Writing and speaking to companion, buoy, and clarify. Find links to latest posts on my Permission Slips Substack, articles, and blog archives below.

Permission Slips

“Taking Down Walls: Learning how to heal in an old home.” Decor Maine Interiors Issue, Oct. 2026

It All Gets To Belong by Jane Ratcliffe

The Body, Brain, and Books: Eleven Questions with writer, teacher, and somatics practitioner Johanna Franzel

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‘Write Yourself Home’ with Johanna Franzel by Clare Morin

New podcast episode! The Stream Conversations

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Write Yourself Home by Sparklandia⚡️🪩⚡️

Johanna Franzel Wrote Something Important

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Learning to Float

Learning to Float

Exploring the mysteries of writing by way of swimming. "We discover our buoyancy not by curling and compressing - that posture will sink us - but in opening and releasing. The water holds us when we trust it at our backs. In this tenderest place, we float."

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