Who’s this group for?

Everybody! One of my first observations in AA meetings was noticing that people with a creative outlet had a much more attractive recovery. The artists, the writers, the gardeners. They were the ones that called to me. I truly believe that developing a connection to self lies within the creativity that exists in all of us and that especially in sobriety we need to learn who we are for a more satisfying sober life. I realised that sobriety was actually a gift, an opportunity to understand what life was about but in order to do I needed to find me first.

Morning Pages is one of my core tools, both for myself and in my work with others. Julia is the creator of this practice alongside Artists Walks and Artists Dates in her work The Artist’s Way. This work is often quoted by successful creatives but actually in its essence, it’s a spiritual path initiated and practiced through creativity. There’s also a lot more to it and I’m excited to get into the detail for you and have been collating it into a six week course. Julia has been sober for more than 35 years and developed The Artists Way as the result of her own sobriety practices.

Programme Details:

We will work through the approach that Julia uses in her book Living the Artist’s Way, which covers her core tools of Morning Pages and Artist’s Dates as well as the additional one of Artist’s Walks and introduces Writing for Guidance. I will be providing overviews of the content each week in a recorded one hour zoom call, sharing my experience of doing the work as well as including content from some of her other books. The programme will be facilitated through a private platform (tbc), all material being sent through as emails. I will be sending out daily prompts and additional reflections each morning for all 42 days which will include a weekly check-in every Sunday.

Each call will precede the week and there will be a final call at the end of week six to close. All of the calls will be recorded and available for six months following the last call. We start on Friday February 27th 2026 @ 9am PT/Noon ET/5pm BST.
The programme consists of:
- seven live and recorded 60 minute calls
- breakout groups to support sharing of experiences
- 42 daily reflections sent by email and available in both print and audio
- a private community to share observations and reflections.

Curriculum:

This structure for this version is:

Week One - Inviting Grounding:
- we’ll start with an introduction to the four tools and how to incorporate them into your week with the daily reflections supporting you along the way.
Week Two - Inviting Strength
- this week is about tapping into self care, seeking out the positive in your life, finding a sense of self-worth that will reinforce self-loving decisions.
Week Three - Inviting Calm
- the invitation to calm, to slow, to steady, to find the pause that forges a deeper connection to a benevolent universe.
Week Four - Inviting Optimism
- consciously choosing to bring in optimism into your life, counting the positives that will help you build a grounded and optimistic sense of self.
Week Five - Inviting Stamina
- this week will be encouraging you to stay the course, turning to guidance with both past and present issues
Week Six - Inviting Commitment
- in this final week, you will come to value perseverance, deepening the practices and hopefully committing to the long-term habits.
Final Call - Reflections & Observations

Daily Reflections
Each morning of the course you will receive a written and narrated daily reflection building on the principles and practices introduced on the call. These support the development of your practices and enquiry, providing a regular gentle and encouraging space.

Cost:

The programme costs $195, there will be an early bird price available for my newsletter subscribers on Substack (louiseatthey.substack.com).

Some additional quotes for you:

“Julia Cameron invented the way people renovate the creative soul”, The New York Times.

“Three times in the last decade I’ve committed to doing The Artist’s Way programme, and each time I’ve learned something important and surprising about myself and my work”, Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love.