Wendy Brown-Baez
Writing for Healing: words to light our way
THE POWER OF STORIES TO HEAL
Writing to Wholeness: workshops to transform lives and communities
Are you interested in facilitating a writing workshop with survivors
of domestic or sexual violence?
The Writing to Wholeness toolkit can help. The toolkit offers instruction and ideas for what to write and read in a workshop, as well as insight into the nuance of the facilitator role.
It was developed by experienced creative writing instructors Elena Anderson Eggert and Wendy Brown-Baez and combines years of research, study, workshop facilitation, and feedback from participants. The result is a guide that is both practical and foundational.
We provide guidance on how to focus workshops on healing expression and community change. In workshops, participants use writing to reflect on experiences that shape their lives, to share with other survivors, and to reimagine pain as a spark for social change.
If you want to explore the connection between writing and healing with your community,
then this toolkit is for you.
now available as a free pdf on the website or you can order a print copy
where I have facilitated writing workshops
where I have facilitated writing workshops
PLACES WHERE I FACILITATED WRITING CIRCLES or WORKSHOPS
All About the Journey
Abbot Northwestern Hospital Heart Group
Amazon Bookstore Collective
Banfille-Locke Center for the Arts
Boneshaker Books
Bridge for Youth
Celebrate Yourself Women’s Retreat
Common Grounds Café
Cornerstone
Eastside Freedom Library
Eat My Words Bookstore
El Colegio High School
Face to Face Charter High School
Harriet Tubman
Healing Elements
Hennepin County Central Library
Hennepin County Walker Library
Jacobs’ Well Women’s Retreat
Lennox Community Center
Loft Literary Center
Lyricality
MCTC
Minneapolis Community Ed
Mn Prison Writing Workshop
NE Wellness
Pathways: A Healing Center
Quartrefoil Library
Resource Center for the Americas
SafeZone
Saint Paul Almanac
Santa Fe Community Yoga
Springhouse Spiritual Center
Subtext Books
The Aliveness Project
UMN Hospital oncology ward
Unity Minneapolis
Wisdom Ways Center
Women’s Spirituality and Health Conference
Youngstown Lit Festival
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Places where I currently teach:
Pathways: A Healing Center
MN Prison Writing Workshop
Unity Minneapolis
Wisdom Ways Center
Jeannine Oulette / Elephant Rock
The Loft Literary Center
Writing to Wholeness: Workshops to transform lives and communities, a facilitator's guide to writing with survivors of personal violence, will soon be available. Elena Anderson and I have been leading workshops for 5 years and collected all the information you need to start writing circles for survivors or others who wish to write for healing in community. The Toolkit includes advice and suggestions on guiding a group, techniques we used successfully, tips on self-regulation and co-regulation, and resources. The Toolkit will be available for free with the request of a donation. We encourage you to check out our website: coming soon with a full COVER REVEAL!
Writing is a way to listen to the deepest self and inner voice of wisdom. What tools enable us to access the deep voice of guidance? What stories do we feel compelled to share?
What stories can change our point of view and lead to wholeness and healing?
