The Women's Writing as Healing Workshops

Online Writing as Healing:

6-week workshop + READING

CURRENT SERIES: FRIDAYS, MARCH 10 – April 14, 2023, 12- 2 P.M. PST

GROUP READING, CLOSING CIRCLE + RITUAL: Date and time to be decided by group

The Women’s Writing as Healing Workshop series responds to the needs of women who want to get writing while connecting to each other in a close and supportive circle.

It fosters your development as a writer while supporting empowerment, personal growth and healing.

It inspires writing, creativity and self-connection!

Who is this Workshop for?

You love to write, though you may get blocked at times. You’d like to get into the habit of writing, make it a natural part of your routine.
You’ve never really written but feel drawn to explore this part of yourself.
You’re a seasoned writer and crave a stimulating environment to work on your material or try new genres.

You’re a social animal and benefit from being part of a circle of close, supportive women.

You know how important it is for women to be there for each other through the craziness of life.

You like to laugh! You also respect the power of tears to release us from pain and open us to healing.

You are welcoming healing into your life, whether this is trauma-related or in response to anxiety or depression.

How can the Workshop benefit me?

Now in its 4th year, the Workshop has supported women tremendously in both writing and personal development!

Participants have:

Broken through long-standing writing blocks that have inhibited their comfort in writing and sharing their writing
Moved from prosaic to expressive and lyrical writing
Grown distinctive writing voices
Found the courage and inspiration to write in new genres and/or take their work to the stage
Were inspired to add to their ongoing writing projects during sessions (i.e. memoir, creative non-fiction manuscripts)
Experienced deep and powerful support from the group while going through rough times/working through trauma
Developed close friendships that lasted far beyond the Workshop

The Women’s Online Writing as Healing Workshop series

FREE INTRO: Friday April 21, 2023, 12 – 1:30 p.m. PST

Join an intimate circle of women for a journey of writing and empowerment! This is a 90-minute free intro to the ongoing series. I’ll share my 6 tools to support writers to grow, maintain flow and break through blocks, with examples of how women transform in these dynamic, uber-supportive circles. I’ll offer prompts designed to support your inner-work and deepen your relationship with your writing, and we’ll have optional share circles.

Upcoming full series

FRIDAYS, APRIL 28 – MAY 2, 2023, 12-2 P.M. PST

Group Reading: Date + time to be decided by group

Join an intimate circle of women for a journey of writing and empowerment!

Each 2-hour workshop includes a guided visualization/meditation; support circle; and inspiring writing prompts and invitations designed to connect us with the creative, the divine and ourselves. No writing experience required!

Pricing

Level I

$350: Regular price

$300: Wise Woman Special: purchase within 24 hours of Free Intro

Level II

$570: Regular price

$520: Wise Woman Special: purchase within 24 hours of Free Intro

Includes one complementary initial consult and two, 60-minute intuitive energy-work* or writing-coaching** sessions within the six-week program timeline. (Sessions are billed at an exclusive package rate unavailable outside of the workshop combo.)

Level III

$680: Regular price

$630: Wise Woman Special: purchase within 24 hours of Free Intro

Includes one complementary initial consult and three, 60-minute intuitive energy-work* or writing-coaching** sessions within the six-week program timeline. (Sessions are billed at an exclusive package rate unavailable outside of the workshop combo.)

* In intuitive energy-work sessions, Marn supports women’s deep healing with energy work and intuitive insights. Examples of areas of focus are creative blocks, anxiety, depression, life transitions, grief and breakup.

Marn is an intuitive energy therapist with 25 years of experience and a background in Reiki, Healing Touch, Body-Energy Counselling and Shiatsu. These sessions are held over Zoom.

**Writing coaching is for women who are seeking support and/or counsel at any stage in their writing process or project. Women choose the coaching option to deepen and strengthen their relationship with their writing and fire-up/advance their projects. They are matched with the warmth of a multi-genre writer, editorial consultant and energy therapist deeply familiar with the process of creative writing in all its joys and hurdles.

Marn has a 25-year background as a professional writer/editor and consultant and has trained and worked as a journalist. She is also an author, poet and playwright with a background in creative non-fiction.

To register, please email with your workshop and date(s). Once your course is confirmed, you may register via e-transfer to marn@vancouverwritingcourses.com or by PayPal through this site.

Gift certificates available

What is the Women’s Writing as Healing Workshop?

The Workshop is a series of weekly workshops designed to empower you to love, understand and express yourself.

You’ll be part of an intimate group of women who support each other as they share thoughts, emotions, experiences and writing in a safe and dynamic environment.

Each week you’ll explore a different theme through specially tailored writing prompts. Examples of themes are gratitude, love and self-worth.

You’ll enjoy guided visualizations, wisdom from wise teachers and many carefully selected and inspiring writing prompts. Sharing writing is encouraged and optional.

More than a workshop, the Workshop is an incubator for inspiration, growth and healing and ! It is driven by the power of sisterhood – by women nurturing each other to be their best.

This workshop brought a lot more richness to my life than I expected

“I had a wonderful experience in the Writing as Healing workshop for women, hosted by Marn Norwich. She was open, warm, hospitable and exceptionally intuitive with each of the participants in our group. She provided space for us to honour our truths in whatever was going on for us at the time. The poetry she selected as prompts was amazing and inspirational, and the themes were on point for healing and renewing ourselves in the midst of a chaotic world. I enjoyed the connection with all the women and the beauty of sharing our varied perspectives through our individual writing journeys. This workshop brought a lot more richness to my life than I expected, and I am so appreciative of the experience. Thank you Marn! ❤️”

Tracy Carruthers

Vancouver, BC

The Writing as Healing sessions are a huge highlight for me

“I honestly can't recommend Writing as Healing highly enough. Marn is genius in her guidance through self healing. Each workshop has a specific theme, and we are introduced to the works of countless brilliant writers. Each piece is carefully chosen not only to augment the week’s theme, but to open our consciousness and strengthen our confidence, all the while supporting us to feel comforted, expansive and inspired to write and heal. Setting the tone of safety and respect, Marn is always incredibly present and encouraging. After each series I realize something new about myself, which brings a shift in my body, heart and soul. The Writing as Healing sessions are a huge highlight for me, and it's non-negotiable that I make time to attend. Best investment EVER!”

Marie Ingram

Vancouver, BC

Easily one of the best things I’ve ever done for my well-being

“I joined Marn's Women's Writing as Healing workshops during a transitional period in my life when healing and reconnecting with my love of writing had become essential. Something truly magical transpires through Marn's facilitation. She leads by example, responding thoughtfully to each contribution, holding space, and validating where we are in our healing journey. Her intuitive, attentive approach creates a nearly palpable sense of safety and connection in the room, transforming strangers into a circle of trust, support, and inspiration. ... Attending her workshops is easily one of the best things I've ever done for my well-being, for my love of writing, and for my sense of wonder and appreciation for women.”

Amanda Hobbs

Vancouver, BC

Absolute and pure magic

“Participating in Marn's writing workshop has easily become the highlight of my week. Not only is she a beautiful writer herself, she is just a wonderful and kind energy. She is warm and inviting when we all meet, and she provides such reflective and insightful feedback. She has created a truly nurturing environment to allow for writers at all levels to flourish. Each session is thoughtfully curated with guided meditations, inspiring quotes and video clips, and provoking prompts. Marn provides a space where we can all write freely, share vulnerably and hold each other with such compassion. When we get together in her workshop, it is absolute and pure magic.”

Annie Phung

Vancouver, BC

Inspires safety

“I attended Marn’s writing workshop at the Library Square in September 2011. Her techniques on how to slow down and sink into one’s writing were insightful and rewarding but that is not what made her class so special. What is unique about Marn is the level of safety she inspires. There is always this dread, at least for me, in sharing one’s work in front of a crowd. Marn holds the space in such a way that it is easy to get up and read, in fact, desirous to do so. She treats each piece of work as sacred—you feel honoured to have shared. I highly recommend Marn in helping to bring out your most creative aspects.”

Jo-Ann Stevenson

BodyMind Therapist, West Vancouver, BC

Photo by Alexis Brown

This workshop is for you if....

You write or want to write and would love the benefit of inspiring themes and prompts to really get you going!
You’re a seasoned writer with a writing project underway and are seeking inspiration and new angles.
You’d benefit from a weekly, structured focus on your writing and personal empowerment.
You’re a woman of any age who is seeking a safe and supportive community in which to grow and flourish.

You are actively healing an issue or trauma or wanting to progress your healing.

You’re seeking creative or personal growth in a warm, supportive setting.

Benefits

Get inspired and get your writing flowing.
Connect deeply to your creativity and refine your writer’s voice.
Gain inspiration and support for your current writing project.
Have a weekly opportunity to focus on creative expression, self-empowerment and growth.
Be part of a warm, supportive community of women.
Explore empowerment issues from a women’s perspective in a close circle of women.
Experience staunch support for yourself on your healing path.
Support other women in their life journeys.

Takeaways

Flow, inspiration and regularity in your writing process
Strengthening of your writer’ voice
Increased comfort in reading your work to others
Increased sense of empowerment
New, wonderful women friends!
Wider spiritual perspective
Greater self-understanding
Tools for self-healing and personal growth

Pricing Plan: using Level I as an example

Free Intro

Free

Curious about these workshops? Attend a Free Intro and see for yourself!

Drop-in

$40 + GST = $50

Once package sales are complete, drop-in sessions may be available. Contact us to inquire.

7-workshop package
(14 hours, includes group reading)

$350

Reserve your space for 8 workshops.

Wise-Woman Special
(7 workshops = 14 hours, includes group reading)

$300

The Wise Woman is available for 24 hours following the optional Free Intro for your workshop.

5.25 -month-workshop-series ( 3 series = 42 hours)

$300 * 5.25 = $1,575

Assure your space for 5.25 months (21 workshops) with one payment.

A magical experience

"I'm beyond thankful for the time I spent in the Women's Writing as Healing workshop with Marn and the other women who made our time together such a special place to be. I write web copy for a living, but had been feeling incredibly blocked creatively and down on myself because I had no emotional connection to what I was writing anymore. Having an opportunity to re-explore this space from a purely creative and self compassionate place has completely reignited my passion. I feel less judgemental of my own abilities, more willing to make mistakes and embrace imperfections, and am increasingly able to express what's inside me — a welcome, freeing change from that stuck feeling I'd been experiencing for so long. I wholeheartedly recommend this workshop to any woman who is looking for a warm, safe, welcoming space to share and feel supported. Simply put, it's a magical experience."

Rosanna Chipkin

Vancouver, BC

If you want to feel the writing magic, I cannot recommend Marn and her workshops enough

“I am so grateful I took the plunge and signed up for Marn's writing workshop. I was hesitant about doing a course on Zoom, but I felt so much human connection and inspiration from the very first session that any doubt quickly disappeared. If you want to force yourself to dedicate that time to feel the writing magic, I cannot recommend Marn and her workshops enough!”

Sarah Howell

Vancouver, BC

Marn truly made my experience in the group something I’ll cherish forever

“As a person with limited hand mobility and a speech impairment, I often feel anxious when joining a group where I'm the only person with a disability. People who are non-disabled aren't always accommodating. They think that they have to make ‘special’ arrangements just for you. I'm happy to say that wasn't the case with Marn. After I informed her that it would be easier to use email and the Zoom chat feature to communicate, she asked what other accommodations she could make for me. I don't know if the other women in the group knew it or not; the accommodations Marn made for me were also extended to them. I really felt a part of the coming together of women. In the six-week session, I wrote from a more in-depth spiritual place than before. Marn truly made my experience in the group something I'll cherish forever. I have taken several of Marn's workshops. Women from different backgrounds and walks of life are strangers at the beginning. After weeks of trusting each other with personal stories and giving constructive feedback, by the end, there's a strong sisterhood.”

Theresa Yates

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Her facilitation is graceful and intuitive, filled with love, powerful insights, and ways of seeing deep into you

"Marn's writing workshops are a healing offering that is rare to find. Each week, I felt myself open and ease into processing different layers of what was moving through my body, mind, and spirit. Her facilitation is graceful and intuitive, filled with love, powerful insights, and ways of seeing deep into you that feel nurturing and give you permission to finally see yourself with the same bright eyes. The women she attracts are truly just as caring, talented, and genuine as Marn, which created a safe, nourishing, and enjoyable space amongst us even when we were exploring heavier material. There's so much I could say about this workshop and Marn but it's a sliver of the full embodiment of the gorgeous, uplifting, and unique journey that I experienced."

Marlene Malik

Toronto, ON

She is a blessing. Highly recommended.

“Marn is a master of creating a welcoming group environment. She nurtures retreat attendees in a way that is to build trust in oneself and at the same time to build trust in others. The intimate group setting is perfect for writing, sharing, hearing, and communicating. Words are a part of our nature, and guided by Marn in her Women's Writing as Healing Retreat, words have provoked a new awareness of being alive, mindful, and in control of my destiny. She is a blessing. Highly recommended.”

Lea Chambers

Designer, Vancouver, BC

The Women’s Writing as Healing Workshop

The Women's Writing as Healing Workshops

Who is this Workshop for?

How can the Workshop benefit me?

The Women’s Online Writing as Healing Workshop series

Upcoming full series

Pricing

Gift certificates available

What is the Women’s Writing as Healing Workshop?

This workshop is for you if....

Benefits

Takeaways

Pricing Plan: using Level I as an example

Free Intro

Drop-in

7-workshop package
(14 hours, includes group reading)

Wise-Woman Special
(7 workshops = 14 hours, includes group reading)

5.25 -month-workshop-series ( 3 series = 42 hours)

Join us for updates on Free Intros, new courses, retreats and insights on the writing process!

Get in Touch

Free Consult

The Women's Writing as Healing Workshops

Who is this Workshop for?

How can the Workshop benefit me?

The Women’s Online Writing as Healing Workshop series

Upcoming full series

Pricing

Gift certificates available

What is the Women’s Writing as Healing Workshop?

This workshop is for you if....

Benefits

Takeaways

Pricing Plan: using Level I as an example

Free Intro

Drop-in

7-workshop package (14 hours, includes group reading)

Wise-Woman Special (7 workshops = 14 hours, includes group reading)

5.25 -month-workshop-series ( 3 series = 42 hours)

Join us for updates on Free Intros, new courses, retreats and insights on the writing process!

Get in Touch

Free Consult

7-workshop package
(14 hours, includes group reading)

Wise-Woman Special
(7 workshops = 14 hours, includes group reading)