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Writing For My Sanity, Therapeutic Writing and Meditation Workshop

Tue 2 June 2020
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE ON STAY - AT HOME ORDERS. WE HAVE AN ONLINE WORKSHOP SET UP VIA OUR FACEBOOK GROUP. JOIN US AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/GROUPS/WRITINGFORMYSANITY [http://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/GROUPS/WRITINGFORMYSANITY]  WRITING HAS ALWAYS BEEN A WAY OF RELEASE FOR ME. ONCE I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PTSD, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY DISORDER AND OTHER EMOTIONAL INSTABILITIES, WRITING BECAME MY LIFE. I HAVE KEPT A JOURNAL FOR OVER 20 YEARS, I STARTED WRITING POETRY AROUND THE SAME TIME, THESE WRITINGS HAVE HELPED ME GROW AND GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE WHERE I WAS AT DIFFERENT POINTS OF MY LIFE. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, I HAVE ALWAYS LOOKED TO CONNECT WITH OTHERS LIKE MYSELF, WHO SUFFERED TRAUMA OR ABUSE, BATTLED DEPRESSION OR MENTAL ILLNESS, AND NEEDED A PLACE TO RELAX AND RELATE. I FOUND MANY LOCAL WRITING WORKSHOPS BUT NOTHING WAS A GOOD FIT, CREATIVE WRITERS MIXED WITH THOSE WHO JUST WANTED TO WRITE, PROFESSIONALS WITH AMATEURS, PEOPLE'S WORK BEING CRITIQUED UNTIL THEY WERE UNCOMFORTABLE SHARING. MY SECOND BOOK, A BOOK OF POEMS TITLED, WRITING FOR MY SANITY: EMOTIONS PURGED BY THE PEN [https://www.amazon.com/Writing-My-Sanity-Emotions-Purged/dp/1545498687], WHICH GAVE ME THE INSPIRATION TO CREATE THIS WORKSHOP IN JULY 2017. FOR OVER TWO YEARS, I'VE MET WEEKLY WITH MEMBERS OF THE BALTIMORE COMMUNITY TO HELP THEM PROCESS THEIR TRAUMA AND EMOTIONS I WAS ALWAYS TOLD, IF YOU CAN'T FIND WHAT YOU SEEK, CREATE IT, SO I DID. THE WRITING FOR MY SANITY WORKSHOP IS MY WAY TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT RAISED ME AND THE CRAFT THAT SAVED ME, WRITING. AS A LIFE TRANSITION COACH FOR SURVIVORS, I CHERISH THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THOSE WEEKLY WHOM POSSIBLY COULDN'T AFFORD COACHING SERVICES. JOIN US! JOIN OUR COMMUNITY ON FACEBOOK [https://www.facebook.com/groups/writingformysanity/] JOIN US ON MEETUP [https://www.meetup.com/Stronger-Than-My-Struggles/] THE FREE WRITING FOR MY SANITY THERAPEUTIC WRITING AND MEDITATION WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD WEEKLY, ON TUESDAY EVENINGS AT THE IMPACT HUB IN BALTIMORE FROM 6:-9 P.M. FACILITATED BY COACH MELONY HILL [http://www.melonyhill.com] BRING A PEN AND NOETBOOK/PAD OR COMPUTER/TABLET AND COME ENJOY A RELAXING ENVIRONMENT, THE OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE, CONNECT AND MEDITATE. FOLLOW STRONGER THAN MY STRUGGLES [http://www.facebook.com/strongerthanmystruggles] ON FACEBOOK FOLLOW STRONGER THAN MY STRUGGLES [http://www.instagram.com/strongerthanmystruggles]ON INSTAGRAM JOIN THE PRIVATE STRONGER THAN MY STRUGGLES [http://www.facebook.com/groups/strongerthanmystruggles] FACEBOOK GROUP CHECK OUT THE STRONGER THAN MY STRUGGLES [http://www.strongerthanmystruggles.com] WEBSITE SIGN UP FOR EMAIL UPDATES  [http://bit.ly/STMSUpdates] THOUGH THIS WORKSHOP IS 100% FREE, DONATIONS ARE WELCOME. 
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Impact Hub Baltimore
10 East North Avenue, Baltimore, 21202, MD, US

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