You do the work of transformation.
You are a seeker, a keeper, a conduit of wisdom.
You're a coach, a healer, a therapist, a teacher, a parent.
You are a creative entrepreneur with something to say.
Writing, conversation, creativity, and self-care, and spirituality are all portals for you.
Sometimes, however, as you care for your clients, your family, your community, those practices get lost in the blur.
What if a committed community &
a devoted writing practice
could (re)connect you to your own
essential wisdom?
Imagine you could make your vision, your story, and your own quest priority.
Imagine what might happen when you trust your own voice and get used to sharing your ideas with confidence.
Imagine what you can discover, heal, and accomplish when you have the support of like-minded, like-souled people.
The Sovereign Wisdom Circle:
the place to incubate your creative ideas,
root into your lived truth & experience,
develop your entrepreneurial vision,
dissolve your creative & emotional blocks,
build your writing practice,
and grow with a community of wise women.
The Sovereign Wisdom Circle is…
Where you give yourself the time, space, and permission to prioritize your focus on your own ideas and to write the words that build a business.
A place to be honest with yourself about all the ways you resist your own impact, brilliance, and potential.
A compassionate community dedicated to growth where showing up just as you are is what really matters.
A haven where you can explore what’s hardest to talk about including your struggle for clarity, your confusion about the state of the world, your creative resistance, and your lingering doubts about your skill and your worthiness.
A resource for the practical marketing and business stuff: the majority of our members have their own healing, therapy, or coaching practices. We talk about website copy and social media strategy as well as structuring a narrative and caring for the mind-body-spirit in this group!
In case we haven't met yet, I'm Marisa Goudy.
I'm a story healer, a writing coach, and a word witch. I’m also student of energy medicine and Celtic myth. I think of myself as a Priestess of the Crossroads. I've earned my stripes as a copywriter, website development firm owner, and digital marketer, too.
It’s my mission to empower creatives and transformation professionals (healers, teachers, therapists, and coaches) to uncover, write, and share the ideas, feelings, and experiences that can shape and renew our world.
The Sovereignty Knot: A Woman’s Way to Freedom, Power, Love, and Magic was released through Paper Raven Books in 2020.
Writing has been part of my identity from the very beginning, and I know it’s one of the most important tools in our Sovereignty tool box. That’s why I put writing practice at the core of our community. When it comes to writing, it’s not about the product as much as it is about the process.
Through carefully crafted prompts, intuitive insights, compassionate conversation, and a strong energetic connection, this community helps you uncover and access your own essential wisdom.
With the support of the Sovereign Writers Circle, and with me as your guide, you will draft, shape and share your Sovereign Stories - the stories that you must tell, the stories that will promote your work and spread your magic to those who need it.
What’s included in your Sovereign Writers Circle membership?
At all levels of membership you’re invited to join us for four live group calls per month, each held at noon ET on Wednesday.
Each month, we meet for:
Writing practice sessions (twice monthly)
These meetings are a chance to write into brand new writing prompts crafted just for the Sovereign Wisdom Circle. Opening with a brief meditation, we write for about forty minutes, and then gather to share the ideas that came through, make connections, and set intentions for future work.
Group coaching call
Bring your questions and your works-in-progress to this 90 minute group session. You'll get my intuitive counsel and practical expertise during this meeting. You can also expect something of immeasurable valuable: the compassion and wisdom of your fellow writer-healer-seekers who are also on their own quest to use their wisdom to build world-renewing businesses.One skill-building workshop with Marisa or a featured guest expert covering the craft of writing, creativity, marketing, publishing, healing, or self-care.
Each quarter:
An invitation to a turn-of-the-season half-day retreat, A Sovereign Way. This immersive experience offers a totally new approach to quarterly planning and goal setting.
And, all month long you will enjoy:
Two additional pre-recorded writing practice sessions with new writing prompts each time.
A private members’ forum where you can connect with your fellow Sovereign Writers, find inspiration, talk about what's working and what's not, and find readers for your work.
Access to the entire library of past calls and prompts: Three years of content at your fingertips! You can press “play” anytime and write along with us. There’s always something special about writing in community - even when you’re connecting across time and space.
Special pricing on 1:1 coaching and workshops. Get an exclusive discount on my signature storytelling workshop, Stand In Your Sovereign Story and individual sessions.
The Sovereign Wisdom Circle is currently on hiatus.
If you’re interested in other options for working together, please send me a note or join my email list.
Membership Options
Your monthly membership includes an all access pass to Sovereign Wisdom Circle online events, like the Sovereign Way retreat. You can also add 1:1 coaching to your membership.
Entry Level Membership: $200/month
Access to all four calls per month plus the extra pre-recorded writing practice sessions. Support in the private member’s forum. Discounts on services like Marisa’s Tarot & Intuitive Healing Sessions.
Group Membership + Private Session: $350/month
You receive one private 60-minute coaching session each month with Marisa over Zoom or by phone. Come to Marisa for motivation, clarity, and a chance to look at the vast realm of creative possibilities that open to you ever time you pick up a pen.
Part healing session (there will probably be tarot cards!), part strategy session, this is where you can connect the practical and the magical to further your personal and professional writing practice.
This package is great for the transformation professional who wants to establish and maintain a connection with their creative side and figure out how writing can further their personal and professional practice.
Save when you buy a Quarterly Membership!
$525 for the three months of membership.
$1000 for three months of membership and monthly 1:1 coaching sessions.
Apply now and, if we're a match, you'll be invited to join us for our first session of the month.
Want to set up a 15 minute chat to see if the SWC is right for you? Book an appointment or email me.
And yes, that button says “apply.” I’m not here to judge your writing. (That’s NEVER my job!) I’m interested in you, your goals, and whether you’re a fit for the energy and goals of the group.
7 Reasons this Online Community Is Right for You
You know yourself to be a Wise Woman
(But sometimes you get distracted or tongue tied or your crystal ball cracks. You long to know other Wise Woman who will remind you of your own depth and potency.)You have a story - or countless stories - that you long to tell.
(But you have a lot of reasons for why you haven’t put them on the page or into the world.)You often find it difficult to describe the stuff that matters most.
(This might be your current spiritual journey, a painful aspect of your past, or the ideas that your ideal clients need to hear. This group is a place where you can practice saying and writing hard things for the first time.)You get that “writing heals.”
(And you know that this is true in both a deeply personal and vast collective sort of way, but you don’t always give yourself the “luxury” of writing for yourself.)You’re interested in the practical and the magical when it comes to self care, business growth, and creativity.
(We do the heart work, and we also do the head work… Bring your blog posts in progress to writing practice and your questions about website copy to our writing coaching calls!)You embrace an open view on society, culture, and spirituality.
(Our members celebrate holistic and alternative healing. Sometimes our prompts come from oracle decks. “Feminism” is our other favorite “f” word.)You’d thrive in a circle of meaning makers who believe in magic and are also on a mission to make the real world more beautiful, bearable, and bold.
(There’s no “but” about this one… you really just want this kind of community.)
We’re probably not a match if…
You don’t enjoy writing and can’t see it as a kind of self care you want to make more space to do.
You’re looking to churn out blog posts that fit some kind of marketing formula.
You want a group of fellow writers to critique your writing. This group is about discussing and sharing ideas and inspiration. One-on-one coaching is the place to dive into the mechanics of your writing.
You pride yourself on being super rational and you generally reject “the woo.” (The phases of the moon, tarot cards, and the power of synchronicity are common discussion topics for us.)
Things you might be wondering about…
(If you don’t find the answer below,
just send me a note.)
When are the calls?
We have four sessions on the Zoom each month. When you join the Sovereign Wisdom Circle, you’re asked to set aside time at noon ET every Wednesday.
What if I miss the calls?
All sessions are recorded and made available the same day. Ideally, you'll block your Wednesdays for 90 minutes each week, but you can also get a lot out of the group by tuning into the recordings and checking in on the private Facebook group.
Do I have to sign up for individual coaching to join the group?
While it’s strongly recommended that you sign up for at least one hour of monthly coaching with Marisa, it’s not required. The monthly Coaching Calls are designed to give everyone a chance to ask questions and get individualized feedback from Marisa.
Do I have to be a “real writer” to join the SWC?
First, I despise that phrase. I think "real writer" is used as a weapon by people who have supposedly “made it” and hold up their publication credentials as a badge of honor to cover over some shadowy stuff underneath.
Do you wish that writing was part of your life on a daily or weekly basis? Are you willing to shift your schedule, watch less TV, and commit to your writing dates with the group and with yourself? Congratulations, you’re a writer and you belong here with us.
This is what you know: You may not feel completely comfortable calling yourself a writer (yet), but picking up a pen tends to help you feel better and you feel called to use words to make your mark in the world.
What sort of commitment am I making?
You have the option to chose a monthly or a quarterly membership. This group is ongoing and is intended to become a fundamental, longterm resource that furthers your creative and professional development. You're not encouraged to drop in and out. Re-entry into the group after cancelling your membership is at Marisa's discretion.
The Sovereign Wisdom Circle is currently on hiatus.
If you’re interested in other options for working together, please send me a note or join my email list.
Kind Words From the Sovereign Wisdom Circle
