LCATpeanut Coaching
Writing-based coaching to empower your voice
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with Liz Verna LCAT
Licensed Creative Arts Therapist, Writer & Coach
You are the peanut.
Not the shell.
Truly.
You buy the journals.
The beautiful ones. Thick paper, gorgeous covers. You got them on vacation or at that bookstore on the Upper West Side. And then you never opened them. Or once. Twice.
You always meant to. But you’re busy. You’re tired. And you have nothing to write about. And what if someone found it and read it? Then what?
Those journals aren’t empty. They’re full of noise.
The noise is that voice. It says be nice, be small, don’t take up space. It says worry about other people. How do they feel? What will they say? It’s been wired into your nervous system and playing on a loop so quietly you don’t hear it as a voice; you think that’s who you are.
But the noise is just a shell protecting a peanut who is not quite ready to believe she’s not creative, who aches for moments that don’t belong to everyone else, who knows she’s making excuses but can’t remember why.
You are the peanut. Not the shell.
Meet Liz
I’m Liz Verna. I’m a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist, a writer, and a coach who learns everything the hard way.
In 2012, my marriage was ending, my father was dying, my bank account was imploding, and my three-year-old was noticing, so I tried to make the best of things. I cracked two molars grinding my teeth and suffered panic attacks and migraines, so, you know, mission accomplished.
After a lifetime of listening to other voices, when I really needed to connect with my own and figure things out, it went silent. I was frozen. Paralyzed. I usually wrote when I was panicked, but I couldn’t even do that. So, I decided to read my old journals, something I had never done before.
Every pattern, every warning, every sign of my failing marriage was there. I saw how I used my writing to vent my anger, closed the book, then ignored the same behaviors, again and again. I saw how I had stopped feeling my feelings, how I had embraced this idea that they were inconvenient. I could track the distance between me and my inner voice as it got quieter and quieter, repressed over the years as the noise convinced me that other people’s were more important. I saw how I had lulled myself into believing that enduring was living, raging was coping, settling was thriving, and that this was all there was for me.
I started to use my book as my source, to rent my power and self-esteem until I could afford to buy it. Writing became my accountability, my strategist, my cheerleader, my psyche Soloflex machine. Together, we wrote the story I wanted to write for my son, the one where I walked around slapping people, although I didn’t do that in real life. We just did the happily ever after part.
I have built my coaching practice on the premise that this noise will tell you things as long as you are willing to listen, but it turns out you don’t have to listen. Writing gives you the space and distance to separate yourself from it so you can ask yourself, “Is this me? Is this noise?” It’s the difference between default and choice. Between “This is who I am,” and “This is who I want to be.” And you can do it yourself, in your own way, in your own time, and in your own pajamas. Or anyone’s. No judgments.
These beliefs, fears, dynamics, judgments, limits, and voices are not you; they are not me; they are noise. And noise can be turned down.
How It Works
We write. Together.
So that’s first.
We’re not writing a thing; it’s not good writing, it’s process writing
We are two people talking on paper
We are getting under the writing
“What was that like?” “Is this you?” Whose voice is this?” “Do you want this?”
LCATpeanut Coaching One to One
Six Weeks.
Six weekly sixty-minute sessions bridge
“This is who I am” to "Who would I like to be?”
You leave with the practice in your own hands, long after we're done.
6 Session Package $1500
or 2 payments of $750
or
One Session. One Hour. One Thing.
Not everyone needs six weeks.
If you already write, or you see the patterns and need to work through it,
one session, or once in a while, might be all you want.
We do a twenty-minute intake and hit the ground running.
We make a plan. You get an hour of impact.
Single Session: $325
Group coaching coming soon!
Ready?
Email Liz, start with a free 10-minute intro
The easy first step: if any part of you isn’t sure, if you want to ask questions,
or if you just want to meet Liz. She’s awesome.
Already know you’re in?
Skip the call and start here.
Fill out the questionnaire so we can start getting to know each other, and we’ll get your six weeks on the calendar.
Disclaimer
LCATpeanut Coaching is not therapy, and is distinctly different from mental health treatment. Therapy is a separate modality. Although Liz Verna is a therapist, this is not therapy and should not be referred to as such. Treatment options will be discussed during intake.