Guided Autobiography Classes

A personal renaissance is a rebirth of your soul. 
The growth that is constantly shaping and changing who you are.
—Alison Blakeslee

Guided Autobiography proven methods have been researched and developed by the Birren Institute of Autobiographical Studies over the past 40 years. 
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Write! Write!

Create!

How does it work?

You'll write two pages a week on a theme with many prompts to stir your memory, writing outside of class so you have time to reflect. You'll read your stories aloud in a small, intimate group. Creative exercises will stretch your brain, help you get to know yourself and each other better.
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There is healing power in the act of telling our stories

When we let our stories out, we release what’s held inside, often blocking us, even holding us back.

To break down that kind of barrier, we have to risk showing who we are, first to ourselves. That’s a big deal. But as we see others doing this alongside us, we do risk. And then as we read our words aloud in a group, what we receive back is compassion, understanding, acceptance, and the power of being heard. 

We give that listening to each other. We listen hard. By the end, we see we are not so different from anyone else, and strangers have become friends.

It’s not about being a great writer. 
It’s about writing from the heart ​and finding who you are within it.
This is not therapy, but it IS therapeutic.

​Some logistics

• 5 - 10 sessions per workshop, usually once a week
• Classes are 2 - 3 hours long with a 10-minute break in the middle ​

• In-person or on Zoom, whichever appropriate​​​
• It is INCREDIBLE how deep the bonding goes even as we meet virtually!​

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Could this be yours?

​At the end of a course, you can choose to Print Your Book of your own stories!
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You'll be able to hold your own book in your hands.

Read c​omments about Robin ​as a workshop ​facilitator.

Top photo by Pixabay from Pexels. Middle photo by Rakicevic Nenad from Pexels. Book cover photo above by lucas wesney on Unsplash