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Lorraine is an award-winning journalist and published author, playwright and essayist whose memoir, Life Touches Life: A Mother's Story of Stillbirth and Healing, has touched thousands of stillbirth parents from Australia to her native New Jersey. She holds a master's degree from Fordham University, is an active member of The International Women's Writing Guild, and teaches writing at conferences nationwide. A trained peer grief contact, Lorraine works one on one with other stillbirth mothers. She also is an advisor to the International Stillbirth Alliance. Lorraine lives with her husband, Bill. Currently she is working on a series of books about holistic healing.
www.lorraineash.com
F2, F5
Session Descriptions:
F2
WISDOM OF WORDS I: Writing to Heal the Spirit: Embark on a remarkable writing journey to find the lights of heavenly insight in the most painful events and encounters of our lives. Experiences are no less than pathways to God. Passages by noted writers such as William Blake, Grace Paley and Ellen Gilchrist are used as springboards to get creative juices flowing. Writing skill or experience is not necessary.
F5
WISDOM OF WORDS II: Writing to Heal the Spirit: Explore great loss as an opportunity to expand the boundaries of our identities. We are not the small, static people we once thought we were. Writing exercises inspired by The Kybalion, William Saroyan and Buckminster Fuller help us see and appreciate ourselves as wise and spiritually mature beings. Writing skill or experience is not necessary.