Writing your story is one of the most powerful ways to heal.
Learn how and get started with supportive, somatic writing processes and simple memoir-writing techniques from 25+ skilled healers and writers, in this free 4-day virtual event.
March 30th - April 2nd
Move forward on your healing journey by learning how to write in a way that feels supportive and creative.
Explore creative writing and life story writing processes that support your healing journey.
During the Healing Through Writing Festival you’ll learn how to:
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Use writing and the creative arts as a tool for healing
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Tap into the wisdom of your body through writing (and discover how that's connected to your healing)
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Write about your life experiences and have your perspective (and triggers) change as a result
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Discover how writing from your body and inner life can support real healing
Get your free ticket and join us to learn 25+ somatic healing and writing techniques from skilled guides and writers.
Explore writing and healing through these 4 different themes:
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Take the lid off
Write with grief, rage, and the real challenges of being human
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Remember joy and pleasure
Revive delight and creativity in the healing process
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Build the foundations of healing and creativity
Work with somatic (body-based) techniques and your nervous system
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Integrate your healing
Claim what you've lived through and tell the stories that matter
Meet your Healing and Writing Guides
Just look at this stellar lineup of kind and skilled healers you’ll learn from at the Healing Through Writing Festival!
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Writing the Inner Compass
Vanessa Bennett (She/Her)
Licensed Depth Therapist, Author, Speaker
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Opening Your Inner Vision to Catch a Story Through Breathwork
Malina Dawn (She/They)
Breathwork Therapist
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Writing the Wise Erotic Power of Midlife
Nisha Moodley (She/Her)
Leadership Coach + Facilitator
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Sense Writing: Stepping into Harder Terrain
Madelyn Kent
Founder, Sense Writing™
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Intro to Delulu Journaling
Mercedes Kraus (She/Her)
Creative Coach & Design Writer
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Finding the Courage to Begin: Tarot and Writing
Giselle Vriesen (She/They)
Author + Tarot Reader
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Re-enchant Your Life (And Writing!) Through Folklore
Dr. Sara Cleto and Dr. Brittany Warman of The Carterhaugh School (She/Her)
Folklorists
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Writing With Your Ancestors for Healing
Eve Bradford (She/Her)
Artist Practitioner
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I Have a Good Body — How Writing Helped Me Move from Objectifying My Body to Being in Relationship With My Body
Stasia Savasuk
Somatic Educator | TEDx Speaker | Founder of Style School
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Writing Fiction to Reframe and Heal the Past
Carina Bisset
Award-winning Author and Editor, Creative Writing Coach
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Writing Eros
Adriana Rizzolo
Founder Body Temple Dance, Somatics + Tantra, Adult Sx Ed, Writer, Ritualist Oracle
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Mindset as Medicine: 6 Steps to Building Your Seasonal Writing Practice
Chelene Knight
Author, Creative Practitioner
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Living (and Writing) Well With Chronic Illness
Grace Quantock (She/Her)
Psychotherapeutic Counsellor and Author
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Creativity Cycling: Writing in Sync with Your Natural Rhythms
Kailey Brennan DelloRusso
Writing Coach
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Smut for Healing: The Hidden Power of the Romance Novel
Amy Everhart
Writer, Educator, Coach
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Sit. Write. Here. Mindful Practices to Write More and Suffer Less
April Davila
Award-winning Author, Speaker, & Writing Coach
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Getting Unstuck with Self-Hypnosis and Writing
Karen Connelly
Registered Psychotherapist and Hypnotherapist
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I'm Just a Girl: Writing Girlhood
Melissa Fraterrigo
Memoirist
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Creating Values-Based Goals to Anchor Your Writing and Healing
Nisha Mody (She/Her)
Trauma-Informed Life Coach, Speaker, and Writer
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Writing Legacy Love Letters
Reena Lazar (She/Her)
End-of-Life Educator
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Writing as Connection: a Contemplative Practice
Sarah Selecky (She/Her)
Author, Writing Coach, Hypnotherapist
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When There Is Nothing Left To Do: Art and Creativity in the Depths of Darkness
Val Alcorn (She/Her)
Artist, Herbalist
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Writing Self-Intimacy: Attachment Styles, Inner Dialogue and You
Taunē Lyons (She/Her)
Licensed Psychotherapist, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Writer
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The Orgasmic Creativity Portal: How Pleasure Unlocks Creative Flow on the Page
Shawnrey Notto (She/Her)
Embodied Creativity & Pleasure Guide
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Writing the Psychedelic Experience
Simon Yugler
Author, Depth Psychotherapist, Psychedelic Facilitator
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Writing Our First Gods - Revisiting our Parents and First Caregivers
Sonia Mackwani
Writer, Therapist-Healer, Social Entrepreneur, Self-Work Facilitator, Filmmaker, Impact Producer
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Unearthing Epiphanies: Exploring the Layers of Your Story
Tresha Faye Haefner
Founder of The Poetry Salon, author of When The Moon Had Antlers (Pine Row Press, 2023)
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Forest to Page: Nature as a Co-Writer of the Soul
Nadege Laure
Soul Mentor, Author, Poet, Forest Bathing Guide, Yin Yoga and Meditation Teacher
As you can see from these thoughtful and wide-ranging presentations and workshops, this is a uniquely curated event that you won’t want to miss.
Get your free ticket to learn from 25+ skilled (and kind!) healers and writers about supportive writing processes and simple memoir-writing techniques.
Healing Through Writing was created with your healing in mind.
It’s a workshop and presentation series that trusts you.
That trusts your discernment, your hunger for growth, the wisdom of your body, your creativity and your stories.
It’s a festival, not just about healing the difficult, but about inviting in joy, expansion and depth.
Healing Through Writing was specifically created for sensitive, thoughtful, creative seekers like you. People who:
love writing and other creative practices
are struggling to understand their discontent, their discomfort, their weird symptoms
are hungry to grow beyond what their cultures, societies and families have told them they are
feel the deep and potent promise of a transformative process
have stories that have been held inside too tightly for far too long
This festival is about giving you embodied, experiential practices and ways to write your personal stories that are healing.
What to expect
When and Where
The Healing Through Writing Festival will run from March 30th - April 2nd, with a variety of presentations to choose from each day. This event is entirely virtual, so you’ll be able to attend from anywhere in the world with internet access.
Private Festival Community
You’ll also have access to our private online community of creative, big-hearted, growth-oriented writers just like you. Tap into the collective synergy of kindred spirits on a healing and writing path! This is where you’ll be able to connect with the speakers and other attendees before and during the event.
Apply for a Scholarship Spot
For my transformational 12-month memoir-writing and healing program, The Art of Personal Mythmaking, which uses body-based, trauma-informed writing techniques, stories like fairy tale and myth, and themed modules to support people who want to heal from the difficult parts of their life stories as they write their memoirs.
Upgrade for a Supportive Experience
After registering, you’ll also have the chance to upgrade to the All Access Pass which includes ongoing access to the presentations after the summit wraps up, premium bonuses from our speakers, and more! You’ll get all the details (and a special offer) after grabbing your free ticket!
Sessions with Skilled Healers and Writing Teachers
Attend workshops and presentations from our lineup of 25+ presenters, writing teachers, and healers, with wide-ranging sessions such as outline your memoir using fairy tale and myth as your guide, writing from the body, writing and attachment theory, and more. Your free ticket includes access to each presentation during the four days of the summit.
Chances to Win
You’ll also have a chance to win prizes by showing up and participating throughout the summit. Be sure to keep an eye out for your BINGO card and come hang out with us in the online community for chances to win prizes, to be announced.
Meet your host
Hi! I’m Janelle Hardy.
I’m a writer, somatic (body) healer and transformational memoir-writing teacher.
I’ve been on a healing path since I was 20, seeking to find relief from extreme shyness, loneliness, chronic fatigue, intense tooth grinding and tummy troubles.
And it’s worked. I’ve found relief and healing.
I’m the creator/teacher of a transformational memoir-writing course called The Art of Personal Mythmaking, host of the Memoir Body, Healing Story Podcast, the Dirty, Messy, Alive: Embodied Memoir-Writing Workshop Series, and this festival.
All of which is to say - you’re in good hands with me :-)
I care deeply about the people I serve.
I trust this work, I trust my training and experience, and I trust the incredible lineup of skilled (and kind) healers and writers you’ll hear from during the Healing Through Writing Festival.
Most of all, I trust you and your longing for healing, growth, and kind, skilled support on your journey.
Have questions? Here are some answers.
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You’ll learn (and try) a wide range of supportive writing processes and simple memoir-writing techniques from 20+ skilled healers and writers.
We’ll cover a wide range of experiences that support (and hinder) your healing journey, and how to create transformation and flow in your writing journey by working with the challenges instead of against them.
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If you’re curious about healing, embodied writing techniques, and memoir-writing, this event is for you.
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The event's presentations are a mix of pre-recorded and live elements. All recordings and replays are available for the four days of the festival, with your free ticket.
I encourage you to attend live if you can!
Set aside time during the event week to attend the live sessions, watch the pre-recorded presentations, and participate with others who are healing through writing.
However, if you’re not able to attend all of the sessions live, go ahead and grab your free ticket because you’ll have the opportunity to upgrade to the All Access Pass for extended access to all of the presentations.
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Your free ticket includes access to each of the presentations for the duration of the event.
If you need more time, you can always upgrade your ticket to the All-Access Pass after registering, which will give you extended access to the presentations along with exclusive live sessions during the event week and premium bonuses from our speakers.
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Some are live and some are pre-recorded.
The Healing Through Writing Festival runs from March 30th - April 2nd. Live calls are typically at 6am, 7am, 9am, 12pm, and 2pm, all Pacific Time.
Once you’ve got your free ticket you’ll be able to see the full schedule.
You’ll also be able to join our private online community after you register.
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When you register, you’ll be added to the host Janelle Hardy’s (me) Healing Through Writing Festival newsletter and email list so I can send you updates for the event and links to each day’s presentations.
After the event is over, you’ll continue to hear from me, but you can unsubscribe at any time.
Each of the speakers will have free resources available that you can access by providing an email address, but the speakers will not get your email address unless you choose to give it to them specifically.
That way, you only hear from the people you really love and don’t have to worry about getting added to 20+ email lists that you’re not interested in. 😬
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Yes.
All presentations have closed captioning.
Please reach out if there’s anything we can do to ensure you’re able to enjoy this event: jaha @ janellehardy.com
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If you still have questions, I encourage you to go ahead and sign up.
Your questions will likely be answered during the event or in the online community, which you’ll be able to join right after getting your free ticket.
However, if you need to ask a question before registering, feel free to send an e-mail to me at jaha @ janellehardy.com or DM me on instagram @janellemackinnonhardy