The Inner Room

WRITE THE STORY YOU'RE AFRAID TO TELL

A somatic writing community for women who don't want to do the hard writing alone.

Join the waitlist for first dibs when doors open in January 2027

DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?

• You start writing the hard story and then shut down.
• You push through and feel flooded afterward.
• You avoid the story because it costs too much.
• You open the memory and don’t know how to close it.
• You keep circling what you want to write, but can’t seem to stay with it.
• You go deep and feel wrecked for the rest of the day.

You are not alone.

If this sounds familiar, you’re not dramatic or fragile or undisciplined. You’ve just been doing something hard without support—without breath, without pacing, without a way to enter and exit safely. I know that feeling. I built this room because I was tired of writing the truth alone and pretending it didn’t cost me. I needed a way to stay in my body while I told it.

You don’t have to keep doing it that way.

IMAGINE THIS...

It’s a Saturday morning. You sit down to write and your body doesn’t brace.

You open the hard story and trust that you know how to move through it. You read a paragraph out loud and your voice doesn’t shake the way it used to. When the session ends, you close your laptop and step back into your day without carrying the story in your bloodstream.

The page stops feeling like a cliff edge. You’re no longer circling the hard thing anymore—you’re living in relationship with it.

Your writing practice isn’t something you restart every few months. It’s part of your rhythm. Something steady you return to. And over time, you begin to recognize yourself as someone who can stay with your body, with the story, with the work.

I'm Jessy.

Memoirist, Somatic Writing Teacher, Director of Community & Programming at Memoir Nation, and Creator of The Inner Room.

I grew up in the Mojave Desert in a meth lab on the edge of nowhere. When I began writing my memoir, I believed I could force my way through the hardest memories. I learned to use breath and body awareness to write the truth without abandoning myself. That way of working now guides my teaching—helping women write emotionally charged stories without losing themselves in the process.

If you’re here, you probably know what it feels like to carry a story that keeps asking to be written. It’s an honor to help you find your own way into it.

A little about my work:

I write the bestselling Substack AFTER/WORDS, where I’m serializing my memoir, The One Who Leaves.
My essays have appeared in The Rumpus, Rappahannock Review, Good River Review, Beacon Quarterly, New World Quarterly, and elsewhere.
My writing has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net.
I lead somatic writing workshops, cohorts, and weekly community sessions for women writing the stories that are hardest to tell.

WHAT MAKES THE INNER ROOM DIFFERENT?

Transformation deepens in relationship.

The community is part of the practice. Returning to the same room week after week gives you a steady place to write, notice what’s happening in your body, and be witnessed by women doing the same work. Over time, you learn that you don’t have to force your way through a hard story or write it alone.

Join the waitlist for first dibs the next time doors open in January 2027.

SOMATICS

We begin with the body. Breath. Orientation. Grounding. You learn how to open the hard story without reliving it and how to intentionally close it when you’re done, so you can go deep and still stay with yourself.

CO-REGULATION

The nervous system settles in relational presence. You are witnessed steadily without fixing or minimizing, so shame loosens, your voice steadies, and you no longer carry your story alone.

IDENTITY

This is a devoted practice. Week after week, you return in rhythm and ritual. And over time, you don’t just change how you write — you become someone who trusts her body, her story, and her process.

THE INVITATION...

Weekly Writing Sessions

A recurring place to bring both your work and your nervous system. We ground, write, and connect in community. Sessions are on Thursdays at 8pm ET or Sundays at noon ET.

Monthly Workshops

Deep dives into memoir, voice, resistance, publishing, and the writing life through a nervous-system-informed lens.

Live Community Space

For reflection, connection, and thoughtful feedback from women who are inside the process with you.

Somatic Writing Practices

Simple, repeatable exercises to help you stay steady before, during, and after writing the hard thing.

Open Mic Gatherings

A safe, nourishing space to read your work aloud and be witnessed.

First Access to Long-Form Cohorts

Receive early invitations and preferred pricing for all future long-form writing containers such as The Threshold and Write the Marrow.

THIS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL WRITING COMMUNITY

The Inner Room is a living somatic writing space devoted to helping you stay in your body while writing the hard story.

THIS SPACE IS FOR YOU IF...

You want to write consistently but find it hard to sustain alone.
You’re navigating fear, shame, or resistance on the page and want steady support.
You crave an intimate community of women committed to writing the hard thing.
You want your writing practice to include breath, body awareness, and nervous-system support.
You want to move through hard stories grounded and with compassion—without leaving your body.
You’ve lost pieces of yourself to work, family, or responsibility and feel ready to reclaim your voice and your writing time.
You’re tired of carrying your stories alone.
You want a devoted rhythm—a place to return each week so the practice doesn’t slip away when life gets busy.
You want real eyes on your work—thoughtful reflection from women who are walking this path with you.

THE WAITLIST

Joining The Inner Room is a quarterly commitment of $200. Your subscription will renew every 3 months unless you choose to cancel.

Doors open again in January 2027. Only twenty spots available.

“What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open.” — Muriel Rukeyser

"Jessy, what a special space you created. You are a natural healer. You have the presence (and I mean that like spiritually. You have this aura about you) to help guide others into this very safe space to heal."

— Jo

"The way you use somatic practices + your words just really, really move me."

— Holly

"I love the way we slow down and feel into the writing in your sessions."

— Michelle

"What an incredible group of women, I was nodding along, shedding tears and feeling so much warmth and open-heartedness for each and every one of them. Each story is so different, so true, so valid and all our shame and fears merging as if our stories are the same."