"This class has been leading into some really introspective conversations with my therapist.
She's been really intrigued by how much more it's helped me open up and wade through some topics I tend to avoid, even after almost a decade of building this relationship with her.
Thank you so much for offering it."
anonymous, usa
My biggest fear about taking this course was reading my writing in front of other people. While I continue to feel vulnerable in sharing, I feel safe and supported in this community.
The risk of sharing raw, vulnerable writing has deepened my trust in myself and I am willing to take more risks in other areas of my life.
I have learned about my boundaries, what I am willing to share in what situations and to make decisions accordingly.
My favourite part of the course was the surprises I discovered in my stories, as well as watching others be surprised by theirs.
Lisa B., Colorado springs
My only self-doubt in life comes from sharing my writing with others. I want it to be genius and I am afraid it will suck. The group was so kind and always made me feel good about my work and encouraged me to keep it up.
Watching others come alive through sharing their vulnerabilities was the best part for me.
I don’t think we allow ourselves to shine until we are willing to explore the deeper parts of ourselves. Seeing how this group changed over the course of the program was awesome.
Talyn M., Writer & former organic farmer, Canada
So much online marketing is hyperbole, exaggeration and inflation of skills, abilities and offerings. I fear engaging in something that promises much and delivers little. I was delighted to find Personal Mythmaking was, if anything, undersold rather than overrated.
I found a course based in scholarship and experience. The work was experiential, embodied and deepening without being overwhelming. And the support is amazing.
I enjoyed the experiential nature of the course, how much body was included, the depth of scholarship behind the prompts, how we could weave our story into a memoir and the amazing, professional, insightful, compassionate holding by Janelle through the process.
Grace Quantock, Wellness provocateur, Writer and Psychotherapeutic Counsellor, Wales
What a journey Janelle took us on.
I was so amazed at how beautifully our stories came together, and how healing the process was. I loved the prompts. I loved the accountability, and I loved the embodiment exercises.
And to top it all off I left with an amazing reframe of my life so far on this planet, clarity about why I’m here, and how to use my story to connect to people – specifically my audience. What a gift!
Janelle will bring out your inner guide and create new pathways for success, love, and abundance.
She is a delight to work with, sharing deep, provocative writing and embodiment exercises peppered with giggles and heart-catching anecdotes. She will transform your life.
Dr. Tonia Winchester, Naturopathic Physician, Canada
Circle back in for the singular experience of repeating the same process, and gaining different results from the first time through..
Transform yourself (and your writing) at an even deeper level.
Save up to $450 with early bird pricing!
8 monthly payments of
$372 $322
- Everything you already have in
- the Art of Personal Mythmaking
- PLUS!
- Small class sizes
- Weekly discussion calls
- Weekly live writing circles
- Final Storysharing Calls
$400 total savings!
Pay in full
$2950 $2525
- Everything you already have in
- the Art of Personal Mythmaking
- PLUS!
- Small class sizes
- Weekly discussion calls
- Weekly live writing labs
- Final Storysharing Calls
$450 total savings!
To understand how the pricing works when you circle back into the Art of Personal Mythmaking live, click here.
If I were recommending Personal Mythmaking this is what I’d say:
Hello best friend. You do not talk much about your past. I am not sure if it is because you want to forget it or you don’t think it’s important. Trust me, it is. If you take this course, you will know why and you’ll grow into a more confident and happier person. That is not to say that you seem to lack confidence or happiness, but it gets even better – inside out.
Georgette P., Canada
Personal Mythmaking was the closest thing that I had to a vacation in close to a decade. It’s such a luxurious and nourishing blend of creativity, self-care and healing.
Before taking this class, I had some major chips on my shoulder and I felt resigned to lug these things around with me for the rest of my life. Janelle’s class offered a fun, safe and creative way to reframe my troubling stories.
Taking this class was the nicest gift that I ever gave myself.
jess Molnar, Odd Duck Press, usa
I absolutely loved the other participants.
So strange, something about the on-line nature and Janelle’s brilliant guidance through our creative process allowed for focus and elimination of distraction allowing us to just listen to one another and have them fill the screen – literally and metaphorically – when they spoke.
Janelle uses a timer for who talks and for how long. That combined with a mute button kept me from rattling on and on and getting off topic too long. In that way, I really listened to others (and myself) and got a deep sense of who we were.
Cyber-bonding!
Georgette Pare. Fine Arts & Language Arts Facilitator, Calgary, Canada
Before the course I was so full of excitement and anticipation. Thinking about what to share was my only fear in the calls. What I have learned is that the difficult sharing can give us back the most information about ourselves.
If I have to pick a favourite part, it would have to be the discussion group and writing lab. To be able to see the other people in the group, discuss the material and then write together created such a special connection that was a complete surprise to me.
The closing call, when we each read some of our work, was pure magic.
To listen to all of our unique voices and hear the individual flavour of each story. I felt as though I was hugged with the words of appreciation, because in my head there was uncertainty of how my story would be heard. I am inside looking out, intimately entangled in my story, and attempting to create in a clear voice.
The feeling of achieving just that, has created a feeling like no other. I lived on that cloud for as long as I could be held there.
Jennifer setterfield, cabinetmaker, canada
When I started Janelle’s Personal Mythmaking course, I’d been working on my memoir for years, but in a practical sense, I was getting nowhere.
By the time the course finished, I had a complete outline (the spine and organs of my book with its threads and themes,) three full chapters, and the start of my book proposal.
The course also led me to generate tons of material for articles or essays.
I don’t mean to suggest that Janelle’s course whips your book into shape. Rather, she’s designed a masterful journey through unexpected detours where you discover the soul of your memoir and the most crucial essences of your story and voice.
You’ll get writing prompts that take you through myth, archetypes, fairy tales, and artwork. The sources are vast, but they synthesize together to inform and reframe your personal paradigms.
Molly Pennington, PhD
Understanding the pricing
when you circle back into the Art of Personal Mythmaking’s live classroom experience.
Why do I give a discount to returnees?
It’s quite simple. I love having you return to my classes and circles.
Because you’ve already gone through the process you know what to expect, you’re grounded in the nature of this writing and healing work, and you know me and my style.
Because of this, your presence adds wisdom, weight and depth to the writing circles. It’s a support to anxious new participants.
It’s also a support to you - you get to deepen into the work, and you’re not a stranger to me. I know you from your previous time through the course.
For these reasons, I’m happy to offer around 35% off!
For context, I offer you the same discount as a self-directed student upgrading into the live course:
The full-price payment-plan cost of the live version of Personal Mythmaking is $4,550 USD.
The full-price payment-plan cost of the self-directed course is $1,825 USD.
The full-price payment-plan cost of upgrading from the self-directed to the live version of the course is $2,975 USD.
However, with this early-bird discount you can upgrade into the live course at the low rate of $2,525 USD (or $2,575 if you choose the payment plan.)
Frequently Asked Questions
Why would I circle back into the same live process a second (or third) time?
The reason I recommend circling back in more than once is because of the spiraling nature of healing. Often, the first time you go through healing material, you’re not able to take it all in.
Your body-psyche decides what it can absorb and handle, and sets the rest aside for later.
This digestive/integrative time is important.
Once your body-psyche has absorbed and handled what it’s taken in, it’ll be ready for the next step.
People that have gone through the Art of Personal Mythmaking more than once have often commented that I must have changed the Module materials, because they don’t remember it. ‘Not at all’, I tell them. ‘No!’ they exclaim.
The second time through, you’ll be able to take in more of the transformative work. You’ll go deeper. It’ll feel fresh and new because of that.
You’ll have a new set of classmates. The collection of people in each class is powerful, and creates a themed container shaped by each person. A groupsoul if you will. Because of this, encountering the same material will feel different - the discussions, the shares and direction the material goes in will be different - because you’re in a different cohort.
When does the course begin and end?
Click here to view your live class schedule options and see when it starts and ends.
The live version of the Art of Personal Mythmaking consists of weekly-ish videocalls. Depending on the format, it’s offered as either a 5 months weekly process, or a 9-ish months most-weeks/twice-monthly process.
Are there any prerequisites?
There are no prerequisites except a willingness to keep showing up for yourself, your work and your classmates.
This course isn’t about completing something to your teacher’s standards. This course is about reclaiming yourself and your creative work, with your teachers’ support.
If you have a desire to learn, explore and grow, you’ll do just fine, at whatever stage and level of writing and transformation you’re at.
Are there any extra material/equipment costs?
There are no extra costs required.
Because you’ve done the course you’ve already got access to the course material.
When you join the live classroom experience you’ll need to show up regularly for our weekly videocalls, hosted on Zoom.
Do I get support, community or 1-1 access to you?
Upgrading from the self-directed course to the live version gives you regular access to myself and a small classroom of peers.
You’ll continue to get support in the form of the wider online community of your peers - other folks taking Personal Mythmaking, and you’ll continue to get access to the monthly group coaching calls.
If you’d like 1-1 support, get in touch.
What is the refund policy?
You have 10 days after purchase to request a refund. After that timeframe, no refunds will be given.
When you upgrade I ask that you fully commit to showing up, as much as possible, to the weekly calls, and that you only sign up if you’re ready and able to show up regularly.
This is not a process where you can ‘dial it in,’ skip the live calls and just watch the recordings. It’s a participatory group process that needs your wholehearted presence!
In fact, part of the agreement is coming to at least 75% of your writing circle calls. I mean, otherwise, why bother signing up for the live version? Showing up for the group and the process is where the magic of the live course happens!
My live classes require a minimum of students plus my time dedicated to facilitating your process and I have found that withdrawing from, or not participating in the weekly process affects everyone, including yourself.
Because this is a months-long process, it's important to note that life can do it's thing while you're in this course. I have had students have loved ones die, have work, relationships and responsibilities change, have significant health challenges crop up, and move cities/countries (and I've had students experience a combination of many of those things). Although I have compassion for these stressors, with very rare exceptions (example: beginning months of cancer treatment) I do not offer refunds. As a single self-employed person, I'm simply not able to weather my own familial and financial responsibilities when most of my annual income (and choices) relies on tuition from this one course, stretched out over the whole year. Here's what I encourage instead - that participants really lean into the kind of committed support I, and your writing circle participants can offer to you as you go through loss, grief, challenges and heartbreak. This is, after all, the gist of what we're coming together to do - be human in the messy chaos of life itself, and make meaning of it. And we can (and do) do that together.
What are the payment options?
You can pay in full or with a payment plan. You’ll see the options when you click through to sign up.
Do you have a question I haven’t answered?
Just get in touch here.
I’ll reply as soon as I’m back online.