Start With a Word: Permission

Sometimes the thing keeping us stuck is not a lack of information, certainty, or readiness.

Sometimes it is permission.

Permission is a move. It waiting for approval to trust what you already know.

At Project MOVE, we believe words help us recognize where we are, name what is happening, and decide how to move forward. We call this Movement Literacy — the ability to understand the moves we are making in life, work, relationships, transitions, and decision-making.

The word Permission helps us notice where we may be looking outside ourselves for validation, confirmation, or certainty before taking the next step. It invites us to consider a different question:

What if the permission you are waiting for is already yours to give?

This printable Start With a Word practice includes 12 guided pages of reflection, movement language, writing prompts, and decision-support tools designed to help you explore the word Permission in your own life.

Inside this practice, you will:

• Define the word in your own language

• Explore how Permission speaks and shows up in daily life

• Notice where approval and permission have become confused

• Reflect on what you already know to be true

• Identify who is moving forward and what may need your approval now

• Choose one next move grounded in clarity and self-trust

This practice is part of a guided movement literacy practice rooted in the book, Moving in Place and the MOVING Method™ Framework, developed by Jevata Crawford.

Before we can move differently, we often need language and tools for the move we are already making.

Permission is one word.

Download the practice and begin the shift from waiting for approval to trusting what you already know.