Welcome to the Slow Response

The Slow Response is a slowly but regularly(ish) newsletter by me, Jen Rose Yokel. I’m a poet and spiritual director, and I make my home in Massachusetts with my husband Chris and our rescue dog Malika. By day I’m a content writer and office manager for a small branding agency, a job I did not know how to do until I started doing it. In the spaces between I write and practice spiritual direction.

Back in 2002, I begged an online acquaintance for a LiveJournal invite, and I’ve been writing on the Internet ever since. I’ve tried off and on to be a Professional!Writer, but never could stick with a niche or hustle hard enough to keep up. (Plus it takes me at least 2-3 business days to figure out what I think about anything.) So here’s a Substack with a scrappy old-school blog spirit, chasing all kinds of interests around creativity, spirituality, culture, and staying human.

If you’re a slow decider, internal processor, or a perpetual edge walker, welcome in. You’re right on time.

PS: No AI tools were used in writing or images you see on this Substack. Human made all the way! ✌🏼