Workshop Modules

    1. Welcome!

    2. ENGAGE WITH a Mindfulness Meditation ~ Choose Yourself

    3. REVIEW the Writing as Healing Workshop Syllabus

    4. REVIEW the Getting Started Checklist

    5. COMPLETE the Getting Started Reflection and Journaling

    6. OPTIONAL: COMPLETE the Journal Writing Workshop

    1. REVIEW the Introduction to Writing as Healing Checklist

    2. ENGAGE WITH a Mindfulness Meditation ~ Mindfulness

    3. READ "The Journey" by Mary Oliver

    4. COMPLETE the Healing Journey Poem Reflection and Journaling

    5. REVIEW the Introduction to Writing as Healing Presentation

    6. PRACTICE Writing as Healing: PRINTABLE Presentation Exercises

    7. OPTIONAL: REVIEW Supplemental Resource ~ A Science-Supported Journaling Protocol to Improve Mental & Physical Health

    1. REVIEW the Create a Sacred, Safe Space & Self-Care Plan Checklist

    2. ENGAGE WITH a Mindfulness Meditation ~ Self-Love

    3. READ "Love after Love" by Derek Walcott

    4. COMPLETE the Healing Journey Poem Reflection and Journaling

    5. VIEW the Create a Sacred, Safe Space & Self-Care Plan Presentation

    6. VIEW and COMPLETE the Create a Sacred, Safe Space Workbook

    7. VIEW and COMPLETE the Create a Self-Care Plan Workbook

    8. PRACTICE Writing as Healing - Module Two

    9. OPTIONAL: REVIEW Supplemental Resource - Survivor's Sanctuary

    10. OPTIONAL: REVIEW Supplementary Resource - Self-Compassion with Kristin Neff

    1. REVIEW the Components of A Healing Narrative Checklist

    2. ENGAGE WITH a Mindfulness Meditation ~ Letting Go

    3. READ "The Waking" by Theodore Roethke

    4. COMPLETE the Healing Journey Poem Reflection and Journaling

    5. REVIEW Components of A Healing Narrative Presentation

    6. OPTIONAL: READ "Under the Influence" by Scott Russell Sanders

    7. OPTIONAL: REVIEW Healing Narrative Analysis

    8. OPTIONAL: READ ANY OF The Greatest Books on Healing of All Time

    9. OPTIONAL: REVIEW ANY OF The Narrative Healing Essays

    1. REVIEW the Writing a Healing Narrative Checklist

    2. ENGAGE WITH a Mindfulness Meditation ~ Quiet the Mind

    3. LISTEN to "You Are A Miracle" by Nikita Gill

    4. COMPLETE the Healing Journey Poem Reflection and Journaling

    5. REVIEW and COMPLETE Preparing and Germinating

    6. OPTIONAL: COMPLETE the Journal Writing Workshop

    7. REVIEW and COMPLETE Working Stage

    8. OPTIONAL: READ "Shitty First Draft" by Anne Lamott

    9. REVIEW and COMPLETE Deepening and Shaping

    10. REVIEW and COMPLETE Completing

    1. Freytag's Pyramid

    2. StoryCircle Workbook

    3. StoryCircle Worksheet

    4. Numerous Story and Character Development Worksheets

    5. Character Sketch

    6. Create Conflict

    7. "Writing Compelling Dialogue" by Anne Lamott

    8. Good Dialogue

    9. In-Depth - How to Write Dialogue

    10. Writing Scene

    11. Figurative Language

About this Workshop

  • Free
  • 59 lessons

"What you seek is with you"

~ a Rumi interpretation

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Creator & Facilitator

Stacey Foster

I have an MFA in Creative Writing from Hamline University in St. Paul, MN, and teach writing at Pine Technical & Community College and facilitate workshops and circles through Pine Center for the Arts as well as other community organizations and through my online teaching platform. I am a certified narrative life coach practitioner through Learning Journeys International Center of Coaching in Woodbury, MN, which is accredited by the International Coach Federation, and I offer one-on-one and group coaching. As a tarot advisor certified through Biddy Tarot, which is recognized as an Approved Training Provider by the International Institute of Complimentary Therapies, I provide asynchronous intuitive readings. I am also the innkeeper of Crooked Arbor Cottage & Gardens. Presently, I rent the Cottage through Airbnb as a place for rest, respite, and reprieve with aspirations to hold Seeking Solace Retreats on-site.

Stacey Foster

I have an MFA in Creative Writing from Hamline University in St. Paul, MN, and teach writing at Pine Technical & Community College and facilitate workshops and circles through Pine Center for the Arts as well as other community organizations and through my online teaching platform. I am a certified narrative life coach practitioner through Learning Journeys International Center of Coaching in Woodbury, MN, which is accredited by the International Coach Federation, and I offer one-on-one and group coaching. As a tarot advisor certified through Biddy Tarot, which is recognized as an Approved Training Provider by the International Institute of Complimentary Therapies, I provide asynchronous intuitive readings. I am also the innkeeper of Crooked Arbor Cottage & Gardens. Presently, I rent the Cottage through Airbnb as a place for rest, respite, and reprieve with aspirations to hold Seeking Solace Retreats on-site.
Stacey Foster is a fiscal year 2024 recipient of a Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.