A COURSE ON THE CREATIVE POTENTIAL WITHIN EVERYDAY
YOUR WHOLENESS IS YOUR POWER
you can attune to it a thousand times a day
Pivoting Toward Wholeness is six weeks of easing up on self-critical thoughts, willpower, and unmovable resistance—and directing your attention and energy, in small and creative ways, toward deeper authenticity and presence.
This is about unshaming practiced patterns that aren't working for you while actively practicing ways of being that honor your exquisite YOU-ness.
What people are saying about their experience...
“Pivoting Toward Wholeness truly shifted so many fundamental things in how I view myself and the world and the way I live my life.” — Réka
“What I found really interesting was that when we started, I really felt quite unable to write. Now that I think back, I actually made a commitment then to myself, that I wanted to come back to a regular writing practice and... that kind of just happened. I've not made plans. I've not allocated specific times or made a big deal out of it, but it's just happened.
And also lots of other things like reaching out to people, meeting up with people, doing things differently, thinking about things in a different way, sharing work, taking care of myself, even writing differently somehow and... just spontaneously acting on things. I'm daring to be a bit more vulnerable around what I share and that feels quite tremendous.” — Katrin
“I've learned so much from everyone, how everyone showed up with so much honesty and vulnerability and openness... I found that I was always met with so much kindness. It felt like such a safe space and container to share freely and to be met with kindness and genuine curiosity.
I learned so much from everyone that it's helped me in turn realize that I can show up as myself and it's okay. I get to do that—I get to show up and be myself and be met with so much kindness.” — Réka
Our time together at a glance
Live class on Sundays at 11am-1pm EST for six weeks from May 4 - June 8
Wednesday office hours for Q+A, sharing challenges and changes, and receiving tailored support
Weekly invitations for practice—micro experiments in perspective and expression
The Harvesting Guide. Harvesting is a practice of gathering insights and wisdom from your personal archives (think journals, documents, and notes). It's an intentional process to revisit and cultivate meaning from your experiences and recorded reflections
Add-on: Two private sessions to be used at any time before, during, or after the course (up to one year from the start of the course)
Welcome, I’m Maggy
I am a writer and artist passionate about helping people connect with their creativity and live more fully as themselves.
I run a creative research studio called Regarding Dew, a community-responsive ecosystem centered around the idea that wholeness is experienced through our creativity. Through Regarding Dew, I provide creative mentorship, semi-annual courses, and public offerings all in service of supporting you to live a life that feels true in all of the ways that you can.
While my formal education in fine arts and American studies informs my work, most of my expertise comes from a love of research, working as an artist, relationships that span cultures and generations, the privilege of learning from teachers who embody mastery in their fields, and an unwavering devotion to living my truest life. I draw on this depth of knowledge and care in supporting people to create powerful transformation in their lives.
If you are a sensitive, creative thinker with a vibrant spirit and a curious heart, you’re in the right place.
STANDARD
$390
PLUS 2 PRIVATE SESSIONS
$480
Everyone who registers before 11:59pm EST this Wednesday, April 23 gets a 30 minute creative mentorship in the first two weeks of class.
This is a time for for you to get support around how to get the most of this time and where we can talk through fears, hesitations, intentions, bold dreams, etc. in privacy.
Doors close end of day EST May 1st.
Sure signs Pivoting Toward Wholeness is for you...
You’re a friend to the big questions. You care about beauty, wonder, and showing up fully—for yourself, your loved ones, and your unique contribution to the collective.
Creativity is central to who you are. Your most authentic self is your creative self. Creativity, for you, isn’t just about “doing creative things”—it’s about how you move through life. This truth sometimes makes you feel like an outsider with friends or family or with the greater paradigms we find ourselves in (paradigms that laud quantifying, optimizing, and constant 'upward' growth).
You feel deeply connected to creating meaning in your life. You want to nurture that connection in a way that also honors the circumstances of your life in this season.
You're a deep-feeler—you care. Your heart is tender, maybe even weary. You’re ready to feel resourced in your heart-centered principles, living life from inner to outer, instead of the other way around.
You’re drawn to a life of practice. As uncomfortable as it can be, embracing practice feels meaningful and familiar to you.
“I didn't realize that throughout this course, what I was actually building in each session—and all of the opportunities for practice—was trust in myself. I have my own knowledge, an intuitive sense, of what I want or need to do. Before this course, I had a perception of myself that was like, 'I just have no idea what I want.' Those are the things that this has helped me to develop: I trust myself and I trust my own capacity for growth.” — Lily
What is wholeness anyway?
It's a lofty concept that I find slippery to make sense of... What does wholeness mean in the context of imperialism? How are narratives of wholeness shaped by violent ideas that have caused incomprehensible levels of historical and collective, ongoing trauma?
In our time together, we won't theorize about wholeness like we're in a seminar. Instead, the question is this:
What does it mean in this moment to pivot—a small, kind, doable next choice—toward [fill in the blank with what you need: courage, trust, honesty, simplicity, softness, resilience...]?
Pivoting Toward Wholeness is not a course about "achieving" wholeness.
The focus here is on direction not destination, attuning over arrival!
(this is trite as a concept but wildly transformative as a commitment, especially when practiced together)
Pivoting Toward Wholeness is about unlearning, unshaming, and unfixing.
Will the help of creative reflection, weekly invitations for practice, supportive mental frameworks—plus a ton of compassionate curiosity and humor stirred in—we will embrace life as a creative practice of orienting toward what matters most.
What people are saying about their experience within Regarding Dew...
“Regarding Dew is a tender love letter to the world and every moment I choose to participate I am forever grateful for the space. Maggy’s offerings are a social and mental repose that feels like a sanctuary in contrast to the sharp edges often brushed up against in our world. I feel safe, welcome, heard, encouraged, and motivated to remove shackles and armor and instead embrace the spinning nature of being human and the playful possibilities of a life. ” — Mairead
"Maggy has created a space that is not only creative but filled with gentle curiosity and endless opportunities for new perspectives. I felt seen, heard, held, and encouraged all within an hour and a half. I left Maggy’s workshop with a renewed lust for writing and sharing!" — Elizabeth
“I took creative writing in high school about ten years ago and have wanted to come back to it since, and never had the courage. This was the first time in a decade… During every step of the process, I almost tapped out (turning on my camera, going into the breakout room, then actually reading instead of asking not to) but you'd clearly designed with such gentleness for all the introverts that it just infused the whole room with it. Your intro was so lovely, the flow was so calm, the people were all so wonderful, that I participated fully. I feel 2% more like a writer than I have in many years — I'm on cloud nine.” — Farnia
"The instructor was so inclusive, comforting and encouraging that my normal hesitation with reading to an audience melted away. I had absolutely no hesitation in this experience. It felt like I was reading to trusted friends." — Community Discovery Writing Participant
If you're like, ‘I really want to join and I'm kinda freaked out to actually do it’...
Here's what you need to know:
If you show up fully to this course, you can expect to experience shifts in perspective and practice that will change your life. I don’t say this lightly, I say this because of the transformations that unfold during the course, and the testimonials that follow after.
There will be an enormous amount of support, not just from me but from learning together in community. On Wednesdays, we’ll meet for optional office hours for you to ask questions, share challenges, changes, and celebrations, and to receive tailored support.
Regarding Dew spaces are introvert friendly and highly interactive.
Every corner of the experience is infused with creativity. There will be curated poems and playlists aplenty. We'll have fun looking at creative living from many angles and mediums.
We show up as we are. That looks like spontaneous and caring ways of relating. Private clients regularly share that the creative and reflective experiences I offer feel safe for expressing your creative, wondering self. And to feel the comfort in that—to feel the comfort in stepping outside of your comfort zone, and to be met fully in that experience.
More praise for Pivoting Toward Wholeness…
“The gentle, soft compassion piece has been maybe most lacking and therefore most significant. There's been this really big pivot and change out of a state of urgency, self-recrimination, and fear to a felt sense of wholeness and peace.” — Tooya
“Once I noticed some shifts occurring, I really felt like it was quite small but the effects were of inverse proportion.” — Katrin
I was surprised by a few external changes that happened as a result of Pivoting Toward Wholeness. I transformed my creative room during it. I have a room of my own that I truly enjoy. It felt easy to make decisions about what I wanted without worrying about making it perfect.” — Lily
“The conversations here made me aware that most of my anxiety about taking up too much space or not making sense are in my head. It was lovely to have this safe space to just BE.” — Daria
Pivoting Toward Wholeness May 4 - June 8
Live class on Sundays at 11am-1pm EST for six weeks
Wednesday office hours for Q+A, sharing challenges and changes, and receiving tailored support
Weekly invitations for practice
Add-on: Two private sessions to be used at any time before, during, or after the course (up to one year of the course start date)
STANDARD
$390
PLUS 2 PRIVATE SESSIONS
$480
Doors close end of day EST on May 1st.
When you sign up, you also get the Harvesting Guide. Harvesting is a practice of gathering insights and wisdom from your personal archives (think journals, documents, and notes). It's an intentional process to revisit and cultivate meaning from your experiences and recorded reflections.
A portion of the proceeds from Pivoting Toward Wholeness are reinvested into two organizations I wholeheartedly support:
A New Way of Life Reentry Project is a Black-led organization that provides safe housing, legal services, family reunification services resources, and support to formerly incarcerated women. Started in LA by Susan Burton, A New Way of Life has expanded its impact through the SAFE Housing Network (Sisterhood Alliance for Freedom & Equality), a national reentry model. In the US, which has the highest incarceration rate in the world, this work is critical to breaking systemic cycles of oppression and trauma.
The Coral Restoration Foundation addresses the urgent need to restore coral reefs, one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on our planet. Since the 1950s, more than half of the world’s coral reefs have been severely degraded or lost due to ocean acidification, rising temperatures, pollution, fishing practices, and other human activities. CRF helps to rebuild these vital habitats and protect the countless species that depend on them.
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In addition to our calls, the time that you choose to dedicate to this course is up to you. Pivoting toward wholeness as a practice happens in the midst of how we are already moving through the day. You bring your attention to the dish that you’re washing in this moment, the person in front of you in this moment, the tightening of your chest in this moment.
Taking time for reflection and contemplation is also pivotal. Between Wednesday office hours and the practices that we’ll build within the sessions, you decide how much and in what ways you'll set aside time. That said, pivoting toward wholeness is a practice in being fluid: you might reflect during a walk one day, spend ten minutes journaling another, and have a rich conversation about your processes with a loved one over dinner another day. -
Dates: All calls take place on Sundays from May 4th through June 8th besides Week 2, which will happen on Saturday, May 10 because of Mother's day
Times: 11am - 1pm EST / 4pm - 6pm GMT
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Regarding Dew courses are intentionally kept small, generally between 8-30 participants. We all get to know each other very well. After the last cohort, participants continued to meet independently.
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Our calls are not recorded, so please only sign up if you can likely attend all of the modules. I will send notes and help get you up to speed for one missed session.
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There is a very high chance that this is beyond each person’s comfort zone, or that the material will push up against those edges, and that’s the point. Personally, this is beyond my comfort zone, too, so you’re in good company! I do everything that I can to create a space that is gentle, warm, and lush—an environment, as Parker Palmer says, “where the insights of the soul can come to the table.” If you have any questions, please send me a note at maggy@regardingdew.com.
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There are no refunds at this time. Please review the Conditions of Gathering and consider this before making a purchase.