Writing for Wellbeing starts on February 19th, 2026, and runs for 6 weeks.  Each 2-hour class is held at the Caetani Cultural Centre in Vernon.

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In this workshop series, we experiment with creative writing and journaling techniques that foster self-discovery, mindfulness, emotional resilience, and creativity.

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Let your writing do your emotional and mental heavy lifting! 

Many of us use journaling, poetry, and storytelling to cope and to thrive. In Writing for Wellbeing, we explore how and why writing benefits us emotionally, mentally, and even physically. Using insights from various writers and writing-for-wellness experts, including Kathleen Adams, James Pennebaker, and Deborah Ross, we discover how writing can change our lives for the better.

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Classes include group discussion, writing time, and reflection.  The writing exercises involve short entrance meditations that bring us into the writing calmly and with intention.  Each technique we practice is designed to promote wellbeing.  

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Participants are not required to share any of their writing with the instructor or group – unless they want to. Instead, we reflect on and discuss what we have written, how it made us feel, and/or what it made us think about.  Although one outcome of this course may be that we reach our creative goals with more ease, our purpose together is not to hone our writing skills.  Non-writers, occasional writers, and writers with terrifying internal critics are all welcome! 

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Home practice is encouraged but optional.  

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WHEN:
Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 pm
Feb 19, Feb 26, Mar 5, Mar 12, Mar 19, Mar 26

 

WHERE:
Caetani Cultural Centre Gallery, Vernon, BC

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WHAT TO BRING:

Pen and paper / notebook

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COST

$250.00***

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Registration closes February 14 2026

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**Please note this workshop has a minimum number of required attendees to proceed. Refunds will be issued if this threshold is not met to the facilitator’s requirements. Maximum 10 participants per class.

***Financial subsidies are offered on a case-by-case, as-needed basis for Creating Space Workshops. Please email programs@caetani.org to apply.

 

Click here to learn more and to register for the course! 

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