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You want to write. But most of the time – maybe all of the time – you don’t.

You don’t because writing is scary.

You don’t write because you tell yourself that writing is for other people – and those people are far more fascinating and have way more talent than you.

You don’t write because you don’t have enough time and nobody would really want to write anyway.

At least that is what you tell yourself.

I know the voices that keep you from telling your story – because for years they kept me from mine.

IT IS TIME TO QUIET THOSE VOICES FOR GOOD.

It is time to unleash your story and set yourself free.

Unleashed is twelve weeks of deep dive story telling, prompts, fiercely supportive community, office hours and live calls with artists like Andrea Gibson, Buddy Wakefield, Lidia Yuknavitch, MaryBeth Bonfiglio, Brian Andreas, Candace Walsh, Rachael Maddox, Amy Ferris and many more. But at the heart of it, UNLEASHED is your story – brought to life.

12 weeks of kickass content, killer writing prompts, soul baring exercises
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Live weekly calls with working writers, best selling authors, and real live working poets
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A wickedly awesome community to share writing, dive deep and push yourself farther than you imagined.
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Your words, unleashed. Flying high. Up and out into the world and soaring high, they way they were always meant to be.

Join us for UNLEASHED and set your story free

Soon we begin.
To write.
To begin the journey home.
To venture into the wild.
To reclaim what has been lost and taken.
To create our own map.
To follow a path of our own choosing.
To release the words.
To tell the true stories.
To refuse constraint.
To unleash.
To come home to ourselves.
To enter sacred community.
To be held and seen and known.
To embrace our wild hearts.

To write ourselves free.

Join us around the virtual fire. Enter into a space where your story will be honored and lifted. Say yes to the spark inside you and take the next 30 days to nurture it into a flame.

It is time to rise, and it is time to write.

So here is the thing.

I know what your brain tells you (your brain, your monkey mind, your inner seventh grade mean girl, your mother, your super-critical looks-down-her-nose-at-you next door neighbor. It’s the voice you hear whenever the doubt creeps in).

That voice says:
You’re not a writer.
You’ll never be a writer.
It’s not sensible.
You’re not good enough.
You’ll never be good enough.
Nobody will want to read it.
Your life is too boring.
What could you possibly have to say that would be of interest to the world.
You can’t make a living with words.
There’s no point.
It’s not worth trying.
You’re never going to write a book or get published or create something you can be proud of.
Stop daydreaming and do something reasonable with your life.

I know what that voice is saying because I hear those echoes in my head all day long. And so does every other artist and writer and creator out there.

Here’s the thing – the only thing that makes you a writer is writing. The only thing that makes you an artist is making some kind of fucking art. The only thing that sets you apart from all the others who don’t create – is that you have a burning need to make something that couldn’t have existed without you.

Those voices? They are the voices of your saboteur. They exist only to keep you small. To hold you back from your purpose. To compel you to shrink back in the shadows and hope you never have the audacity to take your place in the center of the light.

To hell with that voice.

It’s time to talk back. It’s time to shut that voice down – just for long enough that your voice has space to be heard.

Now – ask your TRUE voice what you’re waiting for?

What is holding you back from answering the call?

You know you are pulled relentlessly toward the beauty of words. You know you feel that burning deep down that tells you that you have something to say.

So why aren’t you writing?

Truth – that voice cannot hold you back – not if you don’t let it.

Truth – it’s time to begin.

Join us on July 5th for 12 powerful weeks of unleashing your story in the company of the fiercest and most wild hearted community of writers.

Truth – the world needs your story.

Truth – so do I.

It’s stories from people like you, regular, ordinary, not-a-real-writer folks like like you that have kept me alive on the darkest nights. Stories from people who believed in that power just long enough to get the words out on the page and out into the world. Stories from people who have lived and laughed and cried and lost and risen again – just like you and me.

These are the stories that sustain us.

That connect us. That help us grow more true.

The ordinary, extraordinary, vibrant, mundane, raw and real stories of life and passion and heat and surrender. The stories of work and children and parents and life and death. The stories of the moments that didn’t really matter and the ones that changed everything.

And these are the stories we are going to tell over the next twelve weeks in UNLEASHED.

My invitation to you is to silence that voice again, just long enough to say yes. To say yes to your true voice, your deepest voice, the one that is trying to shout above the din.
I can’t promise you much in return. What I can promise is that if you commit to yourself, to your story, you will be on the path to writing your way toward freedom.

Why did I create UNLEASHED? The same reason I create/write/make anything at all – because I needed it.

Because I needed structure to guide me back to my work in this world – work that had become more and more difficult to reach. Truth be told – i don’t ever create anything I don’t need myself – it’s how I keep it honest and raw and real.

Writing for me is integral to living. To understanding. To walking this path with integrity and adventure and honestly.

When I am not writing I am not living true.

When I am not writing I am not quite as real.

It is the act of writing that teaches me what I know – and shows me just how much I do not.

It is the act of writing that forces me to come face to face with my demons and the voices in my heat hell bent on keeping me small. I don’t live my way into my story – I write my way forward into my own life. And when that pathway is blocked – I am blocked as well. Because the call to tell the story never ceases and when I am not listening – all the rest piles up as well.

For the next 12 weeks – we will be taking a journey with a small group of other wild hearted souls. Souls who feel the pull to speak truth and spill story. We will move from attention to unknowing to remembrance to coming clean – all the way through to the end, which is the space of universal truth that all the best writing is born.

I have gathered 16 of my favorite writers and wild souls to commune with us – to answer questions and share wisdom and unveil their own creative process. Together we will unbind the ties that hold us back from the words that live within.

Together we will untangle the threads of our most burning stories.
And together we will write ourselves free.

We begin on July 5th. If you are feeling that burning call to tell your story, if you are feeling blocked and apart from your creativity, if you are craving an experience to help you step into the freedom of speaking your truth – please join us.

Please step into the calling, take the flower – and write yourself free.

So, beautiful soul,

Do you have a story, ready to be born?

Do you ignore the call; waiting for a better time, a clearer path, a sign from above?

Do you long for a sacred circle of others drawn to the bittersweet mystery and aching beauty and the story of things?

We begin on July 5th- coming into circle together as Writers. Writers-with-a-capital-W and hearts ready to crack wide and wild.

Ready to unleash, to unbind, to write ourselves free.

If you have a story to tell, even if you have no idea how to begin to tell it – you belong.

If you feel a call to the words – even if you have no idea how to answer – you belong.

If you feel on the precipice of something big, feel the unmistakable tingle of things waiting to be born, hear the whispers of the muse – we are ready to encircle you and welcome you home.

You are a wild hearted writer. And it is time Unleash.

We begin on July 5th – a ragtag collection of souls from all over – drawn together by one simple thing – the burning power of story.

Together we will transform over the course of the twelve-week workshop – into a sacred circle – a community of kindred souls. A collection of burning, pulsing, bleeding stories. A container big enough to hold all the joy and all the grief and all the laughter and all the tears. We will be held and honored and heard.
We will dismantle the blocks that hold us back and quiet the demons who keep us quiet. We will unbind. We will unfurl. We will unleash.
And we will write. Oh, holy hell, we will write.
The kind of stories that release us from the chains of the past. The kind of stories that grant safe passage through dark nights. The kind of stories that have the power to transform and ignite and save. The kind of stories that will set you free.It would be the deepest honor to welcome you into this circle, to help you claim your rightful title of Wild Heart Writer. To introduce you to your tribe. To hold the space that you can call home. Please join me as we step into the wide open space where permission is granted and rules fall away and stories spill wild and free.

Won’t you join us, to write your way wild and free along in a fierce and supportive community.

Sometimes being found begins with allowing yourself to get lost, and then unleashing and opening wide enough to write your own way home.

Unleash.
Because it is time.
Because your story is calling.
Because we are waiting for you.
It is time to enlarge the circle.
It is time to write your way free

Jeanette’s workshops are a bright constellation of evocative, heart-lighting content, safe space for deep personal reflection, all-star live-call guest writers, and writing community that will wrap you in a soul-supportive group hug. She leads with passion, incantatory wisdom, disarming vulnerability, and wild encouragement. Jeanette is one of the best things on the Internet, and will provide you will an experience that reaches far beyond. Truly was a life changer for me.
– Krista Fretwell

“All of the women in the course took Jeanette’s lead and opened their hearts and minds to the group. We held space as Jeanette held space. We cheered and high-fived and encouraged one another as if we’d known each other for years. Magic happened. Jeanette was extremely generous by providing live conversations with other writers or artists to say something about the creative process they go through, and to share their personal stories with us, bruises and all. In addition, Jeanette’s writing exercises gave me the openings and support I needed to maintain momentum over the 12 weeks of the course.”
~ Monique Buchanan

“As you move through the weeks of Unleashed, you may wonder – am I breaking into my voice or breaking under the skin of my truths? The answer is yes. This course is about cracking open with ink. Jeanette holds a space to allow all the big, slippery, messy, strange, beautiful, tricky words to surface and be witnessed. She’s not afraid to coax them out of you either, if you give her just that inch. With that pulsing, visceral voice of hers, she immerses you into raw and revealing territory that stirs up the rare questions, and the diverse weekly guests bring in prism angles of insight and inspiration. This offering is not really a course at all. It’s a community of writers unafraid to run up to the verge.”

Aimee Hansen

“If you want to dive deep… If words mesmerize you, move you, shake you to your core at times… If you want community and support as you sink and soar into the depths of yourself… Unleashed is for you. Jeanette has a bewitching way with words. She helps peel back the layers so you can see in new ways. Her questions challenge and delight. That alone is worth the cost of the course, but that’s not all that happens in Unleashed. Yes, your perspective grows and shifts and your writing transforms, absolutely. Yet, one of Jeanette’s most stellar talents is creating community. The tribe you meet in her programs are phenomenal creatives of all sorts who congregate to support one another on the journey. It’s a welcoming, open-hearted, safe space to stretch your wings (especially if you’re new to writing or the thought of sharing your words makes you quake in your boots).
I cannot say enough good things about this woman and the wild magic she weaves through her programs. When I started with her, I never dared to share my words beyond a few close friends. Now, I’m a regular contributor to an online blog (not mine), have pieces coming out in print anthologies this year, and am working on a memoir project and a book of poetry. I’ve grown by leaps and bounds as a writer which was infinitely easier to do because I got used to sharing in the Wild Hearts Community where there’s so much loving support, it helps quell the little voices inside that make a body tremor at the thought of “saying THAT” out loud, so others could hear.
If you want to write, if you dream of words, if your heart feels called to the page, Unleashed and the Wild Heart Writers are one of the best gifts you could give to yourself.”

Shannon Crossman

“The only way out is through” I was told when I began one of Jeanette LeBlanc’s courses a little over a month ago. I wanted to write, but I was struggling, abhorred by my own demons and repelled by my own fear. Little by little she drew that out of me. I knew deep down that I had something to say – but what I didn’t realize is that my words had the power to stir something just as deep inside other people. It was like throwing rocks into a very still pond. Blinded by particles of our own stories of sadness and loss and introspection that had stayed dormant for the longest time, we began to write like our very lives depended on it until we emerged, gasping for air – our limbs deadened from exhaustion but surging with pride.
While I was doing that course, 36 years of stories surfaced. The ones that I have hushed and begged and pleaded to stay quiet and still, would no longer stay dormant in the water. I have written my way through most of them and I can tell you – that this is by far one of the bravest things I have ever done.
Through this experience I have met some of the most breathtakingly talented writers, who I am now proud to call friends and more than anything, I want to step up and take the next level, write the rest of my stories and unleash the novel inside of me, as well.
I hope you’ll come along too. Because deep down you want to write. Because you have stories of your own that you hush and keep still in your own silent pond. Because you have no idea whose heart can be healed by your words (yes you), and if that is the case – in the immortal words of William Chapman – “If you can touch one heart with what’s in yours, you were not only meant to be a writer, you are obligated.”

Erica Wheadon

“This is a course about more than just writing. It’s a course about searching for yourself. I was lost. My true self was buried so deep. I had started that journey back to self – but this course was the catalyst that I needed. I have felt more alive in these last 6 months than in the six years before that. I started reconnecting to my own wild self. I started to think again about what I wanted (and not just where I found myself). This is course is an alchemy of soul.”
~ Dawn Malone

Your words, support and guidance have been absolutely invaluable to me. In fact, I was just this morning sitting and feeling into the freedom that I feel in my heart after being able to start writing and expressing again, and being closer to finding my purpose than I have ever been – both feelings which I have never been able to feel ever before – and I attribute much of that to the work you do here, and the endless source of support, guidance and inspiration you have shown me and given me through this process

Allanah Brady

(this is an email I sent to my list. Feel free to take sections for your own email – or use this as inspiration to craft your own).

It’s Friday. The end of the week. And if your week was like mine – it may have felt like a long one. The moon is wild and full. The energies of the universe have been swirling deep, raising to the surface the things that most need to be examined and transmuted into something new. Nothing surface has much of a chance right now.

I know I’m feeling it, are you? It’s a time of deep knowing and even deeper questioning.

And so I’ve only got one question for you today:
Do you want to write?

I’m not wondering if you’re afraid to write or if you’ve held back until now. I don’t need to know if you feel ready or if you think your story is interesting enough. I’m not asking if you have deep insecurities about being a good enough writer (I know I do).
I’m asking if you want to write.
I want to know if you feel the deep magnetic pull towards words and stories. If you scribble fragments of poetry on grocery store receipts. If you inhale books as if they were air. If you know, deep down, that you have a story inside of you that is begging to be told.

Tell me, do you want to write?

Yes? Consider this your invitation. To join me. To commit to yourself and your story and to set yourself free. To step into the wild and wonderful community we have built over the last two years.
I am inviting you to UNLEASH.

On July 5th we will begin to circle – and for the next twelve weeks we will journey together, through attention and unknowing and remembrance. We will dive into fear and embodiment and the concept of universality. We will journey as people who know absolutely nothing and as our own gurus.

And we will write. Oh, holy hell, we will write.

We will write as if our lives depend on it. Because they do.
“This course is about cracking open with ink. Jeanette holds a space to allow all the big, slippery, messy, strange, beautiful, tricky words to surface and be witnessed. She’s not afraid to coax them out of you either, if you give her just that inch. With that pulsing, visceral voice of hers, she immerses you into raw and revealing territory that stirs up the rare questions, and the diverse weekly guests bring in prism angles of insight and inspiration. This offering is not really a course at all. It’s a community of writers unafraid to run up to the verge.”
Aimee Hansen
On the surface, UNLEASHED is a writing workshop. There are be weekly themes and exercises, deep prompts that will invite you to unbind what holds you back from your story. There is a private group to share your writing, along with office hours and challenges and special guests.
But UNLEASHED is not just about writing. At its heart, UNLEASHED is about freedom. About standing tall in the center of your own truth. About raising your head and taking the deepest breath and setting it all free.

Every last bit.
It is about commitment and claiming and desire. It is about shedding shame and pushing through resistance and calling in the muse with a voice like honey and whiskey and fire. It is about the wild heart of you, and about the sacred truth of your story.

And yes – it is about writing. Because you (yes YOU) are a writer – and UNLEASHED is about you owning that truth. Past participants – people who were not previously writing professionally or even calling themselves writers – have gone on to publish their work both online and in print. They are moving through the world now as writers – creatives owning their gift. It’s radical and magical and it makes chills rise on my skin. Because this is the power of owning your story, of opening the doors and releasing the floodgates. Of being willing to be raw and messy and deeply honest. Because when you do this the universe shifts to support you.

“When I started with Jeanette, I never dared to share my words beyond a few close friends. Now, I’m a regular contributor to an online blog (not mine), have pieces coming out in print anthologies this year, and am working on a memoir project and a book of poetry. I’ve grown by leaps and bounds as a writer. If you want to write, if you dream of words, if your heart feels called to the page, UNLEASHED is one of the best gifts you could give to yourself.”
Shannon Crossman

“UNLEASHED is the best writing practice of my life. Through this experience not only have I met some of the most wonderfully talented writers (who I am now proud to call friends), I have had my work featured on several blogs. Something I wrote during UNLEASHED went on to form a piece that will be published in a book due for release later in the year. Thanks to Jeanette, I found courage to unleash my truth, my stories and to finally write the novel that I’ve been burning to write. I could not have possibly found the courage or the words without that writing practice. This is next level stuff. Unleashed is more than a writing class, It’s a way of life”
Erica Wheadon

UNLEASHED is a journey and a community. As much as writing can be solitary, in this space we do not walk alone and we do not write alone. Inside of the space of these 12 weeks, connections will be made – you will be held and honored and lifted. You AND your story. You will become a Wild Heart Writer – stepping into a loving and supportive community that will support you in writing and in life for a long time after the workshop is completed.

“Jeanette has a bewitching way with words. She helps peel back the layers so you can see in new ways. Her questions challenge and delight. That alone is worth the cost of the course, but that’s not all that happens in UNLEASHED. Yes, your perspective grows and shifts and your writing transforms, absolutely. Yet, one of Jeanette’s most stellar talents is creating community. The tribe you meet in her programs are phenomenal creatives of all sorts who congregate to support one another on the journey. It’s a welcoming, open-hearted, safe space to stretch your wings (especially if you’re new to writing or the thought of sharing your words makes you quake in your boots).”
Shannon Crossman
Every week during our time together we will welcome a special guest caller onto a group video call. These hours are some of the most profound and instructive of the course. The line-up of guests for this run of the course includes best-selling authors, internationally known spoken word artists, publishers, word weavers and truth tellers. We will talk about writing and creative life, about writing through trauma. We will talk about developing a writing practice that lasts. We will talk about writing a book, submitting your work and getting it published. We will talk about fears and resistance and the real challenge of raw truth telling. We will learn from those who have walked the path and know the way.

2017 guests:
Brian Andreas, Lidia Yuknavitch, Joy Young, Andrea Gibson, Candace Walsh, Jen Lemen, Jacob Norby, Rachael Maddox, Sam Bennett, Buddy Wakefield, Shannon Crossman, Morgan Wade, Delfina Alden, Marybeth Bonfiglio, Patti Digh, Amy Ferris

So I ask you again:
Do you want to write?

Yes. Then join us. This is the commitment your story has been waiting for you to make. That YOU have been waiting for you to make.

It is time to set your story free.

It is time to UNLEASH.

xo.
“The only way out is through” I was told when I began one of Jeanette LeBlanc’s courses last year. I wanted to write, but I was struggling, abhorred by my own demons and repelled by my own fear. I knew deep down that I had something to say – but what I didn’t realize is that my words had the power to stir something just as deep inside other people. It was like throwing rocks into a very still pond. Blinded by particles of our own stories of sadness and loss and introspection that had stayed dormant for the longest time, we began to write like our very lives depended on it until we emerged, gasping for air – our limbs deadened from exhaustion but surging with pride.
During that course, 36 years of stories surfaced. The ones that I hushed and begged and pleaded to stay quiet and still, would no longer stay dormant in the water. I have written my way through most of them now and I can tell you – that this is by far one of the bravest quests that I have ever embarked upon.
I hope you’ll come along too. Because deep down you want to write. Because you have stories of your own that you hush and keep still in your own silent pond. Because you have no idea whose heart can be healed by your words (yes you), and if that is the case – in the immortal words of William Chapman – “If you can touch one heart with what’s in yours, you were not only meant to be a writer, you are obligated.”
Erica Wheadon

Why does it matter if you write?

Because our stories matter. Because they are the place it all begins. Our stories connect and heal and set us free. And when we step into that space of freeing our voice – owning our story – from a place of sovereignty and grace, we begin the process of owning our own lived experience. Owning it, and offering it to the world.

Our stories are an invitation, an siren song, a battle cry, a hand extended in the dark to say ‘Sit with me, I know this space, you are safe here and we can change the paradigm and blast through the blocks and step into the light – together.’

I create safe spaces for souls with a story to tell AND I offer the creative spark needed to coax the embers of story into blazing flame. In combination these two gifts grant ultimate permission – allowing the brave and beautiful souls I serve to tell their own revolutionary stories. To own the calling to the words that burn inside of them. To set them free and to fly. To KNOW, without a doubt, that their story matters, that their bravery makes a difference.

And that changes everything.

I act in service of the story. My story. Your story. Our collective story.

It’s time to set it free.

Here is my invitation. Come. Step into the space of story with me. Join me in this sacred circle where we hold your words to the light. Set yourself free.

Get ready to UNLEASH

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