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"Imagine...then do it"
Back in September, Julie Shifman of Act Three led an informative and inspirational session on discovering what's next in your life. In November she's offering the opportunity to follow that up with a powerful and energizing morning of speakers and activities to light the spark and fan the flame of moving forward. For more information and to sign up use this link.
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| Personal History | 
Click here to register
A series of workshops featuring fun, interactive exercises to help you create a piece of
history that is yours alone. Along the way you will develop an increased understanding of your own life story and experience the sense of satisfaction that comes from passing your wisdom on to future
generations. Each session is independent of the others, so join us for one or several. | |
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Planning a meeting or special event?
Consider hosting it here! You'll have access to our warm, inviting space and be able to help out our organization. Lots of spaces for break out meetings are available. We're centrally located and have ample parking To learn more, please email Beth Fritsch here.
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Attention Bloggers!
Join us Nov 6 for a workshop on blogging, featuring four bloggers from our community, some who have been at it for awhile and some who are starting out.
Click here to read more.
Additionally, we would like to make available a list of blogs maintained by women in WWFC classes. We plan to publicize the list through class announcements and online via social media, our website and this ezine. If you would like to have your blog included, please send the web address and a brief description of your blog by Nov 4th, to writing teacher, Mary Ann Jansen. |
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| An Important Message from WWFC
People all around town know that we are a community that empowers individuals to develop their voices and their stories. They know we use writing as a tool for self-discovery. And they know we are a safe and welcoming community where people come to be supported and inspired, as they make significant positive changes in 
their lives.
Some are even aware that we reach out to homeless teens, to adults with Down Syndrome, that we conduct writing circles for individuals with developmental disabilities. Others are aware of our after-school work with at-risk girls, our summer writing camps, our work with cancer survivors and with women experiencing pregnancy loss.
What is less well known about Women Writing for (a) Change is that, to accommodate those who are struggling through this economic downturn, we have cut our tuition fees by 40% and increased our scholarship funding. We are committed to our mission to help people successfully navigate this time of change.
However, our fees don't begin to cover our costs. Like all non-profit organizations, we are dependent upon gifts, contributions, and income from grants to supplement our tuition income.
Can you help us with a generous donation? With your gift we can continue to grow our community outreach programs and provide generous scholarships to women and gi rls.
You can donate online right now by CLICKING HERE. You can also mail a check to us at WWFC Annual Appeal, 6906 Plainfield Road, Cincinnati, OH 45236.
Thank you for helping us to continue our vital work. Our greatest marketing asset is your word of mouth endorsement. Please recommend us to friends and acquaintances today!
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Healthy Bodies, Healthy Lives 
Finding peace with our bodies can be an excruciatingly difficult experience. We have been bombarded by images, messages, and advice on how to look better, younger, thinner, sexier. Maybe you've been teased for weight issues or excluded for not being thin enough, pretty enough or young enough. Many of us have come to simply believe that we are not good enough because of the way we look.
But the truth is.....popular media's image of beauty is not realistic and often unhealthy. What is attainable is the journey toward inner peace, positive body image, health, and well-being. One way to begin this journey is through a dedicated and positive writing practice such as the one taught in The Body Journal, this Saturday at Women Writing for (a) Change.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE AND TO REGISTER.
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The Places That Scare You
|  There's nothing like the Halloween season with its emphasis on the many and varied things that can scare us. But ghosts and goblins seem like nothing to the scary prospect of change that awaits us at certain times in our life...especially that momentous passage of life known as midlife. This session will offer the opportunity to view midlife transitions as the powerful invitation to growth that it can be. - Gain support and wisdom for the journey
- Realize that you're in good company at this time
- Adopt a motivating perspective for moving through this passage
Monday, October 25 7:00-9:00 Pat Meier, Psychotherapist and Coach Nan Fischer, WWFC Program Director >>CLICK HERE TO REGISTER>>
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| Journeys Through Grief | | Please join Mary Pierce Brosmer on October 29th at the YWCA for a special circle about journeying through grief. Click here to download the information. |
Writing Prompt
Fall Song
Another year gone, leaving everywhere
its rich spiced residues: vines, leaves,
the uneaten fruits crumbling damply
in the shadows, unmattering back
from the particular island
of this summer, this NOW, that now is nowhere
except underfoot, moldering
in that black subterranean castle
of unobservable mysteries - roots and sealed seeds
and the wanderings of water. This
I try to remember when time's measure
painfully chafes, for instance when autumn
flares out at the last, boisterous and like us longing
to stay - how everything lives, shifting
from one bright vision to another, forever
in these momentary pastures.
~ Mary Oliver ~
What stirs in you this fall? Take a few minutes to study trees close to you.
Pick a line from the poem and do a ten minute fastwrite. That means set a timer and write; don't cross out or erase and stay a few steps ahead of your censor.
Try this line:
how everything lives, shifting/from one bright vision to another, forever/
in these momentary pastures.
or how about this line?
that now is nowhere/except underfoot
or maybe
This/I try to remember when time's measure/painfully chafes
Or another line that jumps out to you.
As always, follow that crazy muse of yours!
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