A free mini-course
Words for the Weary
Six gentle lessons for finding your own voice again, through small, quiet writing, when caregiving has taken up all the room.
- 6 short video lessons
- About an hour
- Printable workbook
- Bonus phone wallpapers
- Free
Get the free course
Add your email and your first lesson arrives in your inbox.
Free, always. Unsubscribe any time.
If this is you
Maybe you’re reading this in a therapy waiting room
…or the school parking lot, or on the edge of the bed after everyone is finally asleep. Somewhere along the way, your days became appointments, forms and meltdowns, and the woman you used to be went very quiet.
- You used to have things that were just yours.
- Self-care advice asks for time and energy you simply don’t have.
- You love your child fiercely, and you still miss yourself.
You’re not broken. You’re tired. And there is still a you in there.
Inside the course
Six gentle lessons
- 10 min
Arriving as you are
Name how you feel today, without fixing it.
- 12 min
Reclaiming the ‘I’
Six quiet minutes of writing, and one true sentence.
- 15 min
Digital sanctuaries
Substack and other quiet spaces as places to write, and the boundaries that keep them yours.
- 10 min
What longs to be written
Say one unspoken truth out loud, then keep a phrase.
- 8 min
Your 15% writing ritual
One tiny writing habit for your most exhausted days.
- 5 min
Your word of anchor
One word to carry with you afterwards.
Everything that’s included
What arrives when you sign up
No upsell hiding behind lesson three. Here is exactly what you get, and all of it is free.
Six short video lessons
Video · about an hour in total
The heart of the course. Each lesson is 5 to 15 minutes long and arrives in your inbox, so you can watch it from your phone in the car line or the quiet after bedtime.
The printable workbook
Printable PDF · print it or type into it
Your companion pages for every lesson, with gentle prompts and space to write. It’s where your one true sentence, your ritual and your word of anchor live.
Prompt cards
Printable cards
Small, single-question writing prompts for the days you have three minutes and no ideas. Keep them by the bed, in your bag, or on the fridge.
The Substack quick-start guide
Digital guide
A low-pressure walk-through for setting up a quiet Substack of your own, if you ever want one. Private, public, or just for you: it’s entirely optional.
Phone wallpaper designs
Free bonusPhone-sized image downloads
Pretty, on-brand wallpapers for your lock screen with gentle reminders from the course, so the softest part of your day greets you every time you pick up your phone.
What you’ll leave with
Four small things that are entirely yours
One true sentence
A seedling for whatever you write next.
A quiet digital sanctuary
With your own permissions and boundaries.
Your 15% writing ritual
Small enough for your hardest day.
A word of anchor
To carry into the weeks ahead.
All of it comes with the course, including the free bonus phone wallpapers. See everything that’s included.
Is this for you?
An honest little check-in
This is for you if…
- You’re raising a neurodivergent or special needs child and feel like you’ve gone quiet.
- You want to write, but only have minutes and very little left.
- You’d love a private space that’s just yours.
- You’ve never written a thing. Perfect.
It may not be for you if…
- You want to build a blogging business or grow an audience fast.
- You’re looking for parenting strategies. This one is about you.
- You need crisis support right now. Please reach out to a professional or someone you trust first.
Your guide
Hi, I’m Cheniece.
Slow-living wife, mom of two (very pretty) autistic littles with complex needs, delightfully “woo” ex-OBM, and lady with more plants than she has space for.
I write Little Alchemies about the real, slow work of finding yourself again inside a life that was never designed to leave you any room… and I’m still in it more than I’d like to admit.
Gentle answers
Questions you might have
Is it really free?
Yes, love, truly. No card, no catch, and no countdown timer quietly ticking in the corner. You add your email, the lessons arrive, and the workbook, prompt cards, quick-start guide and phone wallpapers come right along with them. I made this course because I needed it once, and I’d rather it find you than sit behind a paywall.
How long does it take?
About an hour in total, spread across six short lessons of 5 to 15 minutes each. Watch one in the school pickup line, one while the bath runs, and one next week when the house finally goes quiet. There’s no schedule to keep up with and nobody keeping score, least of all me.
Do I need to be a writer?
Not even a little. If you can text a friend, you can do this. Half-sentences count. Voice memos count. A grocery list with feelings scribbled in the margins absolutely counts. This course is about hearing your own voice again, not about writing beautifully, although you might surprise yourself.
I’m exhausted. Is this going to feel like one more thing?
I built it for exactly that version of you. Every lesson is short, every prompt is optional, and the whole point is to give something back rather than take more from you. If all you manage this week is one lesson and one true sentence, that is a full win, and I mean that.
Do I need a Substack?
No. A notes app on your phone works beautifully, and so does a journal from the dollar store. In lesson three we gently look at Substack and other quiet corners of the internet as an option, and the quick-start guide is there if you’re ever curious. Nothing in this course depends on it.
Will I have to share anything?
Never. Everything you write stays yours. There’s no group to post in, nothing to submit, and nobody reading over your shoulder. This is a private practice, made for the woman who has spent years making room for everyone else.
Can I do this on my phone?
Yes, all of it. The lessons play on your phone, the workbook can be typed into or printed, and the bonus wallpapers are made to fit your lock screen. It all works from wherever you happen to be sitting (or hiding) today.
What are the bonus phone wallpapers?
They’re a set of pretty, on-brand designs for your phone’s lock screen, each carrying a gentle reminder from the course. Think of them as a soft little nudge back to yourself every time you check the time. They’re included with your free sign-up, so there’s nothing extra to do.
What happens after I sign up?
Signing up adds you to my Little Alchemies letters on Substack, which is how your lessons reach you. Your first lesson arrives in your inbox, and the rest follow from there. After the course, you’ll keep receiving my letters: honest notes from inside this same life, never more than a few a month. If they ever stop feeling right, you can unsubscribe in one click, no hard feelings.
Come in, sit down
The door is open.
Come in, sit down, and stay awhile. It’s free, it’s gentle, and it’s yours.
Get the free course
Add your email and your first lesson arrives in your inbox.
Free, always. Unsubscribe any time.With warmth, Cheniece