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Find Your Voice. Write Your Story. Change Your Life.​
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I created these courses for anyone who feels stuck, creatively blocked, or disconnected from who they really are. Through writing, meditation, and gentle self-discovery, you'll uncover your authentic voice and when you do, everything changes.
"When you discover your authentic voice and use it, you will transform your life."
— Carolyn Ziel
WRITER · MENTOR · WRITING TEACHER
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Just 15 minutes a day. Designed to fit into your real life, not replace it.
Each course combines writing, reflection, and guided meditation to create lasting change from the inside out.
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A note from Carolyn:
I know what it feels like to be stuck. To carry stories you haven't told yet. To sense there's more to your life but not know how to get there. These courses are born from my own experiences: 15 years of studying Gestalt Awareness, over a decade of studying Jack Grapes' Method Writing©, and years of guiding students to find their voice and live with more passion, creativity, and purpose. I'm so glad you're here.
Let's begin.
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How To Live Outside Your Comfort Zone
10 Day Course--14 Minutes a Day
★★★★★ · 11,100 students
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Do you feel stuck? Like there's a bigger, bolder life waiting for you, but something keeps getting in the way? In this 10-day course, I'll guide you through a process of self-discovery to uncover the hidden beliefs keeping you trapped, connect with your true essence, and take your next right step toward the life you've always dreamed of living.
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Understand the science behind comfort zones and why we stay stuck
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Uncover your core beliefs and release what was never yours to carry
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Write a love letter to yourself and discover your why
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Let go, trust, and take your next right action
This is a great course. I learned a lot about how to get out of my comfort zone. I highly recommend it if you're feeling stuck.— Laura
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This wasn't as much a course as a journey inside. I'll be returning, especially to lesson ten, many times.— Kathi
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This has been so incredibly helpful. I feel supported and inspired to live my true life.— Andrea
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Individual course $39.99
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Living Your Most Creative Life
10 Day Course—15 Minutes a Day
★★★★★ 4,700 students
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Creativity is not just for artists. It's a way of showing up in the world, with curiosity, courage, and a willingness to say yes to yourself. Over 10 days, I'll help you bust through the myths around creativity, ignite your spark, and design a vision for a life that genuinely lights you up, no matter who you are or what you do.
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Redefine what it truly means to be a creative person
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Find your courage, embrace curiosity, and learn to say yes
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Surrender, play, and craft your own creative vision
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Write your vows to your most creative, inspired self
Carolyn shines with authenticity, a nurturing spirit, and creative flow. This course has a healing quality and has 100% inspired me and helped me cultivate more inner healing.— Sacred
I needed this to get back on track as an artist. It totally resonated with me.— Bonne
Thought-provoking, mindful exercises to help reveal my most creative self. I learned and grew — and had fun along the way.— Brian
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Individual Course $39.99
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Facing The Blank Page
10 Day Course—15 Minutes a Day
★★★★★ 2,900 students​
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If you've always wanted to write, or you write and want to write more freely, this course is for you. I've been teaching writing workshops since 2009, and I'm sharing some of my best tools for silencing that inner critic, moving through writer's block, and stepping into your identity as the writer you already are. Yes, you are a writer.
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Find your why and the courage to come to the page
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Let go of perfection. Strive for excellence, not polish
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Learn to read like a writer and surprise yourself on the page
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Claim your identity: Writer, with a capital W.
I no longer fear the blank page. I've written more in the last two months than I did in the last year — and most importantly, I've really enjoyed it. I now call myself a WRITER.— Kate
I gained confidence, developed better writing habits, and my identity as a writer is very real for me now.— Jane
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Astonishingly helpful. I learned so much and cannot wait to put all of it into practice.— MaryLynn
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Individual Course $39.99
Poetic Journaling
4 Day Course—15 Minutes a Day
★★★★★ 2,400 students
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What if your journal could do more than record your days? What if it could help you heal them? In this four-day course I'll show you how to use poetic writing to access your deepest feelings, find profound meaning in the most ordinary moments, and release the experiences that have been weighing on you. No poetry background needed. Just you and the page.
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Access your vulnerability and discover the strength within it
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Find deep meaning in the simple and seemingly mundane
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Use poetic writing as a path toward emotional healing
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Play freely with poetry, no rules, just flow
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A door I thought was locked has now opened and I have stepped into a room full of endless stories, prose and poems waiting to be written. I thank you from my heart and my mind.— Inez
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This course was transformational. I hated journaling but loved poetry — what a brilliant way to combine the two.— N.
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A very interesting course that helped me step out of writer's block and back into flow.— Miranda
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Individual Course $39.99
Get the Complete Collection
Complete Collection — All 4 Courses
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How to Live Outside Your Comfort Zone
Living Your Most Creative Life
Facing the Blank Page
Poetic Journaling
Take the full journey with me. From breaking through what's holding you back, to living creatively, to writing freely, to healing through poetry.
All four courses together at one special price. $120
$159.96 individually
Save $39.96
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