WRITE TO RISE. WRITE IN DEFIANCE.
WRITE TO CLAIM SPACE
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Week 1
INTRODUCTIONS & INVITATIONS & SMALL STEPS -
Introduction to Creativity as something we all have access to.
Invitation to :
* be in the feelings it brings up when we come to write.
* investigate some of the stories we tell ourselves
* explore what holds us back & what we feel in our flow
* Step into your highest dream version of your creativity
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WEEK 2
ARCHAETYPES -
The Stories we carry, the stories we are rewriting for ourselves and places we can request support on this path. Small steps that have big impacts.
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WEEK 3
SELF EXPRESSION -
The Power and The Risk. Nuts and bolts of putting ourselves out there, protecting ourselves, and most importantly protecting our creative flow and voice.
RESOURCES
PARKING LOT FOR BOOKS, PODCASTS, and MORE:
🌀 BOOKS: I recommend Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, The Creative Act by Rick Rubin, and Clare Bowditch's Your Own Kind of Girl, but I know some of ye will have other recommendations of books we can share at next session!
🌀 PODCASTS: A great creative Irish podcaster is also The Blindboy Podcast not specifically about Creativity, but he always weaves it in magically. His recent podcast on the Art of Storytelling with Clare Murphy is a must.
🌀 Ken Robinson how schools kill creativity.
🌀 A song below I wrote for PEOPLE LIKE ME AND YOU to give you something to dance to in the morning to motivate the creativity…👇
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WEEK 4
GRIEVING –
We have much to process in surviving in our modern times and when we add in taking up space to write, we take on many layers of grief.
This session focuses on alchemising that. Writing the Wound, singing the soul through ancient practice of Caoineadh to connect mind, heart, and pen.
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WEEK 5
ACTIVISM AND EDITING–
From Ink to Action: Words as Revolution.
As well as when to invite the Editor, Audience, and other people into our circle.
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WEEK 6
SHARING IT OUT THERE –
Brave Words: Bringing Your Voice to the World