You are the gift
Explore the power of writing imperfect, soul-sourced poetry as a way to connect with yourself and those you love
A Joy-Led® creative micro-immersion for women leaders and changemakers
xxth November 2026 6.30pm - 8.00pm (UK)
£30
What if the most beautiful gift you could give someone you love was something that came straight from your own gloriously unedited heart?
In this Joy-Led® creative micro-immersion, we'll explore a beautiful writing practice that might result in you having a poem or short piece of writing to share with someone you love.
I say might, because here's the delicious paradox:
We write as though our words will never be read by another. We practise honouring ourselves first, and trust what the creative process reveals. We remove all pressure for what we write to be 'shareable', and in doing so, we make space for deeper truths to emerge.
I've witnessed women who don't identify as 'writers' create poems through this practice, and then choose to gift them to friends and family. I've seen how deeply that experience can touch both the giver and the receiver.
Can you think of a better Christmas gift? I can't.
And, whether you choose to share your words with anyone else is entirely up to you.
You are the gift. Your expression is the gift. Writing for ourselves, about those who are a gift in our lives, is a gift.
Drawing on powerful exercises I’ve honed over hundreds of hours with the creative community I lead, you’ll have the space to explore and experiment alongside a group of incredible women. You’ll also receive the lovingly crafted, tried-and-tested, permission-giving prompts we’ll explore to take away with you, so you can continue in your own time if you feel so inspired!
Whether you’re a prolific journaller, are something of a poet already, or haven’t written anything for fun since school – it matters not! This is for any woman who feels the inexplicable urge to let her creative self breathe in a supportive, non-performative, critique-free space.
How to join
Tickets are £30, and you can book via the button below.
Please note: This is a live experience over Zoom – there will be no replay available.
My deepest wish is that this experience connects us ever more deeply with the creative wonders we already are, and gives us permission to bring more of who we are into all of our relationships.
With love,
Claire
About Claire
Claire Mackinnon is a writer, poet, transformational coach, creative catalyst and leadership guide devoted to supporting leaders and changemakers to step into their creative power – so they can bring forward the change only they can make.
Her work is rooted in the Joy-Led® philosophy – an emerging body of work exploring what becomes possible when we live, create and lead from a place of greater aliveness, alignment and creative power.
An ICF PCC-credentialed coach with more than 2,000 hours of international coaching and facilitation experience, she has supported hundreds of leaders across industries including technology, retail, professional services, and education – as well as a growing community of mission-led entrepreneurs.
She leads The Joy-Led® Creativity Collective, an intimate creative community where women come together to uncover their gloriously unedited voices. Through small-group circles and one-to-one creative partnerships, she creates spaces for creative expression, human connection and the lifelong adventure of becoming more fully ourselves.
She is currently working on her debut memoir, Finding Aphrodite: One Woman’s Dance from Shame to Aliveness, through which she hopes to spark a wider cultural conversation about women’s creative power – and the urgent need for leadership rooted in joy.
She also writes about her own journey of creative reclamation on Substack and is preparing to publish her first collection of poetry in early 2027.
You can read more about Claire, her work and what led her to it here.
Praise for The Joy-Led Creativity Collective
“When I write here, I am often surprised by the vigor, the clarity, the urgency of my voice and my creative vision. Afterwards, I notice I have a new sense of centeredness in myself: My truth, my voice, my vision. I'm better able to discern what I want and don't...And I'm able to invite others into magical, connected, rich experiences like this one.
My capacity is greater, and my intuition takes a front seat.
When I listen to other women's words, I feel recognition, affirmation, power, drama, care, fire, wildness, loss, joy, the whole spectrum of all of life right here precious in our hands. I know that we are united, unstoppable, healers, truth-speakers, and wise women. The world needs us.”
—Vanessa Baker-Rodriguez, Coach and Founder, Bravely Aligned
“What often surprises me is what actually lands on the page. It's like a release valve for things I didn't know I needed to express or could not have otherwise found the words.
Afterwards, what remains is a sense that I've been held by the broad, strong, and divinely feminine arms of the collective group. I carry that along with me for days.
My sense of myself as a creative being has been excavated from the depths.
This work is here to bring us closer to our real selves, to build our sense of belonging to ourselves and to a bigger community of women. It feels like one of those untold things that pass down through the generations of women that we've just somehow lost connection with.”
Caroline Macgregor, Founder, UP-scale
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