Your Write to Resilience is a guided wellness practice based on the science of journaling.

The process of expressing our emotions through writing has been shown in numerous studies to improve both physical and mental well-being.

In Your Write to Resilience, we put pen to paper, writing as fast as we can, capturing our first thoughts – writing over our inner critic.

This process offers a way to develop a new habit that boosts resilience in all aspects of life.

This is not a writing instruction class – there are no rules or requirements.

Our writing will be sloppy, loose, imperfect and unrestricted!

Together we will co-create a safe space to express our thoughts and feelings through words.

For the artist in you, Your Write to Resilience is also a great way to generate beautiful raw materials for poems, blogs or memoirs.

For newcomers and experienced writers alike, this process is an effective tool for getting down on paper the ideas that you have been wanting to develop.

What We Will Do

Each class, you will be offered a different set of writing prompts to explore our resilience.

To get started, we’ll read poetry or prose and we will write in lively 5 -10-minute bursts, capturing anything that comes to mind, without pausing, amending, or editing.

Remember, the goal is to write faster than your inner critic!

At the end of each writing burst, we can choose to read out loud what we have written.

When we read, there is no need for explanations. We just read the raw material we created.

The rest of us will listen without comments, questions or judgement. The instructor will be writing and reading alongside you.

We will close each session with time to silently reflect on what was uncovered through the writing and perhaps identify a personal commitment.