We all need a softer world right now. What if we could make one?
A Softer World is a nine-month journey for mixed media misfits, rebels, and tender-hearted creatives who are ready to swap perfection for presence, dogma for devotion, and hustle for the holy pause.
We began in September 2025, but this program is evergreen, and you are welcome to begin any time! The program will wrap up the live content in May 2026, but you will have forever access, so there's no rush, no FOMO, no false sense of urgency.
In each lesson, we gather around a new theme from “Enchanting The Ordinary” to “Full Bloom” to explore what it means to tend to our lives through art journaling, written journaling, ritual, community, and more.
This isn’t a course you take and forget! It's a way to keep coming home to yourself, one gentle noticing at a time.
...please note that coupon codes do not apply to payment plans due to the extra admin associated with offering them.
Once you've finished checking out with PayPal, you will be redirected to Dropbox to download a PDF that has instructions on how to access the class! If you miss this step, please email me at hello@effywild.com!
Here's a peek at my current art journal!
If you’ve ever felt too soft for this sharp-edged world,
If you crave more meaning and magic in the middle of your mess,
If you’re tired of toxic positivity and starving for something real,
If you want to create, to witness, to tend, and to belong.
If you want more of YOU in your creative practice.
If you want to learn to use what you already have.
If you're over creating for the gaze of others.
If you're all about progress over perfection.
If you miss old school art journaling.
You don’t need art experience, a perfect journal, or a tidy backstory. You just need willing heart, some paint and glue, and a willingness to notice.
Nine months of gentle, rebellious guidance. While the world is worlding HARD, we go HELLA SOFT.
One theme to explore per month. And it will come to you in a downloadable PDF workbook that includes musings, journaling prompts, ritual practices, a custom tarot/oracle spread, a monthly playlist, and more.
Monthly Mixed Media Art Journaling Tutorials. These will have an emphasis on meeting yourself on the page, showing up as you are, using what you have, and creating for your own pleasure, not the gaze of others.
Monthly Live Play Parties (On Zoom). Because A Softer World needs more blanket forts, and community art dates. YES! THERE WILL BE REPLAYS!
A Space Of Our Own. Come as you are, leave your armor at the door. Join us on Discord, in the class discussion forum onsite, or on Facebook (or ALL THREE!).
Optional Suggestions for Going Deeper. Because transformation deserves the extra (gentle) mile.
Ongoing access to all materials. No rushing, no FOMO, no shame.The only "behind" in this class is the one you're sitting on. ;)
I’m Effy Wild, and I’ve spent a lifetime learning how to make beauty out of ashes. I’ve lived through more Tower Moments than I can count, and what’s saved me, every time, is the practice of paying attention to what's going on inside me and outside me, and creating something about it. This is how I enchant the ordinary and document the holy, human mess that is my life.
I built A Softer World for all of us who want to believe that there’s more to life than the way the world is worlding right now. We are done with the doomscrolling. We're over clicks and likes and follows. We're tired of buying things we'll never use or hopping on trends that mean nothing to us.
We just want to create something honest. We want to delight ourselves and find (or if we can't find it, create) some whimsy, peace, and beauty in the middle of the mess.
Finding bliss among the ruins is my superpower and I'm here to show you how.
Do I need to be an artist?
Nope. If you can make a mark on a page, you belong here.
What if I fall behind?
There’s no behind except the one you sit on. We will all move at the speed of our own becoming.
When do we start?
Right now! There are six lessons worth of content in the classroom as of February 2026. More will be added until the class wraps up in May 2026.
Will This Class Ever Be Offered Again?
If this run goes well, then yes. We'll take a few months off and meet again in September of 2026.
Are Refunds Offered?
No, refunds are not offered. Please purchase with care.