A permission slip is an empowering reminder that it is OK to do the thing. To be the thing. The thing that lets you live how you want to live. These are not rewards you earn. They are your fundamental right.
It has to come from you. You deserve this just because you are you. You are human, and you have needs. Rest. Making choices on your own behalf. Living how you want to live.
The name
Why ‘Permission Slips’?
Think about the literal permission slips we carried as kids. A small piece of paper could decide whether you were allowed to go somewhere, participate, or do something outside the usual routine.
Adults do not carry those papers anymore, but we can still live as if someone else needs to sign off on our choices.
My Permission Slips is about catching that moment. Where am I waiting? Whose approval am I looking for? What would I choose if I trusted myself enough to answer?
Where trauma comes in
We learned to start small to be safe. We buried our needs and desires to please other people. We put everyone first so we would feel loved, so we would not get abandoned again.
We can give those things to ourselves now. We can grant ourselves permission to feel what we feel and live accordingly, and let trauma stop controlling our perspective on our own life.
Why I built this
I built this brand while I was waking up. I looked back and realized how many decades had passed with me not even aware I was living like that. I decided to choose how I want to live and who I want to be. I built My Permission Slips to help other women do the same.
The Permission Slips Deck
Thirty-two printable cards. Pull one in the morning. Stick one on your mirror. Keep one in your wallet for the days you forget.
Permission Slips Printable Cards (32)
$3.99
Thirty-two printable permission slip cards. Pull one in the morning, stick one on your mirror, keep one in your wallet for the days you forget.
CPTSD Permission Slips Printable
$4.00
Grounding cards for triggers and emotional flashbacks. Permission slips made for the CPTSD journey.
Pause Response Cards
$3.99
A My Permission Slips card deck of 12 gentle reminders. Boundary phrases for overthinking and emotional regulation.