Welcome to An Inviting Space
Hello! I’m Sarah Sadie. I hold An Inviting Space, a place of pause and reflection, for the curious seeker and the adventurer in need of rest alike. Imagine a quiet bench, a grove of trees, a gentle circle of support. For those looking for deeper shift and transformation, I offer The Circle. I’ve been on Substack for a year and a half now, but I’ve been doing this kind of work—writing, inviting and facilitating growth and connection—for a long time.
I believe our world needs new stories. What if those stories are already within us, seeds curled away and waiting to be awakened through new ideas, possibilities and questions? A poet and writer, dreamer, facilitator and space holder, here in this online platform I help people discover and recover the secret, magical gardens of soul that hold our next best possible steps and adventures.
I write the big questions and the small moments, because we all need something to hold onto in this rushing, crushing world. My Reflections arrive more or less weekly (my life meanders, wanders and spills over occasionally: I give myself space to take a week or two off once in a while). An ever expanding circle of creatives and beautiful dreamers visit and offer small and not-so-small practices for zest-full living.
This Inviting Space is my gentle invitation to readers, to all of us, to slow down, pause and open to possibility, joy and whimsy even amid the chaos and turmoil of daily life in the twenty-first century. I believe it’s only through play, joy and connection that we will find a way through, to new.
found another way to say it, writing to me recently (and shared here with permission): “Thank you for your daily column. It's become a part of my morning routine, along with making coffee and making art. Those three words you use to open your column each day are a balm to my often unsteady soul. I feel like I can exhale after reading them each day.”Paradigm shift at the deepest levels is possible, one gentle step at a time. We explore how.
an invitation, without pressure
Invitation, idea, story and praxis direct to your inbox. Join us and find opportunity for meditation, reflection and connection, and feel free to follow what feels right for you, all for the price of a large cinnamochafrappawhosit with sprinkles and whip.
connections
Now as much as ever we need to find ways to connect with like minds and similar spirits. Each post invites connection and re-connection—to self, to each other, and to the more-than-human wild green world we live in. We also make space for possibility and wonder, curiosity and creativity. Where we are, as we are.
It’s a little magical. Some days, more than a little. I’m honored to be here with you, holding this Space. It feels like (r)evolution in the gentlest form.
The Circle
Some people want more. Over the last decade, I’ve offered courses, classes, workshops and circles that explore themes of self-transformation, paradigm shift, money stories and wealth. This year, I’m bringing these offerings here to An Inviting Space for those who join The Circle. The Circle allows us to access the cauldron, or maybe the sandbox, in the community of others…liminal spaces and tools of play, transmission, experience and transformation. We need new stories…and those stories await us through acts of discovery and recovery.
my story
I’m at midlife and have come through some tumultuous times, personally—divorce, kids growing up, new partners, new house, new community, new job—in other words, you and I probably have some things in common, one way or another. Dealing with life as it happens. Trying to get through the days and make sense out of all of it. I’m a poet, a community leader, a creativity coach and circle facilitator. And now I get to explore how it feels to be doing this work on this platform, with and for the Substack community, discovering and piecing together new stories for and about myself and finding what feels true.
I hope you’ll join me.
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