Journaling Earth: A Short Course of 5 Sessions

Janisse Ray

Journal your emotions about environmental loss to help move from pain to a place of greater emotional wellbeing and clarity. 5 Sessions

This is a 5-week journaling mini-course offered by nature writer Janisse Ray and designed for you to write down your ideas and feelings about the earth. When you sign up, you're signing up for all 5 sessions, although that's not clear on Eventbrite. Aug. 13 is the first session. The Zoom link you receive will be the same for all 5 sessions. Every Sunday afternoon for five weeks during August and September 2023 Janisse offers you a space to process your emotions, including your grief, through writing prompts, readings, and short exercises. The vibe will be loving and hopeful.Sessions will take place from 5-6 pm Eastern Time on Sunday, Aug. 13 | Aug. 20 | Aug. 27 | Sept. 3| and Sept. 10.Cost of the course is by donation, so you get to determine the class's value to you. Pay what you can.Then show up Sunday afternoon at 5 pm Eastern Time for an hour directed toward your emotional wellbeing, toward greater clarity, toward peace, and toward a place of hopefulness and action. You can come for one session or for all five. You will need your journal and your sharpened pencils.You will be welcome to turn off your video, if you like. The level of participation is your decision, and participation is always optional.Recordings will not be available afterward.Biography: Janisse Ray is a nature writer and author of many books about life on earth. Her essays have appeared in more than 40 anthologies, including Solastalgia: An Anthology of Emotion in a Disappearing World (edited by Paul Bogard) and she is a national speaker on issues of environmental wholeness. She is trained in peer counseling and during the pandemic taught a multi-week course on journaling grief.Community Guidelines: We honor the inherent dignity and beauty of all persons regardless of identity, nationality, ethnicity, belief, age, or any other divides. We agree to create a safe, inclusive, and welcoming space for all. We especially welcome members of historically underserved or excluded communities, understanding that in order to end the fragmentation of the earth's systems, we need every voice of every person to be as elevated and functional and unencumbered by oppressions as humanly possible. This is a safe space where all are welcome. Note: This course does not in any way substitute for or replace counseling with a certified mental health coach or therapist.

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