Riven Noor is an indie-writer, storyteller, and mental health survivor whose work holds space for the tender, the traumatic, and the quietly transformative. After more than a decade walking the long and often lonely corridors of emotional struggle, she has come to understand that healing isn’t about “fixing” what’s broken—it’s about learning to sit with what aches, with compassion, honesty, and presence.
Her debut novel, The Asylum of Her Own Mind, is a lyrical journey through an inner landscape shaped by fear, silence, and survival. It is a descent into haunting rooms and forgotten voices—but also a rising. A story of reclaiming voice, agency, and self, told in metaphors stitched from pain and poetry. At its heart, it is a love letter to the possibility of becoming.
She is also the creator of The Emotionally Aware Mind Journal—offered in a 60-day paperback on Amazon and 30-day printable eBook on itch.io and Gumroad. This journal is a quiet refuge for anyone feeling overwhelmed, lost, or slowly coming undone. Through simple grounding practices and reflective prompts, it gently calls you back to yourself—one breath, one page, one moment at a time.
Everything she creates is rooted in lived experience and one enduring truth:
* That no one should have to carry their pain alone.
* That stories can become shelter.
* That still being here is not just survival—it is a kind of quiet triumph.
Velora once led a life that, on the surface, shimmered with love, structure, and meaning. A mother of three, a wife, a daughter, a woman of faith and achievement—she was respected and capable. But beneath the polished routines and dutiful smiles, an unseen collapse began. Panic attacks, dissociation, and debilitating fear gradually dismantled her daily existence, until she found herself imprisoned—not in a hospital, but within the metaphorical Asylum of her own mind.
This novel is a rich, surreal tapestry of inner landscapes, symbolic characters, and spiritual reckoning. When Velora breaks beneath the weight of unresolved trauma and chronic mental illness, her psyche builds an internal world: the Asylum. Inside, corridors shift like memories, rooms echo with lost selves, and figures appear—each a manifestation of her fears, disorders, and defences. From the critical Lady Skraye to the mysterious Archivist, from the obsessive Lady Periphera to the controlling Warden, every entity she meets becomes a mirror reflecting parts of her inner life.
At the Asylum's centre lies the Black Veil—a haunting presence both protector and tormentor, shadow and truth. Through trials of memory, exposure, and symbolic confrontations, Velora journeys through her agoraphobia, anxiety, perfectionism, grief, and spiritual confusion. Each chapter represents a new chamber of reckoning: one where past experiences, suppressed emotions, and unfinished beliefs must be faced without flinching.
Along the way, she is not alone. Guiding figures such as the compassionate Soryn, the thoughtful Archivist, and echoes of loved ones like her cousin Sarah remind her that healing does not mean erasure—it means integration. Through her notebooks, prayer beads, and memories of faith, Velora begins to piece herself back together—not into who she once was, but into someone truer.
The climax erupts when she challenges the Warden—her ultimate internal authority—and burns the Asylum down in a symbolic act of liberation. Yet, this is not the end. In the ashes, Velora steps into a new place: a quiet forest of becoming. There, she dreams again—not of escape, but of a home. A mansion by the sea. A life of light, imperfection, and chosen silence. She walks forward—not because she is cured, but because she can carry what once buried her.
The Asylum of Her Own Mind is not a tale of neat recovery. It is a spiritual, emotional, and psychological odyssey—a map of survival told through metaphor. It defies genre, blending poetic prose with psychological allegory, exploring faith, motherhood, madness, and the fierce grace of unbecoming in order to remember who you were before the world told you who to be.
Riven Noor hopes this book meets you in your darkness, and reminds you: you are not alone.
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This isn’t just a journal. It’s a quiet hand on your shoulder. A soft reminder that you’re not alone in what you’re feeling — and that even on the hardest days, you are still moving forward.
The Emotionally Aware Mind is a 30-day guided journal designed to help you gently explore your inner world. Whether you’re navigating the heaviness of panic, the fog of depression, or the constant undercurrent of anxiety, this space is here for you — steady, kind, and without judgement.
This is not a clinical workbook. It’s a compassionate companion — a place to breathe, to feel, and to begin again. A space where your truth is safe, your emotions are valid, and your healing matters deeply.
You don’t have to be “better” to begin. You just have to begin.
And when things feel too heavy to carry alone, let this journal hold some of that weight with you.
Please note: This journal is a supportive tool and not a substitute for professional mental health care. If things feel overwhelming, you deserve — and are encouraged — to seek help from a licensed professional. You are worthy of support.
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