Secret Selves®

Discover the unique and wonderful parts of you–Online and Live in Tucson!

Does it ever seem like there are different voices inside you that are at cross purposes with themselves? Well guess what? You’re normal! We all have these inner selves or Secret Selves, and each of them has a special mission and message for us—even the ones we’d rather not acknowledge. Come and spend five playful weeks in a safe, cozy, fun group–online or in person, your choice–getting to know yourself as never before!

A New Five-Week Online Course—What’s in it for you?

secretselvesYou’ll learn about and finally understand those voices in your head that pull you one way when you know it’s in your best interests to follow a different path. But the Selves are not only the limiting voices. They are also positive sides of you who would, if unleashed, take you forward to fulfill your highest dreams. Trust me on this— each of your Secret Selves has a gift to offer you!

♦ Transform your inner critic (even if it’s on steroids!)
♦ Reclaim and appreciate your creative self (yup, you’ve got one)
♦ Discover that amazing side of you who’s dying to come out (just who is she anyway?)
♦ Understand and honor all the wonderful sides of you (yes, ALL sides!)

Using playful expressive arts activities—but don’t worry, you don’t have to be an artist or have any artistic talent at all— you’ll identify, explore, and give voice to your unique Secret Selves—and learn to appreciate them in the process.  
The goal here is radical self-acceptance like never before—and y
ou’ll never see yourself quite the same way again!  

the kid FredaHow Secret Selves Came to Be

I caught my first glimpse of the Selves through my own journaling in about 2002.  Working with my own Secret Selves for over a decade has been a profound personal journey.  In 2005 I began to share the concept, first with my fellow students in the post-graduate Expressive Arts Certificate Program at Saybrook University and then in one-day and weekend workshops in San Diego and Los Angeles. In 2007 I incorporated Secret Selves into my Artist’s Way classes, and in 2014 I trademarked the name. In 2022, I piloted the online version of Secret Selves with my dear friend and assistant Karen Sidney as we offered it to people recovering from cancer in Manhattan Beach.

The majority of my Artist’s Way participants tell me that the Secret Selves activities are their favorite part of the course. So now, after many requests and much encouragement from people who have benefited from this work, I piloted an online version in 2021.

Introduction to Secret Selves Class at Aldea in Oro Valley on January 27
I’m offering a live one-day Secret Selves class at the Aldea Spiritual Community Center on Saturday, January 27.  Please register for this class through Aldea.  This class is being offered as a benefit to this wonderful community.

Secret Selves Five-Week Online Series – Starts February 1!

Classes will be offered online via Zoom on Thursdays beginning February 1 from 2:00-4:30 Pacific Time.  Classes will be recorded for participants who must miss one.  I’m limiting this series to 12, so if you’re interested, please enroll now!  The introductory fee for this class is $195, and a $50 non-refundable deposit holds your spot. 

February is Secret Selves Month – Are You In?

You can pay using the button below.  I also take Venmo @Judith-Balian or you can call me with a credit card at 760.402.8848.

NOTE:  I am asking you to also enter your email address, phone number and postal mailing address as I have some supplies I will be sending you when you register.

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