Permission Slip

Writing as a doorway to softness and self-compassion

Writing can help us remember how to soften.

In the past few years, we have all been pushed outside our comfort zones, finding new depths of our resilience and fortitude. We’ve cared for others. We’ve adapted. We’ve reinvented ourselves.

This program is a big, bright invitation to exhale. We’ll step out of giving and into receiving. We’ll use writing, mindfulness and word-play to come back to our hearts and our spirits, and give them what they need.

Self-compassion doesn’t always come naturally. We need a process for it — a way to slow down and fill our cups. We may also need permission and playfulness. That’s exactly what this class is for. We’ll use writing as an unabashed permission slip to tend to our tiredness and fuel the fires still burning inside.

Here’s how it works:

We’ll meet on Zoom six times, with 7 participants and 1 facilitator. We’ll start each session with a short mindfulness activity to sink into our bones, then we’ll do several writes together, exploring where we are in this moment, and how we can access more of what we need.

The writing will be playful and also reflective. As always, tears are welcome! Participants will have lots of choice with the prompts and full control over where the writing goes.

We’ll explore permission to slow down, to let go of rules, to imagine our futures newly, and more. We’ll leave each session with a specific self-care experiment to try out before the next session.