Write Your Life Stories: A Women’s Writing Circle
with Author and Writing Guide Susan Hagen
What are your life stories? They’re stories about the big and little things you’ve encountered over the course of a lifetime. They’re stories about what you’ve learned from life’s challenges and adventures. They’re stories about the ways you’ve changed and grown into the woman you are today.
In this small, confidential, women’s writing circle, you’ll be guided to write two stories about your life. Susan’s gentle guidance combines instruction on the craft of writing with a meditative teaching around the Medicine Wheel. Both morning and afternoon sessions include writing and reading aloud (if you wish), deep listening, and positive reflection.
Even if you think, “I'm not a writer,” you’ll benefit from the healing power of telling your stories and having them witnessed by others. Writing helps us make sense of our life’s journey. It helps us bloom into greater self-awareness and self-acceptance. And it helps us see how we’ve grown from the past.
Beginning, experienced, and exploring writers are all welcome. There is nothing to think about and nothing to prepare. Just come with an open notebook, an open heart, and an open mind.
Limited space for 8 women. Non-members $125; Members $110
Pre-registration required by June 25th
Beginning, experienced, and exploring writers are all welcome.
About Susan Hagen
Susan Hagen combines her experience as a writer and wilderness rites-of-passage guide to offer heart-opening, life-affirming writing circles and retreats for women. Her former work as a news journalist and Sonoma County firefighter/EMT inspired her to co-author the 9/11 book, Women at Ground Zero: Stories of Courage and Compassion. Many of the first responders who shared their stories for the book later credited that experience as the first step in rebuilding their lives and careers. Now, two decades later, their journey is a testament to the healing power of story. It also remains a potent seed for the work Susan is passionate about today: creating a safe place for women to write, connect, heal, and grow.