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Restorying our Lives
Restorying is where my clinical life and my writing life first met.
For many years, I helped people explore the stories they carried — the ones that gave shape to their identities, and the ones they longed to change. Restorying invites us to return to our lives with curiosity, not judgment, and to ask:
Whose story am I living — and is it mine?
Restorying Writing Workshops
For fifteen years, I ran intimate writing workshops where people explored the stories that had shaped them — the ones they carried, questioned, and sometimes longed to change.
Through guided writing and reflection, participants traced key moments in their lives, noticed recurring themes, and began to reimagine the narratives they had long lived by.
Free 10 Week Writing Program
For over a decade, I taught a six-week writing and mindfulness program that helped people explore the stories that shaped them. We all carry narratives from our past — some helpful, some limiting. Restorying offers space to name those stories gently, reframe, reimagine and rewrite the story for the future.
Through simple writing and reflection exercises, participants traced key moments in their lives, noticed recurring themes, and began rewriting the stories they had long carried.
Much of my writing today stems from what I learned in these groups.
A self-paced 10 week writing series exploring the stories we live by.
Each session offers a simple invitation to pause, reflect, and reimagine the narratives we carry.
During the pandemic, I adapted the workshop into a self-paced online series — a way for people to continue this work at home, in their own time.
A note:
I no longer run the in-person Restorying workshops, but their themes and insights continue to shape my writing today.
Previous Workshops
These shorter workshops, which grew out of the six-week program, explore emotional landscapes that continue to shape my writing today.
Writing Out Shame
A space to name shame gently, trace its origins, and soften its grip.
Written on the Body
Exploring how our stories live in the body — shame, illness, and change.
Exploring Grief & Loss
Looking at grief as a doorway to deeper understanding and connection.
Getting out of the Man Box
How men learn emotional silence, pressure, and performance.