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I do not yet know what I carry in my heart, but I trust that it will emerge as I write.
--
Henri Nouwen

I believe if more women understood that writing can act as a catalyst for healing long-held hurts, more of them would do it.
--Janet Thompson

Writing about my pain allowed me to reflect not only on my prayer requests but God's answers to them. (By writing) I could see how far God has brought me.
--
Tammy Trent
 

Writing (through my pain) made me a believer that putting pen to paper is one of the best resources we have, as humans, for healing.
--Alice Wisler

We receive consolation and hope from doing writing that enters deeply into our suffering.
--
Louise DeSalvo

Through my writing I sensed light coming back...the kind that breaks through mucky clouds and makes all the difference.
--Mary DeMuth

I can deal with emotional difficulties as I write from the inside out. I can also grow artistically and spiritually as my secret thoughts find their most compelling and honest avenues of expression.
--
Luci Shaw

As I learned to process my emotions on paper, it forced me to uncover a voice I didn't know I had.
--Karen Trigg

The brightest spot of all is that at least I can write down my thoughts and feelings. Otherwise, I'd absolutely suffocate.
--
Anne Frank

If I can write things out, I can see them, and they are not trapped within my own subjectivity...they are, I think, my free psychiatrist's couch.
--
Madeline L'Engle

When I couldn't speak, my writing spoke for me.
--
Theresa Harvard Johnson

If you are able to transform a chaotic, personal upheaval into an honest & coherent story, you are more likely to get on with your life and move past the event.
--
James Pennebaker

 




 




"I have seen what has been done to you . . . And, I have promised to bring you up out of your misery."
                                                                                    God
                                        
                                             (author's paraphrase of Exodus 3:16-17 NIV)

Write Where It Hurts

Join us for a workshop
on the use of writing as a healing tool

Facilitated by Author and Life Coach, Jo Ann Fore



 Countless women have suffered emotional trauma and
never walked through it with God.

The writing process, coupled with Biblical truths, contains an extraordinary potential for healing. Write Where It Hurts is a workshop designed for soul-wounded women, to help reconcile a painful past with God’s purpose for their lives.


 

Do memories of a painful event seep, like a life-threatening oil spill, into your daily life?

Memories are powerful. Negative emotional memories, toxic. Repressed trauma and emotional grief deeply affect the soul.

 

Clinical studies prove that writing can improve your physical and mental health. David, shepherd-boy-turned-king and author of countless Psalms modeled this coping mechanism over 2500 years ago.

More importantly, Jesus himself modeled the transformative power of words as He continues to redeem lives through powerful stories--proving it is God who ultimately restores and heals.


Expressive writing breeds a higher level of thinking. A new perspective.  As soul-wounded women willing to revisit our pain through writing, we learn to focus. To confront. To process. And to heal.

Writing is a powerful coping tool which allows our thinking mechanism to drive our thoughts into a more coherent place. A place where they can be healed.            

Expressive writing, as taught in this workshop, is the Selah of journaling. Selah, commonly understood as a musical term, implies a rest--a mental pause.

Write Where It Hurts carries us into a moment of divine suspension. An interval of silence where we come face to face with a personal invitation from God. An invitation to rest in His essential, restorative waters of divine reflection. An opportunity to pause mentally and spiritually and soak up the therapeutic effect of writing.


Write Where It Hurts offers the opportunity to examine our stories; to search for the deeper meaning. As we view our lives through the lens of Jesus, we uncover a different plot.

 

This workshop is designed for any woman, regardless of writing experience. Write Where It Hurts offers simple, yet transformative, writing exercises in a small, safe, and supportive environment. Learn how to:

  • release the stories of a painful past
  • reengage the tragedies of your life from a new perspective
  • grasp the comfort of the sovereignty of God
  • transform pain into life-defining purpose

 




Workshop locations announced soon.

Telecoaching sessions available now.

Email for additional information: joannfore@msn.com