A high-touch writing mentorship community for alumni of Narrative Healing.
Grow your craft, sustain your practice, and belong to a circle of peers who will witness and support your writing life.
✨ Writers call it essential and unlike anything else.
The Listening Circles weave together the practices, support, and connection you need to keep your writing life alive and thriving. Each season includes:
The Listening Circles are more than a collection of workshops — they’re a sustained practice of growth, creativity, and connection. Writers consistently share that this program is essential to their work and unlike anything else they’ve experienced.
The Listening Circles are rooted in a simple but powerful practice: compassionate listening and positive mirroring. When writers share their work, the group reflects back what’s strong, resonant, and alive in the writing.
This isn’t about critique — it’s about creating the conditions where your voice can expand. Over time, writers begin to internalize this way of listening to themselves – noticing what’s working, building confidence, and taking creative risks.
Research in narrative medicine, psychology, and trauma-informed practice supports what we’ve witnessed again and again:
Being deeply heard lowers stress and increases emotional resilience.
Positive feedback strengthens memory, focus, and creativity.
Safe, supportive communities accelerate learning and personal growth.
✨ The result? Writers not only improve their craft — they also transform their relationship to their own voice.
The healing power of writing grows exponentially when you share your work with a trusted community. This experience is designed to offer meaningful connections, identification so you may grow creatively. Bringing your work in the world begins by sharing with peers. We’ve seen writers again and again discover ways to publish as a result of this experience but that’s not the goal of this experience.
No, we do not focus on pitching work, the business of being a writer or publishing. If you are interested in support launching your work into the world, look into our coaching offerings.
The Circles are designed for alumni of Narrative Healing programs who are ready to deepen their practice in community. On occasion, we also welcome new writers by invitation or application if their intention to listen and share wholeheartedly aligns with the spirit of the circle.
Not at all. Writers join at all stages — from journaling to published books. What matters most is your intention to listen, share, and grow in community.
The Listening Circles are my most intimate and transformative program. They include the Labs and expert workshops, but also offer private circle gatherings and group coaching. It’s the full mentorship experience, designed for ongoing transformation and connection.
We encourage regular participation to honor the group’s rhythm, but we understand life happens. All labs and expert workshops are recorded, and your circle will keep you connected even if you miss a gathering.
Supportive, encouraging, feedback focused on what’s working and how to grow your work.
All work is shared live in the group. We have a private chat space where writers are free to share pieces, so people have options to read along with the live reading. There is no outside required work.
Each circle is limited to six people.
1000 words.
Yes, no one in the larger community has access.
We keep the groups small and intimate, capped at 6 writers, so every voice is heard and supported.
We believe that people grow from what’s working, and from positive feedback. We’ve seen over the years again and again, creative projects take flight when fueled by a supportive community and encouraging words.
No, this is a live listening experience, however participants are invited to share their piece in advance of the session so people can read along.
The entire experience is 90 minutes a month, though we have a private community space where you can share ideas, feedback, inspiration and more.
We work with all genres! Poetry, memoir, personal essay, fiction etc. All welcome.
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