About
Hey, I’m Josie. I created this from a need, and I’m sharing it for whoever else could use it. We all can.
My Permission Slips came from something I kept noticing in my own life. I could know exactly what I needed and still feel like I was waiting for permission to do it.
Rest without earning it. Change my mind. Want more. Start over. Make something simply because it mattered to me.
At some point I realized the permission I was waiting for was not coming from somewhere else. I had to learn to give it to myself.
MPS grew from there.
What I believe
A few things I know for sure.
Rest is not a reward. You do not have to earn it.
You can start over at 44. I did.
You are allowed to change your mind when the life you built no longer fits.
Why a feather?
As a kid I was obsessed with the part in Dumbo where he thinks the feather is what lets him fly. It never was. The feather just gave him the nerve until he figured out he could do it on his own. That's what a permission slip is. A temporary feather. A reminder of what you never needed permission for to begin with, until giving it to yourself becomes second nature.
The short version
Josie, on one card.
Founder of My Permission Slips.
Therapy regular. Mother. Maker.
Professional permission giver. Retired champion of productive avoidance.
Josie holds a degree in Behavioral Science with an emphasis in Trauma.
Ready when you are.
Start with the journal, or come sit at the table. Either way, the pen is yours now.