What?

Some people ascribe to magic portals, celestial gateways, and other ethereal spiritual woo. I ascribe to being here now, solid ground, and the power of showing up with awareness and intention in our everyday lives. This is where we live, work, learn, love, listen, and grow. 

Tuning into to the Sound of Real Life Happening offers us not only a powerful vehicle for writing practice, but also an opportunity to pay closer attention to our daily patterns.

Whether your goal is to write everyday as an act of mindfulness, generate material for potential blog posts or essays, or simply retain some semblance of sanity in a year that has pushed us all to the brink.

This group will offer you a uniquely intimate and intensive experience of sharing the stuff of our daily lives. Rather than curating, censoring, or evaluating, we will simply give ourselves permission to show up as we are, in a safe and brave space.

Nothing you record will be deemed too mundane or too radical, too boring or too blasphemous. Your life is your life, and nobody else among the 7.6 billion humans on the planet is having the same experience as you.

If there is one thing I know, it’s that we can believe that which we are actually experiencing. We can listen, touch, taste, smell, and see the stuff of our inner and outer lives. And we can write down what we notice, bringing truth to light and reconnecting with our everyday humanity by showing up to the page.

When & How?

* From June 11 until June 21, we’ll gather in a secret Facebook group.

* You’ll be invited to write & share 11 things each day. Musings, observations, reflections, sounds, sights, memories, lyrics... Anything goes – and everything counts. (Jena will be joining you with her daily own lists!)

* We’ll be practicing not only daily writing, but also loosening the binds of self-judgment.

Extra, extra!

Who & why?

Anyone who wishes to tap into a daily writing practice, live with greater mindfulness and curiosity, and feel more present in your everyday lived experience will enjoy this group. If you long to write but never seem to make the time, this is a wonderful opportunity to begin and realize how doable it is to sustain your practice.

As a writing practice, writing “11s” does several things.

✨ Offers structure: You know how sometimes it's the sitting down and starting that's hard and may keep you from beginning? Writing 11 things gives you a way to step in.

✨ Provides freedom of movement: You know how sometimes you have a bunch of flotsam and jetsam floating around your brain? This practice gives you a way of moving from one thing to another, creating separation between thoughts and topics.

✨ Plants seeds: You know how sometimes you have something you want to write more deeply into but you're not quite ready to go there? Writing 11s gives you a placeholder – and a portal – for things you may want to further develop down the road.

✨ Fosters community: Writing 11s in a small group becomes a marvelous and intimate opportunity to witness each other's real lives unfolding.

Oh, and why the number 11?

Well, my birth time is 11:11, so it has always had special significance for me. And if you're into the more "woo" side of things, some folks experience this number to have mystical qualities. I may or may not believe this, but I will tell you that there really is something magical of this practice, from the perspectives of both writing and life! I've seen it myself along with dozens of folks who've joined me over the years.

Cost + Registration

$111