Fall into Soul Sauce Writing: Week 1

Communion at the BP by Paula Gordon

Michelle Francois-Walsh

Sep 29, 2024

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Hello and welcome to Soul Sauce Writing. A five week course exclusively delivered to you here on Substack.

I am a fly by your seat type of gal. I have learned that creative ideas arrive when they’re ready to be shared. This offering is just that. For the next 5 weeks, you will receive a Soul Sauce Writing Invitation each Sunday exclusively here on Substack.

What does this mean?

Each week, I will read different poems to you, offering them like medicine. Then I will present jump off lines. Finally, a timer will be set, and you will write whatever comes through you, releasing it onto the page. Without editing, crossing out, or seeking to "be good enough". Simply put: pen to paper for the allotted amount of time.

Soul Sauce Writing is a practice of noticing, paying attention, and listening. Over time, my hope is that we all begin to notice how this gentle observing carries over into other areas of our lives. We embody more presence. We become more calm. We begin heal ourselves one word at a time.

So this is me, inviting you to give it a whirl. I believe in you little Love Sprinkler. You’ve got this.

Love,

Michelle

Welcome to Soul Sauce Writing. Today's offering will get our creative juices flowing. This is a no pressure invitation to have fun and hit the writing release valve.

Today's piece is inspired from the poem: Communion at the BP by Paula Gordon. After listening, please pick one of the following jump off lines and write for 10 minutes.

💜Possible Jump Off Lines (Choose one or all)

It was a little thing really…

I couldn’t help but wonder…

Lay your burden down…

Today is (this day) and here is what I know…

💜How was it? I’m so curious to know! Please feel free to share in the comment section so that we can be reminded we belong to each other. We really do.

💜Fun Fact: we offer small group live online Soul Sauce Classes in the Village twice a year: our next class begins October 1. Join us!

💜Did this practice move you in some way? Please feel free to show your support for my work by buying me a bag of popcorn. My belly thanks you!

SPECIAL INVITATION TONIGHT

💓FREE Create a Space with John Roedel

💓 TONIGHT, Sunday, September 29 from 7-8 pm PT (online)

💓Bring your sweet self, your favorite bevy, and rub shoulders with the People's Poet, John Roedel. We will have a free write experience, as well as Q & A. Have your journal and pen at the ready.

JOIN US!

➡️Online

➡️Free

➡️Raffle Prizes

💓HERE IS THE LINK

Meeting ID 864 3196 1703

Heart Write Soul with John and Michelle begins Wednesday, October 2 from 12-1:30 pm PT. Just a few spots left!

Discussion about this podcast

My Village Well with Michelle Podcast

Michelle has been set free by telling the truth. Some pieces she writes and stores away, inaccessible for public consumption. Other pieces she feels compelled to share as a thread that links us together in this Life Tapestry. Either way, Michelle believes in the power of extracting the words OUT of our bodies. Whether we recognize it or not, Michelle believes that emotions take up residence in our hearts, livers, and spleens without even offering to help with the rent and utilities. By setting stories free we begin to feel lighter.

For over 20 years, Michelle has facilitated workshops, retreats, and coached clients, intuitively serving others as they move forward on their path. Michelle believes that Soul Sauce Writing is simply noticing, paying attention, and a listening practice.

She hopes you will join her for the Soul Sauce Writing Podcast to experience your own journey of liberation.

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