She Climbs Mountains is thrilled to offer Love and Loss: Making it Matter, a 5-week virtual writing workshop for motherless daughters with celebrated author, Sarah Conover.
Saturdays, January 13 to February 10, 10am to Noon CST* (*January 13 will be 10am-12:30pm CST)
Just as our hearts want to cultivate wisdom, our writing selves long to speak what matters most. There is so much to celebrate in a life's journey and also inevitable loss. Although profound grief has a life of its own - sometimes hidden, sometimes numb, sometimes raw and painful - a grief story is always a love story. Writing accesses a part of the brain that is offline in our day-to-day activities, but which can allow grief to discover its voice, be better understood and metabolized in our lives. Your words are the exact size of the hole in somebody else’s heart that they need to hear.
Listening carefully to our inner life and clarifying what is most meaningful is at the heart of good writing. Both lead to a greater intimacy with ourselves and a courageous leaping into the mysteries of facing love and loss. Our time together will be a place for intimacy, insight, and compassion while respecting individuals' safety and privacy. Together we'll use various methods to bring forth ideas, themes, and stories from your life history to mine for writing during this class and in the future. We'll also learn a bit about crafting our words to make them matter and meaningfully connect to others.
Together, with other motherless daughters, we will:
Listen deeply to ourselves
Leap into the discoveries offered by writing
Listen deeply to others
Discern - finding the gems
Craft our words to make them matter
Share our learnings and wisdom
We will use inventive prompts, free writes, mentor texts, and supportive workshopping to facilitate discussion, amplify meaning, and explore writing’s ability to transform one’s relationship to grief and loss.
$125 per person for the 5-week workshop
Limited scholarships available. Please contact christine@sheclimbsmountains.org for further information.
Additional details:
CLASS ONE: Settling in and Mapping the Landscape
CLASS TWO: Making Us Care
CLASS THREE: Blessing the World: The Sensory Palette
CLASS FOUR: The Orphan’s Power: Fearlessness and Wisdom
CLASS FIVE: The Sanctuary of Writing
Expectations:
Classes scaffold one upon the next, as does trust in ourselves and our fellow writers. Please try your best not to miss our time together! We may try to make a recording of each class available for a limited time but realize that’s not nearly as rewarding as having your work be part of the discussion.
There will be homework, but not necessarily a lot (maximum 1 ½ pages double-spaced)! Even if you can only manage a few paragraphs due to a busy week, we will all eagerly anticipate each other’s writings and discoveries.