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Softer Heart Made ManifestRaccoon, Snake, EagleThe things we are afraid of, we don’t have to be afraid of anymore; darkness and light; creativity
2022-05-3007 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWeek of May 22, 2022, Swan, Beaver, HawkWhat if your ancestors were encouraging you to be a swan in a family of beavers? What is your message? What does that lightness feel like to you?
2022-05-2308 minSofter Heart Made ManifestI don’t know ___________ or __________ (The Earthworm, The Unicorn)The Jeff Bridges (I might have said Jeff Daniels here) movie “Crazy Heart” and the song “I Don’t Know”; beginner’s mind (Kim Krans); writing prompt is “I don’t know ___________ or __________”
2022-04-2302 minSofter Heart Made ManifestI know ________, but _________ (The Crow, The Unicorn)Playfulness and creativity; try and force some contradictions or be playful; writing prompt is “I know ________, but _________”; repeat each sentence with this structure
2022-04-2201 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWhat would you leap for?! (The Frog, The Unicorn)Frogs, toad, and tadpole at the park; stillness from cobra and shedding from elk means we are free to leap when ready; writing prompt is “what would you leap for?!”
2022-04-2102 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWhat can you shed?! (The Elk, The Unicorn)Shedding our winter coat; putting some elbow grease into combing and clipping; German Shepherd and husband hair; writing prompt is “what can you shed!?”
2022-04-2002 minSofter Heart Made ManifestDescribe the ground and sky around you (The Butterfly, The Unicorn)Paradox; Pink Floyd’s “Wish You We’re Here”; melancholy; writing prompt is “describe the ground and sky around you”
2022-04-1902 minSofter Heart Made ManifestDescribe a sunset (The Gazelle, The Unicorn)Wonder; aliens; writing prompt is “describe a sunset (to earthlings or aliens)”
2022-04-1801 minSofter Heart Made ManifestDescribe a time when you watched water (The Cobra, The Unicorn)Vision; calming “egocentricity”; Natalie Goldberg and her “no thank you” prompt; writing prompt is “describe a time when you watched water”
2022-04-1801 minSofter Heart Made ManifestHow does it feel when you are using your muscles? (The Horse, The Moth)Not seeking, but expressing; writing prompt is “how does it feel when you are using your muscles?”
2022-04-1601 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWho’s in your pack? (The Wolf, The Moth)Who answers your call?; lineage; pack mates across time, space, species; writing prompt is “who is in your pack?”
2022-04-1502 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWho are you, what do you see, when you look at yourself with love? (The Unicorn, The Moth)Being seen not through the lens of ego, but of love; to make this more concrete, write about things around you and see what they say about you, again using the lens of love; writing prompt is “Who are you, what do you see, when you look at yourself with love?”
2022-04-1402 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWhat is a fight? (The Black Egg, The Moth)What’s worth fighting over?; war in Ukraine; Will Smith slapping Chris Rock; toddler tickle fight; vacuum and expression; writing prompt is “what is a fight?”
2022-04-1302 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWhat is in your heart OR what are you growing? (The Deer, The Moth)Peace of the deer; drop from your mind into your heart; writing prompt is “what is in your heart” or “what are you growing?”
2022-04-1202 minSofter Heart Made ManifestStop, breathe, and write about what’s around you (The Dragonfly, The Moth)E.B. White and how description makes a story; writing prompt is to breathe and then “write about what’s around you”
2022-04-1101 minSofter Heart Made Manifest“The truth is . . .” (The Spider, The Moth)Words and how they don’t quite get to the truth; we pull on the threads of words to find the truth; writing prompt is “start each sentence with ‘the truth is . . .’”
2022-04-1101 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWhat are you the best at? (The Otter, The Turtle)Un-self-consciousness; joy; writing prompt is “what are you the best at?”—you could start each sentence with “I’m the best at . . .”
2022-04-0902 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWrite about your light (The Firefly, The Turtle)Light and dark; embracing our light side; writing prompt is “write about your light”
2022-04-0803 minSofter Heart Made ManifestDescribe an unexpected moment when you felt powerful (The Vulture, The Turtle)Some vultures can’t smell! (thanks, “Wild Kratts!”); vultures as powerful fliers; writing prompt is “describe an unexpected moment (unexpected either by you or others) when you felt powerful”
2022-04-0702 minSofter Heart Made ManifestDescribe a time you could be yourself in a group (The Camel, The Turtle)Kim Krans; balancing worlds/opposites; writing prompt is “describe a time when your could be yourself in a group”
2022-04-0602 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWhat can your mouth do? (The Fish, The Turtle)Kim Krans; shark from last week; I remember fish don’t have noses; writing prompt is “what can your mouth do?”
2022-04-0502 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWrite about your childhood home (The Beaver, The Turtle)Continuing with the two worlds theme from the wolf yesterday, consider your childhood home and where you live now; writing prompt is “write about your childhood home” and for extra credit, “write about about your home now in relation to your childhood home”
2022-04-0401 minSofter Heart Made ManifestHow does it feel (how has it felt) to be between two worlds? (The Wolf, The Turtle)Bob Dylan; Kim Krans; Natalie Goldberg; writing prompt is “how does it feel (how has it felt) to be between two worlds?”
2022-04-0403 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWrite about sex or start each sentence with “what if” (The Octopus, The Bee)Pick of a prompt: write about sex OR start each sentence with “what if”
2022-04-0401 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWhat has been your work and where are you going next with your work? (The Dragon, The Bee)The work is the work is the work is the work; hiking; early motherhood; writing prompt is “what has been your work and where are you going next with your work?”
2022-03-3002 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWrite as if the pen wants you to write with it (The Shark, The Bee)Using all of your body; walking and writing as if everything around you wanted you; writing prompt is “write as if the pen wants you”
2022-03-3003 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWhat is fun for you? (The Earthworm, The Bee)“Singin’ in the Rain”; mindless jobs that let you listen to music; writing prompt is “what is fun for you?”
2022-03-3002 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWhat nourishes you? (The Spider, The Bee)The more love we take in, the more there is to give; writing prompt is “what nourishes you?”
2022-03-3003 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWhat do you want to say? (The Unicorn, The Hyena)Subtle; anchor into this present moment; writing prompt is “what do you want to say?”
2022-03-2602 minSofter Heart Made ManifestDescribe the interior of yourself (The Horse, The Hyena)Space to dream; interior space that is just for ourselves; writing prompt is “describe the interior of yourself (literally or metaphorically)”
2022-03-2502 minSofter Heart Made ManifestDescribe dirt (The Earthworm, The Hyena)Appreciation for the stuff of life; toddler co-host; writing prompt is “describe dirt (physically or metaphorically)”
2022-03-2402 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWhat does it feel like to move quickly? (The Cobra, The Hyena)Regret that we can’t always work with others, even when that’s our intention; writing prompt is “what does it feel like to move quickly?”
2022-03-2302 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWrite about your belly (The Raccoon, The Hyena)Possible resentment around believing it always works out for others but not us; thief trying to get what it otherwise thinks it can’t; there is no one else like us and it’s up to us to express ourselves; our bellies; writing prompt is “write about your belly”
2022-03-2203 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWhat would ultimate rest feel like to you? (The Gazelle, The Hyena)Possible resentment from being on alert; writing prompt is “what would ultimate rest feel like to you?”
2022-03-2101 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWhen have people said you changed something for them? (The Elk, The Hyena)Harboring and possibly releasing old resentments; voice calling out with no response; writing prompt is “when have people said you changed something for them?”
2022-03-2104 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWhat has your amazing body done? (The Turtle, The Bat)Water and land; your own story; Carolyn Myss; Kim Krans; your body is amazing; writing prompt is “what has your body done?”
2022-03-1905 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWhat bounty do you have in your life today? (The Gazelle, The Bat)Kim Krans; music; war; sharing; opening up; writing prompt is “what bounty do you have in your life today?”
2022-03-1805 minSofter Heart Made ManifestPlan a celebration for your or someone else (The Otter, The Bat)Joy!; difference between planning a thing and doing a thing; writing prompt is “write about a celebration you’d like to hold for yourself or someone else (this daydreaming, not planning!)”
2022-03-1704 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWrite about housekeeping (The Tarantula, The Bat)Kim Krans; dharma; “before enlightenment chop trees, carry water. After enlightenment, chop trees, carry water”; Housekeeping by Marilyn Robinson; Sarah Marshall’s podcasts; writing prompt is “write about housekeeping”
2022-03-1602 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWrite about things you find funny (The Whale, The Bat)I’m projecting onto the whale; let go of making stories about ourselves; Kim Krans; “self care” and humor; writing prompt is “write about things you find funny”
2022-03-1505 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWrite a description of yourself and inflate the details (The Raccoon, The Bat)Kim Krans; “Secular Buddhism” podcast; loosen the grip of the story we have about ourselves; writing prompt is “write a description of yourself (like a blurb on a book) and inflate the details”
2022-03-1404 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWhat is not working? (The Mouse, The Bat)Trying something new—themes for each week; weekly theme is letting go (The Bat); Kim Krans; writing prompt is “what is not working?”
2022-03-1402 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWhat are your questions? (The Lamb)Playfulness and truth; Km Krans; writing prompt is “what are your questions?”
2022-03-1105 minSofter Heart Made Manifest“Bring it” (The Panther)“Annihilation of the unnecessary,” Kim Krans; elephant putting road blocks in our own way; using panther energy to overcome these blocks; ouroboros—it’s all us, the same story; writing prompt is a line stolen from a friend “bring it”
2022-03-1004 minSofter Heart Made ManifestHow do you think the people in your life would express themselves if they had no shame? (Sea SerpentKim Krans; second chakra; loving mother; shame is a waste of time; bodies and shame that isn’t ours; writing prompt is “How do you think the people in your life would express themselves if they had no shame?”
2022-03-0905 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWrite about something you’ve learned (The Dolphin)“Innately intelligent,” Kim Krans; not spanking children; fluidity; writing prompt is “write about something you’ve learned”
2022-03-0703 minSofter Heart Made ManifestDescribe what you last ate (The Earthworm)Sesame Street; compost; worms and poop; being helped by things we can’t see; writing prompt is “describe what you last ate”
2022-03-0601 minSofter Heart Made ManifestDescribe your day (The Lizard)Kim Krans; neighborhood animal sightings with my son; description through big eyes and from the heart; writing prompt is “describe your day”
2022-03-0506 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWhat would you do if calmness came to your door? (The Tiger)Kim Krans; Brooke McNamara; calmness and restoration; writing prompt is “what would you do if calmness came to your door?”
2022-03-0402 minSofter Heart Made ManifestDescribe your day from a “whimsical” perspective (The Moth)Kim Krans; John Lennon; writing prompt is “describe your day from a ‘whimsical’ perspective”
2022-03-0305 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWhat are you communicating right now? (The Whale)Kim Krans; movement and motion; “it takes work to be”; going up and going deeper; writing prompt is “what are you communicating right now?”
2022-02-2802 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWrite about “the bounty that surrounds you” (The Gazelle)Using Kim Krans’ words: “acknowledge the bounty that surrounds you”; war; dualistic thinking; Madonna; writing prompt is “write about ‘the bounty that surrounds you’”
2022-02-2805 minSofter Heart Made ManifestWhat have you held that you can leave behind? (The Wolf)Being inspired by leaders and people standing in their own power; no more shape-shifting; writing prompt is “what have you held that you can leave behind?”
2022-02-2703 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Bear: “What are you hungry for?”Alanis Morissette’s “Wake Up” and “Not the Doctor”; writing prompt is “‘what are you hungry for?’”
2022-02-2501 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Raccoon: What does success look like to you?Kim Krans: artistic talent and shadow of self-image and success; Madonna and “don’t go for second best, baby”; writing prompt is “what does success look like to you?”
2022-02-2502 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Hawk: What is your superpower?Overlooked neighborhood hawks; Kim Krans and message from divinity; Daniel Tiger’s neighborhood; writing prompt is “what is your superpower? Or what would you like it to be?”
2022-02-2503 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Wolf: In what ways do I really enjoy my own company?Hold open for others the door you want to enter; resentment/anger leading to loneliness and other stories; writing prompt is “in what ways do I enjoy my own company?”
2022-02-2504 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Elephant: What gifts have you received?Standing in the light; botched Marianne Williamson quote; wisdom; writing prompt is “what gifts have you received (internal qualities and/or material gifts)?”
2022-02-2405 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Swan: What do you love?Minnie Riperton, “Lovin’ You”; Cake, “Short Skirt Long Jacket”; figure eight; “effortless creativity” (Krans); writing prompt is “what do you love?”
2022-02-2302 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Horse: What is it like to ride a horse?Rambling ideas on light and dark; momentum; control; writing prompt is “what is it like to ride a horse?”
2022-02-2204 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Horse: Tell the truthRun, baby, run; stop holding back; writing prompt is “ground yourself in something unresolved and tell the truth about it, how you feel, etc.”
2022-02-2104 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Spider: Write to someone else and tell them what a good heart they haveCharlotte’s Web; spider silk wrapping our hearts so we could feel our good hearts; as humans we are capable of anything; resistance to our good nature; writing prompt is “write to someone and tell them about their good heart. BONUS: Read your work back to yourself as if you were the subject/recipient. Let yourself feel your own good heart.”
2022-02-1704 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Spider: What motions feel easy?New Yorker cartoon with spider; contrast (or not) to the whale from 2/14/22–joyful and easy motions; writing prompt is “what motions feel easy?”
2022-02-1701 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Shark: Be honestKim Krans: honesty helps bring shark energy into balance; writing prompt is “be honest (about your feelings, what you’re facing, what you want, where you’re sitting, etc.)”
2022-02-1602 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Whale: What movements feel joyful to you?What if honoring our ancestors and our world meant we take joyful action? And what if this joyful action is a thank you? Writing prompt: “What movements feel joyful to you?”
2022-02-1403 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Bear: What would feel like a stretch for you?Image of a bear wanting something in a tree and then the bear stretches and climbs for it: writing prompt is “what would feel like a stretch for you? What do you want that you would stretch for?”
2022-02-1402 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Buffalo: Pick someone you don’t trust and write about what you think they trustWariness, responsibility as the opposite of trust; “On Being” podcast interview with Trabian Shorters and asset framing; writing prompt is around trust—one recommended prompt is to pick someone you don’t trust and write about what you think they do trust (note to self: don’t be sarcastic or jerky about this!)
2022-02-1204 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Unicorn: What do you hear?“reconnecting [to] divinity” (Kim Krans); being receptive; asking a question and standing in the not-knowing, waiting to perceive and receive a reply; writing prompt is “what do you hear” and this can be literal or metaphorical
2022-02-1203 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Wolf: Where are you going?Witness consciousness and Ginsberg, Sexton, Whitman; choosing one path and not others; being a part of a pack and including all packs; writing prompt is “where are you going?”
2022-02-1102 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Starfish: Write an uplifting speechPassivity; relying on or deferring to others; Kim Krans; “uplifting”; writing prompt is “write an uplifting speech”
2022-02-1003 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Wolf: Write a list of people you know, have seen, have imaginedHowl; “Howl”; Allen Ginsberg; Anne Sexton; Walt Whitman; “include everyone”; heart space and compassion; writing prompt is “write a list of people you know, have seen, have imagined. Start each line with ‘who. . .’”
2022-02-0903 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Bat: Who are you when you’re asleep?Darkness and shadow; heart is in all of you; Butthole Surfers; Faith Hill; Kim Krans; control; writing prompt is “who are you when you’re asleep?”
2022-02-0805 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Cobra: “What are you ready to learn?”Kim Krans’s words throughout this recording; snake as internal and warm; internal and external and ouroboros; writing prompt is from Kim Krans, “what are you ready to learn?”
2022-02-0704 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Moth: Describe a family member or write about your family from when you were a childBeing a part of a family and also being an individual; loud bug zappers; writing prompt is “write about a family member or give us a portrait of your family from when you were a child (reminder to use sensory details)”
2022-02-0601 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Stingray: What keeps you going?Kim Krans: “move through the discomfort”; what is an antidote to a shame spiral?; writing prompt is “what keeps you going?”
2022-02-0503 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Raccoon: What is a hidden pleasure of yours?Gossip; chocolate; being a good person; liking some of the things we can’t accept about ourselves; shadow; writing prompt is “what is a hidden, shadow or secret, pleasure of yours?”
2022-02-0503 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Peacock: What would it look like if you had total self-acceptance or acceptance to someone else?Peacock spinning circles admiring itself; to stop and share with others would require total self-acceptance; Kim Krans; writing prompt is “what would it look like if you had total self-acceptance or if you accepted someone else in your life?”
2022-02-0302 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Elk: Describe with sensory details what it would be like to do something “unthinkable”“If you ask me, I’m ready,” from “Unthinkable” by Alicia Keys; writing prompt is to pick something unthinkable, playful, that you would say yes to, then describe that using sensory details
2022-02-0202 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Elk: Write (or draw) what you see (or sense with other senses) around youKim Krans and Natalie Goldberg influences (as always); appreciation and noticing as a counter to protection (perhaps); writing prompt can be a drawing prompt: what do you see (or discern from other senses) around you?
2022-02-0103 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Frog: Write about water (remember to use sensory details)Fantasizing about fun, summer water time; writing prompt is “write about water (using sensory details)
2022-02-0101 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Elk: Describe what it feels like when you are playfulThe elk again!; playful show of power; toddler play fights; writing prompt is “describe what it feels like when you are playful (outside your body and also how your body feels when you are playful)”
2022-01-3003 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Deer: What is being protected or guarded?Kim Krans on the deer: feminine earth energy, “protective,” “receptive, compassionate, nurturing”; Karla McLaren on apathy and boredom, “what is being avoided? What must be made conscious?”; guardianship; writing prompt is “what is being protected or guarded?”
2022-01-2903 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Elk: Write about soundKim Krans: elk as masculine earth energy, “support and stability”; elk calls keeping everyone together; mating calls; perfect sounds; writing prompt is “write about sound”
2022-01-2802 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Earthworm: Describe a time when you knew you could risk embarrassment or stay quiet.Earthworm in its element when it’s in the dirt; feeling in the dark; unlike the rabbit, which is hiding (in yesterday’s prompt anyway); Kim Krans says the earthworm is a beginner and needs to “risk embarrassment”; writing prompt is The Earthworm: Describe a time when you knew you could risk embarrassment or stay quiet. How did it feel in your body?
2022-01-2703 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Rabbit: Write a note of encouragement to someoneWanting to hide after we’ve shared a part of ourselves; “Kindness Makes Us Strong,” by Sophie Bear; including others; writing prompt is “write a note of encouragement to someone (your future self, someone like you, someone you know)”
2022-01-2603 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Starfish: Who are you as an artist? Or, Who are your positive friends?Dancing, singing, expression; Brittany Howard; cycle of artist as an individual and community; Kim Krans: starfish as “ uplifting, artistic, expressive” and needs “positive friends”; two writing prompts for today: “Who are you as an artist?” Or, “who are your positive friends?”
2022-01-2504 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Moth: What is it like to be alive?“Impulsive, Hasty, Wishful” (Krans); “grass is greener on the other side” (Krans); air currents that moths likely feel that we don’t; writing prompt is “what is it like to be alive (if you had to explain it to a Martian or outsider)?”
2022-01-2402 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Wolf: No real concrete prompt in this one!Wolf imagery was in my dream; going out and coming in pattern—feels similar to the ouroboros; Women Who Run With the Wolves, by Clarissa Pinkola Estés; “The Sleep of Trust” (Estés 148); “Life/Death/Life nature” (Estés 148); writing prompt is one of these phrases or concepts—a choose your own prompt day
2022-01-2303 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Frog: What have you transformed?Energy and momentum behind transformation; frog life cycles; spinning on bars; eating; Daniel Tiger and “keep trying and you’ll get better soon”; offering ourselves praise and loving attention; writing prompt is “what have you transformed?”
2022-01-2203 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Snake: Write about circlesOuroboros; cynical prompt is “what’s come around to bite you in the ass right now?”; toddlers and circles; “Circles,” by Tori Amos; circles as motors and energy; writing prompt is “write about circles”
2022-01-2102 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Bear: What makes you roar?You got your back up like a bear; Midnight in Washington, by Adam Schiff; what makes you say “no way”; writing prompt is “what makes you roar?”
2022-01-2001 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Bear: Share a secret“Secret Heart,” by Feist; risk revealing our hearts in the name of something larger that’s calling to us; what’s in your secret heart?; writing prompt is “share a secret (what’s in your “secret heart”?)
2022-01-1901 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Spider: Write a letter of safety to someoneCharlotte’s Web and the power of words to provide safety; the way a meditation hall or church or loving home can feel when people have been there doing spiritual work; offering safety to our past selves, someone we know, or a stranger; writing prompt is to write a letter of safety to someone
2022-01-1802 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Rabbit: What did you wear during high school?My t-shirt with cute, non-humping bunnies; the 1990s; writing prompt is “what did you wear during high school?”
2022-01-1701 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Dolphin: “Risk delight”Delight vs. the light; “Jean Luc!”; “A Brief for the Defense,” by Jack Gilbert; “We must risk delight” (Gilbert); writing prompt is “risk delight”
2022-01-1603 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Oyster: What would you do if you had a fancy singing voice?The Little Mermaid; Pinkalicious; voice as literal; voice as power; ground in sensory details; writing prompt is “what would you do if you had a fancy singing voice?”
2022-01-1502 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Bear: How does it feel to wake up?Hibernation and sleep patterns; read Circe, by Madeline Miller; writing prompt is “how does it feel to wake up?”
2022-01-1404 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Fish: In this moment, what is not bringing me joy?How do fish express joy; “set a small goal and accomplish it” (Krans); pause in this moment and name what is not bringing you joy; bonus: then write what isn’t bringing you joy; writing prompt is “in this moment, what is not bringing you joy?”
2022-01-1303 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Fox: What type of leader are you?Teacher; partner; self-assured; leadership; writing prompt is “what type of leader are you?” Or where, how are you a leader?
2022-01-1103 minSofter Heart Made ManifestThe Hyena: What might your life look like when you believe in community?Racism in The Lion King; allure of sarcastic, critical communities; sarcasm as defensiveness; writing prompt is “what might your life (or someone else’s life) look like when you believe in community?”
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