I’m
Poet, author, memoir writer & mentor, dedicated to helping you free your voice, shape your story & cultivate compassion for yourself & others through writing alone & in community.
~Are you looking for a safe space to claim your voice and your story?
~Do you encounter doubt, anxiety, fear, grief or self-criticism when trying to write?
~Are you curious about the joy, ease or beauty you might discover by putting words down on the page?
Let writing help you heal & connect deeply to yourself and others.
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~Are you going through a big change, loss or challenging time?
~Are you struggling with your emotions or feeling overwhelmed by the difficulties?
~Do you wish you had a place where you could develop acceptance and compassion to cope with what you are going through?
Care for yourself in a playful, supportive community of writers.
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Watch a Webinar of my recent conversation on Safety and Play in Memoir Writing with the fabulous Christine Gordon Manley!
Listen to my recent interview with Ciara Chamberlaine, as she talks about her healing journey with words and how writing regularly with others changes everything.
PRAISE
This Wondrous Writing Life
An inward, out word journey
What is Mentionable is Manageable…
"If there is someone that is there to listen to your story, there is healing." Nancy Slonim Aronie I watched a movie with my husband the other evening called A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood, based on a true story about the friendship between a...
What Makes You A Real Writer?
Eventually you will learn that the real competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit. George A. Sheehan, Running and Being Canadian feminist writer Betsy Warland, in her award-winning book Breathing the Page, describes the quality...
Stepping into the Creative Unknown
It was August. After several months of intense purging and packing and planning, the day had arrived for us to finally leave the farm. We'd spent the morning doing the last of the cleaning, scrubbing the insides of cupboards that had lovingly held our kitchen ware for...
Books
My passion is offering writers space, support and permission to write and feel supported by a community of writers.
Fuelled by my own creative journey, here are some of my published offerings, from poetry, spoken word & music, to personal memoir and collective storytelling:
Enjoy the beauty of spoken word poetry from the heart.
Discover the power of going to the blank page together.
Savour poems honouring the survivor in every woman.