Taking Note: Creating Ourselves Through Journaling Workshop Series

With B.A. Lampman

-Tuesday February 11 and Tuesday February 18, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
-Approximately 2 hours each class

Journaling can help you gain perspective and clarity, know and understand yourself, come to terms with difficult issues or changes in your life, and envision your future. Research shows that putting your unruly thoughts into language helps to tame and organize them, makes them easier to understand, and frees up mental resources that can be used elsewhere. Betty-Ann will provide you with some tools to help you engage with your journal in a way that’s meaningful and generative, and if you’re new to journaling, to dispel any fears you might have.

Who it’s for: This 2-part workshop is for people who’d like to either approach journaling for the first time, return to journaling, or deepen their practice of journaling for further clarity and self-knowledge.

This workshop includes:
-Four hours of instruction and discussion
-A slide show accompanying the workshop that will be sent to all participants at the end
-Coffee, tea
-Private, intimate setting in an Indigenous space

What to Bring:

• Your favourite thing to write with
• Your journal, if you have one. Otherwise, any kind of notebook or loose paper. There are also some beautiful lined Journals available for purchase through the shop at Aunty Collective. 

REVIEWS:

I enjoy your teaching approach/style/attitude/sense of humour. A big thank you for sharing yourself and your approach and ideas, as it really did make me feel much more motivated to journal again! —Lesley Long

TAKING NOTE energized my journaling practice—and loosened me up! I had been journaling somewhat regularly, but the workshop suggested new formats and directions for letting it rip on the page. —Mason Currey, Subtle Maneuvers

This workshop exceeded my expectations and showed me how valuable an outlet journaling is for generating new ideas, working out problems, and managing my mental health. I also learned there is no wrong way to keep a journal and lots of ideas for how to go about getting started, creating the habit and keeping it going. Highly recommend. —Alesha Davies-Fowlie

I’ve been writing in journals for many years, but it really dwindled in the last 4 years and I’m inspired to get back to it. And although I know how to write in a journal, I love that I got new ideas from you. It’s easy to fall into a pattern of repetition, and the exercises really helped me with some fresh approaches. —Astrid Starke