Welcome to Pen and Portal

I’m Hollie. Around here, we help women in midlife, or those who may be experiencing transition in their lives, to reconnect with their creativity, and thereby reconnect to themselves. Have you ever felt a little lost? Perhaps leaving a job, or relationship, or suddenly seeing your children grow up, move on? Feeling like you left something somewhere, but you can’t quite figure out what?

Pen and Portal is an invitation back to inspiration and transformation through the practice of what I like to call connected creativity, an opportunity to re-orient, to access the treasures found within, the place where the pen becomes the portal.

Our mission is to uphold dignity and authenticity for all through the practice of creativity, mindfulness and equanimity. We believe every life, every story, every experience of the world is valid and important, that there is a light inside of each of us, wanting to shine, waiting patiently for the door to open.

WORKSHOPS BY PEN AND PORTAL

About the KEY Method

The KEY Method employed here is both fully inclusive and inherently therapeutic

We believe that mindful creativity is a tool for wholehearted living and alignment, as important as fresh air and movement

Everyone has a story, and their own unique voice that wants to be expressed and shared

We believe that we are all full creators, that everyone is born with their own creative genius

It’s about process over progress - artist as creator, creator as artist

A writer is someone who writes, an artist is someone who creates

Creativity is no more and no less than a way of engaging with the living world, and we are all creating our lives, our stories, with every breath

All work is treated as fiction, and we support what is strong and resonant

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