I Keep Driving Anyway

A 2-Hour Reflective Art Workshop with Sabrina Ahmed

Fear doesn’t knock. It climbs on board.
It interrupts. Distracts. Tells convincing stories. Reaches for the wheel while you’re just trying to get where you’re going.

I Keep Driving Anyway is a reflective, art-based workshop about fear, anxiety, and what it means to keep moving forward—even when the journey feels noisy, crowded, or out of control. Using the metaphor of a bus journey, this session explores how anxious thoughts, bodily sensations, and familiar inner voices show up along the way—and how we might relate to them differently.

This isn’t about getting rid of fear.
It’s about staying in the driver’s seat.

The Journey

Through a guided meditation, you’ll be invited to imagine yourself as the driver of a bus, travelling toward a destination that matters to you—a value, a way of being, a direction you care about. Along the route, passengers get on. Some are quiet. Some are persistent. Some are loud, demanding, or impossible to ignore.

Rather than pushing them off, we slow down and notice who’s there.

What We’ll Do

✨ Guided meditation
To gently arrive in the metaphor and the body.

✨ Art-making
You’ll create a visual representation of your bus and its passengers using simple materials. Passengers may appear as characters, monsters, symbols, words, or abstract shapes.

✨ Light writing & reflection
Short prompts to help you make sense of what’s shown up—privately and at your own pace.

✨ Shared reflection
An optional space to reflect together on what it’s like to keep going when the ride isn’t quiet.

All creative work is approached with curiosity rather than judgement. There’s no right or wrong outcome—only noticing.

What This Workshop Is (and Isn’t)

This is a reflective and creative session, not a therapeutic one.
It’s suitable for a general audience, and no art experience is needed and you don't have to show your drawings to anyone.

The focus isn’t on eliminating anxiety or fear, but on changing how we relate to them—so we can continue moving in the direction that matters to us, even when the journey is disruptive.

Who It’s For

This workshop is for anyone who:
• feels pulled off course by fear or anxiety
• wants a gentle, creative way to explore inner experience
• is curious about metaphor, reflection, and meaning-making
• wants to keep moving forward without needing everything to be calm

You’re always in control of how much you share.

Practical Information

🕒 Duration: 2 hours
🎨 Materials: All provided
🎟️ Accessibility: Suitable for a general audience; not a therapeutic session

You’ll Leave With

A visual map of your journey, a clearer sense of the passengers that tend to show up, and a steadier confidence in your ability to keep driving—without needing the bus to be quiet.

About Sabrina Ahmed
Sabrina Ahmed is an artist and facilitator whose work centres on reflection, metaphor, and creative inquiry. Her workshops create gentle, thoughtful spaces where participants can explore fear, anxiety, and inner experience through art-making and imagination rather than analysis or performance.

Sabrina’s practice is rooted in curiosity and care. She is interested in how people continue moving toward what matters to them, even when the journey feels disrupted, uncertain, or crowded. Her sessions are accessible, non-judgemental, and grounded in the belief that meaning can be found through making, noticing, and shared reflection.