A reflective writing workshop for physicians, nurses, therapists, medical students, residents, and other health care professionals
Often in life and in work we get stuck and aren't sure how to move forward. This workshop uses writing to target stuck places and help unstick them. It offers a creative way to explore challenges and perhaps show the possibility of new directions. A brief talk will be given on blocks and the tactics we use to avoid or deal with situations. Participants are then guided through three reflective writing exercises. (This is done in a creative, non-didactic way and it doesn't promise to solve anything! It's meant to be fun.) No experience necessary.
Goals:
1. Learn five rules for writing that can be used as part of a commitment to personal health, well being and renewal through creativity and awareness.
2. Engage in writing as a tool for understanding and expressing challenges
3. Explore writing as a practice of self-care
4. To develop reflective capacity in order to foster humility, empathy, self-compassion and tolerance of uncertainty and ambiguity in medicine.