GOING DEEPER | LIFEWRITING
COST: This course is not currently offered
DISCOUNTS: 5% for Tier 2 and 3 Members, 25% for Student or Military
- SCHOLARSHIPS: There are currently no scholarships offered for this course
- ONLINE CLASSROOM HOURS: 9 hours – live
- FORMAT: 3 sessions, 3 hours each
- PREREQUISITE: None, open to all
- REQUIREMENTS: Internet access, computer or tablet with audio & video capabilities.
LifeWriting is Transformative
LifeWriting is a practice of using life experiences and moments to create written content that is personal and reflective. It can be a deeply spiritual, emotional, and existentially rich practice.
Writing is a deeply therapeutic practice. It can help clarify your thoughts, relieve stress and anxiety, and encourage deep presence and thoughtful memory. Writing is also a way to document and secure memories, moments, and deeply cherished experiences.
The doula or a dying person’s support network has a unique opportunity to honor and hold space for the stories that terminal individuals may share as they transition from this life to the next. Anyone from any background can practice LifeWriting – for the living and the dying.
What Stories Do you Have to Share?
This class is perfect for those who wish to become a better storyteller and seeks to create a roadmap for writing and developing their own or someone’s life story.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Explore wellness techniques geared toward sparking memory and cultivating a consistent, compassionate, therapeutic writing practice for learners.
- Learn the art of storytelling and how to conduct a meaningful life review.
- Produce a rough outline for their life story in the form of a memoir
Workshop 1:
Writing, Wellness & Memory
This workshop offers a deep dive into writing prompts and wellness techniques geared toward sparking memory and cultivating a consistent, compassionate, therapeutic writing practice for learners.
Member $45 | Non-member $50
Workshop 2:
The Art of the Legacy Interview
In this workshop, learners will explore interviewing and life review techniques as they learn how to write about someone who is terminally ill, a loved one in their life, or their own life story.
Member $45 | Non-member $50
Workshop 3:
Outlining a Life Story
In this hands-on workshop, learners will produce a rough outline for their life story in the form of a memoir. This outline will be the first step in helping participants create and write a full manuscript.
Member $45 | Non-member $50
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EDUCATORS
Our growing team of educators draws from decades of work as end-of-life doulas. Their insights and stories from the bedside capture the essence of doula work and inspire attendees to walk with them on the same path. They also have extensive backgrounds in trauma-informed care, nursing, social work, spiritual care, grief, the healing arts, adult education, and hospice administration. Every one of them has also completed or is engaged in, our doula certification process.
