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The Soft Threshold — Writing Your Way Back To Voice & Creativity

Door Jocelyn Bates

Wat je zal leren

There is a voice within you that has never left—steady, wise, and alive. But in the noise of daily life, it can be hard to hear. The Soft Threshold — Writing Your Way Back to Voice & Creativity is a 7-day journey into automatic writing, where you’ll learn to move past the chatter of the mind and discover the clarity waiting underneath. We’ll begin with stream of consciousness writing—the simple but powerful skill of keeping the pen moving. This practice clears mental noise and opens the channel for automatic writing, where your inner voice, higher self, and even divine guidance can meet you on the page. Each session combines grounding, a gentle writing prompt, and reflection to help you: Release grief and heaviness Reconnect with your body’s wisdom Awaken creativity through play and curiosity Carry your voice forward with clarity and trust This is not about writing perfectly. It’s about listening deeply. From noise to knowing, your voice is waiting.

Jocelyn Bates

Morristown, NJ 07960, USA

Jocelyn has spent years guiding women through grief, transition, and creative rebirth, weaving together expressive arts therapy, Soul Art®, and Akashic Records work. She is a certified Soul Art® Guide, Yoga Nidra and nervous system healing facilitator, Master EFT Practitioner, and Expressive Arts Therapist/Intermodal. Her own automatic writing...

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The Soft Threshold: Meeting Your Voice

Begin your journey by stepping into the soft threshold—the tender space between who you’ve been and who you’re becoming. In this first session, you’ll learn the foundation of stream of consciousness writing, the skill that clears mental noise and opens the doorway to automatic writing. Through gentle grounding and a simple writing prompt, you’ll bypass perfection and begin reconnecting with your inner voice. This lesson is about meeting yourself exactly where you are—with curiosity, compassion, and permission to let words flow.

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Clearing The Noise: Writing Past The Mind

In this session, we focus on clearing the static of the mind so your deeper voice can emerge. Stream of consciousness writing helps move past chatter, distraction, and self-judgment by giving your thoughts a place to land on the page. You’ll practice letting everything flow—yes, even the doubts and grocery lists—until the noise naturally softens and your inner truth begins to rise. This lesson shows you that clarity isn’t forced. It comes when you keep the pen moving.

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Meeting Your Inner Guide

In this session, we step beyond clearing the noise and into connection with your inner guide. Automatic writing often feels like a conversation with a wiser part of you—your soul, higher self, or inner wisdom. You’ll practice listening for the words that feel kinder, clearer, or more surprising than your usual thoughts. This is where stream of consciousness shifts into automatic writing, opening you to guidance that has always been within you, waiting for the space to speak.

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Writing With The Body

Your body holds wisdom in every sensation—tightness, warmth, heaviness, or release. In this session, you’ll learn how to listen to your body and translate its signals into words on the page. By writing directly from sensation, you bypass the mind’s need to analyze and discover truths that can only be felt. This practice helps you deepen trust in your body as a guide, opening space for healing, clarity, and creativity that rises from within.

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Creativity Unblocked — Soul Art Writing

Creativity flows when we stop trying to do it ‘right.’ In this session, you’ll use doodling and playful mark-making as a form of meditation, letting your pen move freely before words appear. From image to language, you’ll discover how simple, playful expression unlocks surprising insights. This practice bypasses perfectionism and reconnects you with curiosity, joy, and the spark of aliveness that creativity brings.

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Grief & Release — Writing As Letting Go

Grief and heaviness are not blocks—they are thresholds. In this session, you’ll give your pen permission to hold what your body has been carrying. Through guided writing, you’ll lay down what feels heavy, creating space for transformation and tenderness. You don’t have to fix or understand anything here. By letting your grief and weight move through the page, you invite release and discover the beginnings of new lightness within.

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Becoming — Carrying Your Voice Forward

This final session invites you to carry your voice into the future. You’ll reflect on the seeds planted through your writing this week and listen for what your inner voice wants you to hold moving forward. We’ll also honor the skill you’ve built—stream of consciousness writing—as the gateway to automatic writing. From here, you can take this practice further into soul guidance, connecting with your higher self, angels, or divine presence. This is not an ending—it’s the beginning of your becoming.

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