Becoming the Sovereign Self:
A Guided Ten Day Journey
This immersive 10-day program is for the woman ready to know her inner voice, deepen her self-understanding, and engage the world with greater agency and presence.
Drawing on deep literacy practices, poetic inquiry, meditative writing, and philosophy, the program is designed to create lasting transformation. It integrates mind, body, and spirit to cultivate an authentic and powerful dialogue with your Self.
The program is highly selective and tailored and can be done in-person or remotely. It honors the unique journey of each woman while providing rigorous, copyrighted methods developed through over two decades of writing, editing, teaching, and transformational coaching.
“Alex made me feel entirely at ease and had the perfect comments and questions to prompt me into a deeper and more powerful conversation with my own heart and mind. Alex listened to my narratives and guided me through my thought processes with her ‘verbal drafting and revision method,’ allowing me to real-time, reconsider, revise, and change deeply ingrained patterns of thought. The philosophical tools and techniques she used helped me access the truth, and express what felt unsayable...”
-Elizabeth C., Owner and Operator of Honeysuckle Nectary, NJ
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“I found myself unexpectedly pregnant in my late 30s. I was thrilled, but also terrified because I was about to become what I had never particularly envisioned for my life: a mother.
The very thing I feared and worried over was about to happen to me in nine months. I could do to stop the feelings of inadequacy and concern. I needed guidance to work throw overwhelming waves of doubt and fear. I felt like I was going to die because I knew subconsciously, the version of me I had known my whole life was approaching an end, and I felt desperate for help to navigate this transformation.
Our first session went so well, and Alex made me feel entirely at ease and had the perfect comments and questions to prompt me into a deeper and more powerful conversation with my own heart and mind. Alex listened to my narratives and guided me through my thought processes with her “verbal drafting and revision method,” allowing me to real-time, edit, revise, and change deeply ingrained patterns of thought. The philosophical tools and techniques she used helped me access the truth, and express what felt unsayable. Thoughts came out that I didn't even realize I had, and she gave me space to process and work through them.
By the time I reached my due date, I had had months to consciously transition from a state of fear and doubt into a state of hope and confidence. I was no longer afraid of the transition into motherhood. I would be better for it, and I was. Becoming a mom was a new beginning for me and the start of the most meaningful work of my life. Alex saw the beauty of this monumental transformation in my identity, and she gave me the insights and tools to flourish through it.”
Are you a woman who desires to
be a powerful thinker, writer, and speaker
reconnect with your true voice
embody a more alive, integrated self
find freedom from old trauma and patterns
navigate the AI age with human depth and creativity
experience greater agency and purpose
connect to the sacred in everyday life
rationally deepen your self-trust and inner authority
discover new insights in what you find unsayable
then this 10-day guided experience is for you.
“Alex’s curiosity, impartial tone, and keen observations pushed me to articulate the story of my life. Her honesty provoked my honesty. In the writing assignments she coached me through, I returned to key childhood memories. I saw the truth about what had been going on around me and what had shaped me. I was no longer paralyzed like an overwhelmed child.”
- Elaina B., Executive Assistant, NYC
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I came to Alex wanting to understand why I have poor relationships in my family and wanting to write.
The bad relational tendencies I had in my family were patterning themselves across my life, but I didn’t understand them. I didn’t know where to start in trying to be an effective part of key relationships in my life and I didn’t feel comfortable being myself in them but I didn’t know why. Alex would tell me, “It’s hard to come to literal terms with ourselves and our lives."
But her curiosity, impartial tone, and keen observations pushed me to articulate the story of my life. Her honesty provoked my honesty. In the writing assignments she coached me through, I returned to key childhood memories and saw the truth about what had been going on around me and what had shaped me. I was no longer paralyzed like an overwhelmed child.
Once I could understand why I didn’t get along with my family, I was free to try getting along with them for the first time, if I wanted to. I was better equipped to engage in all relationships, and I discovered the key themes from my story that I can write about in every story I write from here.
Becoming the Sovereign Self
In this 10-day program will guide you from intellectual understanding to lived practice, discovering how literature and philosophy can restore your connection to the living world, your psyche’s depth, and the sacred within and beyond you.
In this 10-day program, Alex integrates her signature deep literacy practices as a transformation writing coach and editor with her favorite Becoming Human audio courses—The World, the Soul, and the Gods, by Yale-trained philosopher and scholar of religion, Samuel Loncar, Ph.D.—to guide a woman back to her innate sovereignty. [Note: Alex loves em-dashes, and will never give them up no matter how much AI loves them.]
As a philosopher, Loncar has worked with global leaders and organizations like the United Nations, Trinity Church Wall Street, and Flagship Pioneering, and this course profoundly influenced how Alex thought and lived as a woman. Now she is bringing the insights she gained from the course plus decades of writing, editing, and transformation coaching to you.
The World, the Soul, and the Gods is included with your program (3 lectures, about 30-35 minutes each), and it provides a rich and concise introduction to classical categories of philosophy and metaphysics: cosmology (what is the world?), philosophical psychology (what is the soul?), and the theology (who or what are the gods?). It provides Loncar’s original interpretation of these categories, explains why they matter now, and explores how the soul is part of a cosmology we have largely forgotten, a world where humans were connected to the cosmos as a living intelligence.
The series gives a clear overview of the history of our idea of the world, our concept of life and how it evolved from the idea of the soul in antiquity into the modern self, and why the gods (whether you believe them or not) are essential aspects of human psychology, history, and myth.Scientifically informed and mythologically sensitive, it’s the perfect blend of scholarly rigor (it’s exciting to know things) and personal application (we like to know how all those big ideas actually change our life for the better).
“Within a few weeks, I experienced significant changes in the concerns that Alex helped me work through. Accessing philosopher Samuel Loncar’s Becoming Human Project classes through my long-term work with Alex has been key to my healing journey and personal transformation.”
- Sadie U., Full-time Nurse and Mom, CA
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I love how literature and poetry are taught at The Writing College, as methods and tools for self-discovery. Alex helped me understand reading and writing as powerful spiritual technologies. The "verbal drafting and revision" sessions have taken my healing and personal speaking abilities to an even higher level, and accessing philosopher Samuel Loncar’s Becoming Human Project live-classes through my long-term work with Alex has been key to my healing journey and personal transformation.
Within a few weeks, I experienced significant changes in the concerns that Alex helped me work through, and I feel more peace about the future. I love reading texts in sessions. She brings poetry selected just for me because she knows exactly what will resonate with me, and she helps me apply the insights I gain from reading in practical ways.
Program Rhythm
Days 1–3: The World
Reawaken your sense of belonging in a living cosmos. Engage with Loncar’s exploration of cosmology and our forgotten connection to Gaia as living intelligence. Through Alex’s deep literacy practices, you’ll write and reflect to root yourself more fully in the world within and around you.
Days 4–6: The Soul
Dive into the evolution of the soul into the modern self. These sessions support healing and integration as you use writing as a mirror and a bridge, transforming old narratives into empowered expression.
Days 7–9: The Gods
Explore the gods as psychological, historical, and mythic forces. Reclaim sacred dimensions of life through poetry, myth, and embodied inquiry, fostering a richer relationship with the transcendent and the immanent.
Day 10: Integration & Sovereignty
Synthesize your journey. Culminate in a powerful closing ritual and personalized writing practice to anchor your sovereign self moving forward.
What Happens Next?
* Apply:
Submit your application with a short reflection that asks you to [cool thing]
* Acceptance:
Includes a 15-minute interview video call to personalize your journey, clarify intentions, and establish commitment prior to moving forward. For example, some women want to use the program to develop their creative writing skills while others are more interest in verbal drafting.
* Payment:
Upon completing the Acceptance Interview, you receive a contract personal payment link.
The program is $2,995, and can be paid in full at the rate of $2,899 or in 4 recurring payments of $748.75.
* Preparation:
Once the payment is complete, you will receive materials, which include copyrighted deep literacy practices, the audio course and course materials, + personalized methods based on your Acceptance Call that include guided prompts, reading excerpts, journaling protocols, and embodied practices. This is includes a daily program outline to help guide your journey.
* Core Commitment:
Daily dedicated time (20–40 minutes) for writing, reading, listening, and reflection.
Practices emphasize slow, attentive engagement over speed.
* Live Sessions with Alexandra
Day 3: 90-minute foundational session
(deep dive into your starting point and core methods
Day 10: 30-minute closing/integration session
(or split into two 15-minute check-ins on other days if needed for momentum).
* Format:
Private 1:1 coaching elements + structured daily practices.
* Tone:
Authentic. Honest, clear, and caring while keeping you focused.
A Personal Note from Alex
“I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves,” writes Mary Wollstonecraft in her Vindication of the Rights of Woman.
This is an Enlightenment ideal inspired ancient philosophical schools, and it remains a powerful framework for women today.
The reward of a philosophically deep and literarily rich education is that a woman can know her Self, and consciously pursue her powerful position in the world because she is the Sovereign ruler of her own life.
The most powerful person to be in a relationship with is your Self. It is from that foundation that all other meaningful relationships develop.
In a busy world that wants you silent instead of Sovereign, the path of literature and philosophy as a way of life provides the practical resources and guidance you need to get to know who you are and to experience the sound of your true, inner voice.
