Remember Who You Are: A Gentle and Guided (and free) Journey Back to Yourself
When did we all become so good at disappearing from our own lives?
When did we all become so good at disappearing from our own lives?
I've been thinking about this question a lot lately. How we become so skilled at being everyone's everything that we forget we're supposed to be someone to ourselves, too.
You know that feeling when you can't remember the last time you did something purely because you wanted to? When your days are so consumed by managing everyone else's needs that your own dreams feel like a luxury you can't afford? When you’re not even sure what lights you up these days?
When did we stop being the main character in our own story?
I see it everywhere, in my community, in the women I work with, and honestly, in my own mirror. We've become ghosts in our own lives, and we're really, really good at pretending that's normal.
My Confession
Despite knowing these tools work and having used and recommended them countless times, I own the ebook, hard copy, and audiobook of Julia Cameron's "The Artist's Way" and have never completed the full 12-week program.
Not once. However, I have gained significant benefits from adopting some of the tools and practices the program teaches, to the extent that I now use the Morning Pages regularly.
I always get to week 4 or 5, then let life take over. I convince myself I'm "too busy" or that everyone else's needs are more urgent than this one thing that's just for me. I abandon myself with the same reliability that I show up for everyone else.
Sound familiar?
Last week, I realised something: I need accountability just as much as perhaps you do. Maybe more.
And that's when it hit me, what if we did this together?
What The Artist's Way Actually Is (And Why It Works)
Julia Cameron's "The Artist's Way" isn't just for "creative types." Over a million people have used her gentle, transformative practices to reconnect with their authentic selves:
→ A 50-year-old woman who "always wanted to write" became a prize-winning playwright
→ A federal judge fulfilled his lifelong dreams of sculpting
→ Lawyers say the morning pages make them more effective in court
→ A socialite who'd been hiding her intelligence behind her beauty discovered she could write poetry
→ A top music critic started composing again after 20 years
This isn't about becoming an artist. It's about creative recovery; finding your way back to yourself with support, not pressure.
The program has two simple tools:
Morning Pages: Three pages of longhand, stream-of-consciousness writing every day. Think brain dump, not literature. It clears the mental fog that keeps us stuck.
Artist Dates: A weekly date of solo time to nurture your creative spirit. A visit to an art store, a nature walk, browsing a bookstore, anything that feeds your soul but is not centred around productivity.
That's it. Simple, but profound.
The Time Excuse (And Why It's Actually Perfect)
"But I don't have time for a 12-week program," I can already hear you thinking.
Let me ask you this: How much time did you spend doom-scrolling this week? Worrying about things you can't control? Bingeing TV? Managing other people's emotions?
The weekly tasks I'll guide you through take no longer than your usual social media spiral, except this time, instead of filling your head with everyone else's highlight reels, you're nourishing your own forgotten dreams.
This isn't about adding to your overwhelm. It's about creating space so you can breathe again.
Who This Is Really For
This is for any woman who:
Feels invisible in her own life
Is overwhelmed and tired of trying to figure it all out
Is ready to feel regulated
Can't remember the last time she did something just because she wanted to
Is over feeling stuck and scattered
Seems like life is happening to you without much of your own control
Wants to feel like herself again, not just everyone's caregiver
Has dreams she's been ignoring for years
Wonders if it's too late to become who she was meant to be
Needs gentle support, not another thing to fail at
If you're reading this thinking, "But I'm not creative," stop right there. This isn't about talent. It's about getting unstuck. It's about remembering who you are when nobody needs anything from you.
What We'll Do Together
Starting September 1st, I'm hosting a completely FREE 12-week Artist's Way accountability group in my Facebook community. We'll follow Julia Cameron's proven program together, week by week.
Daily: Simple morning pages check-ins (just hit done when you've done your three pages)
Weekly: New themes, optional tasks, and supportive discussions with women who understand exactly what you're going through
Community: A safe space to share breakthroughs, work through resistance, and celebrate small wins
You don't need the book (though it's lovely if you'd like it; I'll guide you through everything). You don't need any artistic experience. You don't need to be "good" at anything.
You just need to be tired of putting yourself last.
Here's What You Actually Need:
A notebook and pen
20 minutes each day (if you think you don’t have time, I will share with you how I manage to fit it in)
1-2 hours a day per week for yourself
Willingness to be gentle with yourself
That's it. Same time you spend scrolling, except this time it's medicine for your soul instead of anxiety for your nervous system.
Why September, Why Now
There's something poetic about beginning this journey as Winter brightens in Spring (or Summer fades into Autumn for my northern hemisphere friends). As the southern world starts to wake up turn outward and the northern world gets to slow down and turn inward, we can too.
September through November, 12 weeks of coming home to yourself before the holiday chaos begins.
Imagine entering the new year actually knowing who you are again.
I can't promise it will be easy. Cameron warns that creative recovery can feel like "going crazy" at first because you're dismantling old patterns and beliefs. But I can promise you won't be alone and we’ll guide each other there.
We'll hold each other gently but firmly to this commitment to ourselves. For once, we'll finish something that's purely for our own creative souls.
Join Us
I'm starting with my Facebook community because that's where most of us engage, and we can gather. If you're not already part of the group, join here first, then look for the pinned event post about the Artist's Way journey.
Click here to join our 12-Week Artist's Way journey
Or comment "I'M READY", and I'll make sure you get all the details.
This is completely free because your creative recovery shouldn't cost money you don't have. The only investment is showing up for yourself consistently, something most of us have forgotten how to do.
One Last Thing
Your family needs the woman who knows who she is. Your children need to see what it looks like to honour your own dreams. Your friends need the inspiration of watching someone they love choose herself for once.
But mostly, your own soul, that patient, forgotten part of you, needs you to remember she exists.
She's been waiting so quietly for you to come home to yourself.
What do you say? Ready to finally finish what we start?
P.S. If you're feeling any resistance to this idea, that voice saying "this is selfish" or "I don't have time" or "I'm not creative", that's exactly the voice these tools will help you work through. The resistance is the path.