Survival Mode Exit Strategy workbook
Free
Four phases from “barely managing” to “actually living.” It autosaves, because someone will need a snack mid-sentence.
Start it free →Little Alchemies · by Cheniece Patrick
You’re carrying more than anyone can see. Come sit down.
Little Alchemies is a quiet corner of the internet for mothers holding everything: the therapy times, the IEP emails, the insurance hold music, and the location of the good scissors. Honest letters, gentle tools, and a room full of women who get it without a backstory.
Free, always. Letters land bi-weekly-ish, and unsubscribing takes one click and zero guilt.
Fresh off my desk
Things I made while the house was finally quiet.
I used to build systems for other people’s businesses. Now I build them for the parts of this life that drain us most. Here’s what’s newest on the shelf.
The ClearingNew
The Clearing
Pour out everything in your head, and get it back sorted into three things. Only three.
Come in →Her Arcane Archive
The paid side of Little Alchemies, where the heavy stuff becomes her.
Open my Archive →Survival Mode Exit Strategy
A free four-phase workbook that autosaves, because you will get interrupted.
Start it free →The Survival Mode Triage Tool
For the parking lot after the IEP meeting. A name, a direction, one permission.
See the tool →The Motherload Detox
Five days to reclaim your time, without becoming a sunrise-yoga person.
Join the challenge →The Lounge
A free, private room full of women who will answer “here and tired.”
Pull up a chair →
Your new oldest friend
Hi, I’m Cheniece.
Delightfully “woo” ex-Online Business Manager, slow-living wife, keeper of more plants than I have windowsills, and mom of two (very pretty) autistic littles with complex needs.
I’ve done the identity-loss thing. The grief-with-no-clear-ending thing. The “no really, I’m fine” thing (I was not fine). Little Alchemies is where I’m finding my way back to myself in public, imperfectly, and with a truly unreasonable number of snacks.
The work here is cozy, not loud. Reflective, not reactive. Slow, not optimized. I write the letters I needed, and I build the tools I wished someone had handed me. I’ll do the thinking where I can, I’ll absolutely hype you up, and I will never, ever try to fix you. You were never broken. Just busy.
No funnel. No pressure. Just a door that’s open whenever you’re ready (even if “ready” is 11pm in the school pickup line).
The Shop
Take what helps. Leave the rest on the shelf.
No upsell ambush, no countdown timers, no “only 3 left!” (there are infinite PDFs). Start with the free shelf. Everything else is here when you’re ready, and not one minute before.
Free, and actually useful Shelf 1
Create Your Parental Wellbeing Master Plan
Free
An audio mini-course you can listen to in the carpool line. Your account comes with it automatically.
Listen free →
The “You Still Exist” Reset
Free
Seven days of short reflections for when you’ve forgotten what you like. (Spoiler: you still like things.)
Start the reset →
Subscriber Bonus Vault
Free · for Letter Circle subscribers
Surprise downloads, mini-workshops, and audio notes from me. Like finding money in last winter’s coat.
Open the vault →Tools you buy once, keep forever Shelf 2
New
The Clearing
$47 · one-time
Set it all down and get it back sorted, plus ten school and IEP emails already written.
Come in for $47 →The Motherload Detox
$47 · one-time
A five-day challenge and a 27-page tracker for the mom measuring her worth in completed tasks.
Join the challenge →The Survival Mode Triage Tool
$17 · one-time
Tell it what’s happening right now. It won’t tell you to breathe. Promise.
Get instant access →
The Post-IEP Decompression Companion
$17 · one-time
For the five minutes in the car after the meeting, before you have to be okay again.
Take a breath →
When You’re Dreading Your Own Life
$17 · guided journal
A 38-page fillable journal for when the life you chose starts to feel heavy.
Get the journal →
Guided Journaling Mini Prompts Pack
$17 · one-time
Fifteen prompts, for when “journal more” feels like one more chore.
Get the prompts →
The Authentic You Progress Tracker
$17 · one-time
Track the micro-wins. Yes, drinking the coffee while it was hot counts.
Start tracking →
Tarot Clarity Reading
$55 · 1:1 reading
One question about your life (not the kids, not the IEP), answered by me within 48 hours.
Book a reading →Doing the math on the $17 tools? Archive members get the whole tool library from day one. Just saying. (I’m saying it with love.)See the Archive →
The membership Shelf 3
Her Arcane Archive
From $8/mo · or $80/yr
The Capacity Kit, Seasonal Survival Guides, the Member Group Chat, and every $17 tool in the library. About the price of one drive-thru coffee you’ll forget to drink.
Open my Archive →
Founding Keeper
$150/yr
Everything in the Archive, plus one personal Tarot Clarity Reading ($55 value).
Become a Founding Keeper →Secure checkoutThrough The Refinery, my member portal. Payments are processed by Stripe or PayPal, so I never see your card number.
Instant accessYour tool or download is waiting right after purchase.
Something feel off?Email support@cheniece.com and I’ll personally sort it out.
From the inbox
Letters that write back.
“I LOVED your letter, and I am with you in the ‘Isolated Mom Club.’ The masking to get through a conversation at the park, or grocery store, or large gathering is exhausting, and you put to words the mental load so eloquently.”
— Anonymous Mom, Newsletter Subscriber
Membership in the Isolated Mom Club is free. Leaving it is easier with company.
On the calendar
A little room to gather
No dates on the calendar just yet. The door is still open.
Use this all-purpose RSVP to tell me what you might like to join. It opens a ready-to-send email to my inbox; it does not subscribe you to a list. For the current lineup of events, tools, resources, sessions, and offers, visit the Resources page.
Press play (or don’t, I’m not your boss)
A seven-minute tour of The Refinery.
Your free member home base: courses, downloads, the Lounge, and where everything you collect lives. Watch it in the carpool line, on mute, with captions. I won’t know.
~7 min
Questions
The ones you’re too polite to ask.
Do I have to pay to join?
Nope. The Letter Circle and the Survival Mode Exit Strategy workbook are free, forever. The paid tools are there if you want to go deeper. Nobody’s keeping score, least of all me.
How often will I hear from you?
Bi-weekly-ish. (The “-ish” is doing a lot of work.) No algorithm, no urgency. Read when you have capacity, and unsubscribe anytime in one click.
Is this a good fit if I’m a special needs mom?
It was made for you. I write from inside that life: the masking, the grief with no clear ending, the mental load nobody else sees. Any woman who’s lost herself somewhere in caregiving has a seat here too.
Is this a parenting thing?
Not really. Some tools help with the logistics around your kids, because that’s where your capacity goes. But the goal is always room back for you. Your kids may make a cameo. You get the starring role.
I don’t have time for this.
I know, love. That’s the whole point. Everything here takes minutes, works from your phone, and waits exactly where you left it.
What’s the difference between buying a tool and joining the Archive?
Buying a tool means you keep that one tool forever. Joining Her Arcane Archive means you get the whole tool library, plus a new done-for-you tool every month, the Seasonal Survival Guides, and the Member Group Chat.
Is any of this therapy or legal advice?
No, and I’d never pretend it is. It’s soulwork, practical tools, and very good company. For IEP disputes, your state’s Parent Training and Information Center is a wonderful (free) place to start. If you’re in crisis, please call or text 988.
How do I get in touch?
Use the form below, or email hello@cheniece.com (support@cheniece.com for anything about an order). I read every message, at a slow, cozy pace, on purpose.
Say hello
Write to me like you’d text a friend.
Typos welcome. Rambling welcome. “I don’t even know what I’m asking” is extremely welcome.
Hours: 11am to 7pm Monday to Thursday, 11am to 5pm Friday (CST). Order questions? Email support@cheniece.com.
Come in, sit down
You’ve been holding all of it for a long time. You’re allowed to set some of it down.
Okay, this is the part where I grab your hand across the table. You don’t have to buy anything, fix anything, or be anything today. Just come in. The letters are free, the door stays open, and there’s a chair with your name on it (I dusted it, mostly).
Join the Letter Circle (free) →
With warmth, Cheniece