Hi! I’m Chelsea Bieker.
I’m the author of three books of fiction—Godshot, Heartbroke, and the national bestselling novel, Madwoman. I am the co-creator of The Fountain, a digital platform for creative awakening that helps writers build a sustainable writing practice, heal emotional blocks, and rewrite old limiting stories. I have two kids, seventeen years of sobriety, and over twelve years of experience teaching, editing, and coaching writers on the path to their highest creativity.
Here you will find deeply thoughtful pieces about creative practice through the unique lens of emotional wellbeing for the mind, body, and spirit as it pertains to the particular path that is being a writer in the world. I sometimes offer recorded visualizations, meditations, and guided somatic journeys to bring you to a place where you can access the work that is authentically you. I believe every writer has inside them a unique ability to make work that only they can make. My aim is always to help you reduce the noise, interrupt the common mainstream stories about how writing must be hard and miserable, and get you back to the heart of why you wanted to write in the first place. I share authentically about the things that actually work for me, things that can seem counter to the bulk of writing advice out there, but I’ve seen work countless times.
I’m endlessly fascinated with the subconscious mind, motherloss, motherhood, true wellness, sobriety, and the ways we attempt to care for and re-parent ourselves; if that sometimes involves the pursuit of the perfect mascara, so be it. Vibes here lean Julia Cameron, witches around a cauldron, The Body Keeps the Score, the moon, and neuroscience. I’m certified in mindfulness meditation, and have more crystals than I can count. As a writer I’m exacting with my craft, and value style, depth, truth, and heart above all.
I want this place to feel like opening a letter from a best friend and a place we can deeply connect to our most creative selves and make real headway toward the work only we can make. Thank you so much for being here!
For free subscribers
Books I am reading, the occasional free essay about creativity, occasional updates on Madwoman and The Fountain related content
For paid subscribers
Deep dives on the creative practices that help keep the pages coming.
More personal, close to the heart type content about my experiences as a writer and human with a tie in to “craft”.
Recordings, meditations, guided journaling prompts from my heart to yours
**New stuff to come in 2025!
