ONE PRACTICE AT A TIME
You'll find here courses, workshops, and structured programs designed to help you build a life and career that feels like coming home. Whether you're exploring a new creative method, developing your voice, or crafting a sustainable path forward, The Mindfulist offers the frameworks, practices, and companionship to support your work. Take what you need, move at your own pace, and know you're among kindred spirits.
“After participating in your programs, my way of thinking about the challenges and obstacles in my life has shifted. I’ve developed a new mental approach and attitude to deal with them. Each of your offers is an opportunity to put ourselves first for a change.”
“I would have never been able to do on my own all the deep digging that Cigdem guided me through. My business is now booming in all directions. Great new clients, speaking gigs, teaching, art. I'm so happy!"
“This is the most sacred and safest space to write I've discovered online. And this class is a great way of gathering material for a book. It was delightful. What a wonderful experience and a fantastic collection of writers and writing! I'm going to miss this group."
THREE PRINCIPLES SHAPE EVERYTHING WE CREATE
Presence is where we begin because it brings you back into contact with yourself. It softens the noise and helps you notice what is actually here—what draws you, what resists you, what asks for consideration. From presence, choices become more intentional. Your work grows more truthful, and your attention is no longer scattered across too many directions.
Clarity clears the field. It helps you recognize what belongs and what can be set aside. When the heart of a project is visible, the work becomes lighter to carry. There's less friction, less second-guessing. Energy gathers around what matters, and the work finds its own coherence.
The right pace is rarely the fastest. It's the pace that allows you to stay in relationship with what you're creating. When urgency loosens its grip, you begin to sense what needs time and what can be eased. The work gains depth. Life feels less compressed. And you remain present to the process, rather than pushing yourself beyond it.
"Attention is the beginning of devotion.”
— MARY OLIVER
“I’m thrilled by the chance to experience this whole different way of thinking about writing. Deeply personal, evocative and inspiring. This program was beautiful in its structure and detail. Thank you Cigdem for the richness of your unique creativity and care.”
“Writing. Stamina. I love this experience. Our writing is becoming a string of stories that paint a much larger picture. The words are flowing and they just won’t stop. Maybe I will write that book some day.”
“Cigdem offers a unique blend of powerful discussions cloaked in a clear-eyed and kind global view. She is fully present, amazingly available, egalitarian, truthful, funny. And she has a depth of knowledge and resources that are astounding.”
We send The Midweek Pause each Wednesday. Each issue is a brief pause meant to help you slow down, look inward, and notice what matters in your creative life.You’ll find in the letters reflections, prompts, conversations, and simple practices you can return to whenever you need them.
When you sign up, you’ll also receive The Wayfinding Journal: Twenty-One Quiet Reminders for Beginning Again—a guided, downloadable journal for orienting yourself and discerning your next true step.
"We shape our lives by what we choose to create, not by what we choose to eliminate.”
— ROBERT FRITZ