Learn to trust your creative intuition and get in touch with your inner writer
Getting stuck in your head when you’re writing keeps your words and ideas from flowing onto the page. Rather than trusting yourself, you overthink it, get stuck in self-doubt, and hear the voice of your inner critic get louder and louder.
It gets especially hard when times feel troubled or you’re worried about the future.
Sitting down to write and finding your mind tangled in knots of doubt, judgment, and indecision is frustrating. You might have tried willpowering your way through, forcing yourself to stick to a rigid schedule or outline, or asking for feedback from others that leaves you more confused than when you started. You can end up feeling even more disconnected from your creative spark.
But what if there’s another way? A way that taps into the wisdom already inside you?
At Writing from Within, you’ll learn to stop fighting against yourself and instead trust your innate intuition and your inner writer. Through guided mindfulness practices, gentle somatic exercises (adapted for all bodies), and intuitive writing prompts, you’ll reconnect with your inner voice and feel the creative energy in your body. No more overthinking—just writing that feels authentic and enjoyable.
This workshop, led by Jeaux Bartlett, Wordcrafter, mindfulness practitioner, and author of multiple books on intuitive development, will help you break through blocks and access your true voice.
If you’re a writer who struggles with self-doubt and perfectionism, or find yourself stuck in your head instead of letting your writing flow, this workshop is for you. You’ll learn to write with more ease, trust your creative instincts, and enjoy the process of storytelling again.
What You Can Expect:
- Body awareness exercises: Learn how to recognize where intuition resides in your body and use it as a guide for your writing.
- Mindful freewriting: Practice writing without judgment to bypass your inner critic and unlock creative insights.
- Guided meditations: Experience calming meditations to quiet your mind and access a place of intuitive clarity.
- Overcoming blocks: Use somatic release techniques to move past creative blocks and reconnect with your writing.
- Small group sharing: Connect with other writers in a supportive environment to share insights and experiences.
- Practical toolkit: Leave with mindfulness and writing exercises you can use to keep your creativity flowing long after the workshop.
- Compassionate community: Experience a warm and inviting space of like-hearted writers
- Chocolate: From hot cocoa (and tea and coffee) to chocolate nibbles and snacks, we’ll take care of you.
Expect a welcoming space that starts with introductions and grounding exercises to help you feel at ease. You’ll move through a blend of mindfulness, somatic awareness, and creative prompts to explore writing from a new, intuitive angle. We’ll close with a reflection circle, where you can share your experience and hear from fellow writers.
This workshop is your chance to unlock the stories that have been waiting to come out, guided by your most trustworthy creative partner—your intuition.e, challenge, and support you in creating a memoir that’s rich with authenticity and meaning.
Saturday, January 18, 2025
10 am to 5 pm
In-person at the Wordcrafters studio
436 Charnelton St. Ste 100
Eugene, OR 97401
Cost
Access: $149 – if you have limited access to funds
Sustainer: $199 – the actual cost of this program
Patron: $249 – if you have more access to wealth/resources and can support others who need to pay less
Choose the ticket price that best reflects your financial capacity. We trust you to discern your financial situation and your level of need or ability to give to others with less access to wealth.
Learn more about our Pay From Your Heart Pricing.
We want everyone to have access to our writing programs. If you need additional support, please complete our scholarship request form.
Wordcrafters members save 10% on this and other events and classes.
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HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS
Masks are optional. Please stay home if you’re unwell with any upper respiratory illness.
Your instructor
Jeaux Bartlett (they/them or xe/xem) is a writer and teacher living in Eugene, Oregon. Jeaux has published several books and online courses focused on personal growth, and their work has appeared in the Register Guard, Lane Monthly, Rochester insider, and Nature’s Wisdom, among other publications.
Jeaux is a certified Grief Recovery Method specialist, a National Spiritualist Teacher, and a Reiki Master Teacher. Jeaux enjoys writing about overcoming loss and adversity, and learning to trust yourself again.
Jeaux is currently working on Unintentional Community, their third autofiction novel. They’re a genre-bending writer whose work explores nature, healing, and the body, and they believe, deeply, in the power of story to transform and connect.
When they are not writing, Jeaux enjoys playing with natural dyes, knitting, and building a writing camp in the woods.
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