🌈 to be known

your creative weekend prompt

Recently, I was listening to Martha Beck speak on one of her podcasts. (She has a couple, and I honestly can’t remember which one I was listening to.) She made a casual, off-the-cuff comment that made me pause and get really curious. It pointed to one thing I’m always working with — the tension between the desire to be seen and the desire to hide.

So, I decided to sit with it and ask myself a couple questions related to her suggestion. Maybe this will help you, too:

I suggest you do this writing activity as you’re reading along here, rather than reading the whole instruction ahead of time.

1. When you’re ready, get out your journal (or a new document on your computer if you prefer to type). On the new page, write the following prompt at the top: