first grade. I totally get that.
I call that dear future reader. I mean, it's like
we were in this moment here in twenty twenty five,
but in twenty and seventy five, your words are still going.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
To be there right right Exactly Where.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
Can people go to find out more about you, Victoria,
because I want them to really get into what your
presence is and how you're sharing positive energy.
Speaker 3 (10:36):
Yes, so I'm able to be found on our social
media sites at Victoria Monet.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
It's m O and E. T is the last name.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
And then also I think you'll get to know a
lot about me by even read reading the book and
what my intentions are and the dedication in the back.
So the book is available everywhere books are sold. And
also the audio book Wow is available.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
You've got to come back to this anytime in the future.
The door is always going to be open for you.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
I appreciate you. Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
Will you'd be brilliant today? And thank you for giving
yourself permission to write such amazing books for young adults,
because this is the kind of steps that we need
to take, and especially for parents who are afraid to
bring up that subject.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
Yeah, I appreciate that. Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Do you have a great day today?
Speaker 2 (11:23):
Okay, you too, Thank you.
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