A Listening Page: A weekly journaling practice for winter, intuition, and creative trust
- hypatialauren
- Jan 12
- 2 min read
Updated: Jan 13
This is not journaling in the usual sense.
It isn’t about setting goals, fixing anything, or mapping the year ahead. (Do you find your shoulders already relaxing?!)
A Listening Page is a way of pausing long enough to hear what’s already stirring – beneath the noise of expectations, urgency, and “should”. And a way of paying attention to what you don’t want to drag into the new year.
Winter is not a season for forcing clarity and production. It’s a season for noticing what’s quietly forming, and what may be asking – gently – to be released.
A Listening Page is:
One page
Once a week
No goal, no polish, no audience
Think of it as sitting with yourself and your work rather than working on it.
How to Do a Listening Page:
Set a timer for 10 minutes. And if you hate timers, no worries. You know what 10 minutes feels like.
Open your journal and begin with one line at the top of the page:
“What is asking for my attention right now?”
Then – and this matters – do not try to answer well.
You may:
write fragments
list sensations
note resistances
sketch shapes or lines
paste something without explanation
write “I don’t know” several times
All of that counts.
You stop when the timer ends, stop. No rereading. No fixing.
What you’re Listening For:
Not solutions – signals.
Over time, you may notice:
certain words repeating
images recurring
one project quietly insisting
one obligation draining you
This is intuition sharpening – not through effort, but through attention.
What a Listening Page is NOT
not affirmations
not planning
not reflection after the fact
not a place to be eloquent
If it feels slightly awkward or unfinished, or unclear -- you’re doing it right.
I offer you a Listening Page Blessing that I sometimes use as a quiet anchor. You may wish to print it on a small card or whisper it before opening your journal:
May I trust what ripens slowly. May I listen without rushing to decide. May I remember that my knowing does not require force.
May I release the urge to prove, justify, or hurry what is still forming. May I honor my own wisdom as it unfolds - quietly, honestly, in its own time.
May what is meant for me recognize me when I am ready.
My Favorite Journals for Listening Pages
Hummingbird Storyteller
Inspired by hummingbird medicine - presence, resilience, and joy drawn from the smallest sources - this journal supports brief, luminous entries: moments noticed, insights gathered on the wing, and truths that arrive quietly but with precision.
Tending Joy Storyteller
Created as a vessel for noticing what quietly sustains you, this Storyteller pairs beautifully with a weekly practice of naming what nourishes, steadies, and restores.
Earth Song Storyteller
Earth-toned materials and grounding textures make this journal a companion for deeper listening, slow reflection, and reconnecting with inner rhythms.
Each Hypatia handmade journal is one-of-a-kind, created to support personal ritual, creative reflection, and trust in your own intuitive process.
With love to your pages and the season we’re in,
Cynthia
Hypatia Book Arts
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