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Write to the Heart | Journal Skills Workshop

  • Clarus Center 28379 Davis Parkway, Unit 801 Warrenville, IL, 60555 United States (map)

One of simplest, cheapest, and most approachable forms of selfcare and expression is a regular journal practice. But Journal Writing is NOT your middle school diary! It’s an opportunity to identify what hums in the background of our everyday lives. Discover the transformative power of journal writing and its ability to help us problem-solve and heal. Learn journal techniques, tips, and creative approaches to keep yourself engaged. Join us for this 2-hour workshop. Get hands on and discover how a regular journal practice supports health, improves well-being, and inspires creativity!

No experience necessary. It’s courage and openness, not skill, that stirs our creative juices.

“Truth matters, and we get at our deepest truths—even the tough ones—by writing them down.”
— Aine Greaney Ellrott

  • All supplies provided

  • No Experience Necessary. It’s courage and openness, not skill, that stirs our creative juices.

  • Doors open at 6:00pm. Class begins promptly at 6:30pm.

  • Advanced registration required

  • $39

Meet Your Guides

Katie O’Connell
Katie writes from the heart. A former writing teacher, Katie enjoys supporting others in their writing process through her business, Heartwired Writing. A lover of all things creative, she’s discovered the healing power of artistic expression and its ability to help us learn more about ourselves. Katie’s essays appear in several editions of the popular Chicken Soup for the Soul series, as well as online publications such as Scary Mommy and Patheos.

Nancy Gelband
Nancy’s love for art began when she could barely hold a pencil. The gift of her first paintbrush from her father at the age of nine, followed by a passion for writing years later, sent her already heart-depth creative flow to brimming. Whether commissioned or composed, Nancy captures the essence and spirit of life using various mediums and subjects. Creating art provides her with a sense of freedom and adventure but it is more the process than the skill that makes it so – It is this realization that fuels her desire to teach/share it with others.

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