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In the Client's Words
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"Writing [is] the fertile ground for people to become active."
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Gratitude & Compassion Practice
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Sit under a tree.
Remember a stranger who once offered you a kindness.
After you leave the tree, share that same kindness with someone you don't know.
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Jennifer J. Wilhoit's Books
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Common Ground Between Crafts Collectives and Conservation
Weaving a Network
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TEALarbor stories'
mission is to compassionately support people as they discover & convey through writing their deepest stories.
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Greetings!
I trust that this sweet summertime is holding you and your loved ones as you travel, vacation, garden, hike, swim, or simply bask in the long days.
In reference to the natural landscape in which he lives, somebody recently said, "I cherish this." My heart has been circling around this sentiment. I keep hearing, feeling, and living into these words with each task in my day. And I am especially attentive to what begins to fall away as unimportant when the quality of cherishing is not present.
Like a mantra-in-motion, I am deepening my relationship to things I cherish. As I do so, I am reminded of the responsibility that comes with the feeling of treasuring something: to care for and nurture it.
I invite you to consider what it is you hold dear and see how you can nurture it. Relationships, healing, writing, nature: our deepest stories arise out of these and call to us for loving attention.
New things are quickly unfolding at TEALarbor stories. In the boxes below, be sure to check out: workshops coming in autumn, a video of a professional recitation of my writing, the kindness blog and hospice interviews, course updates, and other new projects.
Blessings,
Jennifer Wilhoit, Writing Mentor, Guide, Mediator
TEALarbor stories
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TEALarbor stories' newsletters offer inspiration, encouragement, & beauty; inform about the connection between story, the natural world, & all things writerly; & promote professional writing, guiding, & mediation services.
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Stories: Cherishing, Written & Lived
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The offering to you this beautiful northern hemisphere summer month is this: make a simple plan to demonstrate your adoration for one thing in your life.
If you can't remember what you cherish (because sometimes life distracts us from the loves that sing to us as we dream), then sit silently under a tree until you can remember.
And then go out into the world of nature, or loved ones, or creative activities, or whatever it is that animates your feeling of pure aliveness and wellbeing - and embrace that which you cherish.
Offer something that will nourish it, or them. Smile or cry. Handwrite a love letter. Mend a broken relationship.
No matter what else, journey in gratitude alongside that which you cherish. For cherishing makes our own and others' stories richer by reminding us of that beautiful web that binds us together.
Please email to learn more about how TEALarbor stories can support you as you move forward with your writing projects, as you traverse a life transition, or as you face a difficult situation of conflict.
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Upcoming Workshops & Events
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Weekday workshop times for most of the following are also available upon request.
Writing for the Fall Equinox
Sat, Sep 10, 2016 10 AM - 1 PM in Kitsap County
Writing as Life; Life as Writing
Either Sat, Oct 15 or Sat, Oct 29, 2016 - choose your preferred date and location (even via Skype!)
Seeking Quiet Within & Stillness Without
Sat, Nov 12, 2016 10 AM - 3 PM in Kitsap County
Grief & Writing for the Holidays
Sat, Dec 3, 2016 10 AM - 2 PM in Kitsap County
Writing for the Winter Solstice
Sat, Dec 17, 2016 10 AM - 1 PM in Kitsap County
Storying through the Inner/Outer Landscapes
A 3-day retreat at the beautiful Whidbey Institute in Spring 2017.
If you have a venue and a group (large or small) that you would like to see participate in a TEALarbor stories workshop, please email me. With a quota of confirmed registrations or a venue we can use, you will attend for free!
Popular workshops include:
* Writing the Inner/Outer Landscape (introduction)
* Writing the Inner/Outer Landscape (five part series)
* Grief and Writing
* Writing for the Equinox/Solstice
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News & Updates
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New workshops and offerings are scheduled and on their way to you as listed in the box above and detailed on the website.
Click here to see the video of NYC actress Virginia Thomas evocatively reciting my written offering in celebration of Arbor Day at the Tulpehaking Nature Center.
I was recently interviewed for the Kindness Communication blog. Click here to read how TEALarbor stories understands writing and listening as kind acts "within an ecological mindset."
I've developed my online course, A Natural History of Compassion, for the Charter for Compassion's Education Institute (CEI) This has inspired me to begin development of a broader curriculum reflecting the practices and values that characterize TEALarbor stories' work. Please keep an eye on the News page for updates. (Courses for CEI will be offered gradually over time to best serve the needs of our global audience.)
Click here and scroll down to "Updates" to see our Global Earth Exchange act of beauty made of natural materials on a low tide beach just prior to the summer solstice.
The Windows Within Project's interview with me about hospice service work is available by clicking here. It's dated 2/1/16 and is entitled, "Jennifer Wilhoit & Discovering the Natural Landscape of Death & Dying..."
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Did You Know?
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TEALarbor stories presents at a variety of venues throughout the year. You can arrange to have Jennifer present her work about writing and the inner/outer landscape, or conduct a workshop tailored to the needs of your group.
The work of deep storying that is at the center of TEALarbor stories has served individuals and groups on all seven continents. (Yes, even Antarctica.)
© 2016 TEALarbor stories - Jennifer J. Wilhoit, PhD
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