Dangerous Writing Workshop

Learn To Write Dangerously For A Rich Narrative And Even Richer Healing

You don't want to write surface. You can't feel that kind of writing and your readers can't feel it either.

You long to write your story for healing and you want it to be deep. You want to feel what you write, and you want your readers to feel it too.

It's vulnerable writing you want to do, and you know that. You want it to be vulnerable. The truth is, you long to write because parts of you feel silent, heavy or taboo. You think giving voice to those parts and the moments that won't leave you alone will heal you, and you're right. It will.

But you don't know how to write to achieve this – which is really normal. Because it's a blend of genres we're talking about: one part of the approach is somatic and intuitive, the other calls for a little craft.

In this workshop, I'll teach you the craft and give you the opportunity to practice it, pen to page. ✨

This workshop is your opportunity

To go to a part of yourself that is tender, sore; a part that feels silent, heavy, taboo. To a moment of your story that won't leave you alone.

You'll learn four, key craft techniques adapted from Tom Spanbauer's Dangerous Writing approach, woven with my own somatic support.

You'll learn how to go onto the body, burnt tongue writing technique, how character (including yours, as the narrator ✨) lies in the destruction of expected sentences and to go where it hurts.

Whether you're writing for yourself or writing something you'd like to share someday, allowing yourself to write dangerously is how your narrative becomes rich, and your healing through writing it even richer.

We'll begin with the prompt:

Write about a moment after which you were different.

I'll teach on craft and we'll have discussion, after which you'll be invited to write 2 - 3 pages to this prompt alongside the other participants. That writing will become the piece you workshop for the rest of our time.

During our first weekend, each participant will have the opportunity to read their piece aloud and receive feedback in the form of where you have opportunities to enrich your writing, unpack moments and weave dangerous writing craft techniques in.

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A piece that is rich to read and healing to write becomes that through two things: what you write and the way you write it.

What you'll get inside this

Dangerous Writing Workshop

You'll learn to write viscerally – paying attention to sensory, touchable, tactile details that give you, and a potential reader, a physical, gut reaction. (Writing on the body)

You'll learn to play with language – saying things ever so slightly wrong to force your reader (and you) to slow down and pay attention. (Burnt tongue)

You'll find your honest voice, practicing that the best writing doesn't pretty anything up. It honors the truth of your experience. (Character lies in the destruction of the sentence)

You'll be allowed to go where it hurts and write honestly about that place. Your result being a beautiful piece about a reclaimed moment and a mended heart. (Go where it hurts)

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PAY IN FULL

AUGUST 30TH & 31st and

SEPTEMBER 6th & 7th

12:00am - 2:30pm Pacific

One Payment of $397

Join the workshop

PAYMENT PLAN

AUGUST 30th & 31st and

SEPTEMBER 6th & 7th

12:00 - 2:30PM Pacific

Two Payments of $197

Join the workshop

Jennifer is non-judgemental, kind, warm, creative and feels like a big hug. She provides the perfect container for "going there."

"She is not only aware of the writing process but of how people need space to feel when they are remembering and creating. It surprised me how intimate her workshop could feel and how when space to be vulnerable opened up, how many of us stepped in. I felt seen, a sense of belonging and a spark to continue going deeper into myself."

LIA A.

I've been able to write my story in a way that feels deeply true and authentic.

"It's during the weekly write-ins that most of my story has been written so far. And while I'm writing I'm much more in my body, which feels really powerful. It's helping me reclaim parts of myself that I've longed to reconnect with. I've felt so well-held and supported. Writing somatically with Jennifer has been deeply healing and transformative."

ANITA I.

Jennifer is like a midwife, helping me to birth my book.

"She's been there, she knows the turns in the road and she can guide you to get you where you want to go.

She added valuable input on character development, backstory and fine-tuning details. She asks the right questions to provoke my story so it becomes what I want it to be. I feel much more confident in my intuition and writing after working with her. I trust myself now to write my story and believe it is worth creating.

And Jennifer is a beautiful space-holder. Not only knowledgeable and humble but professional and helpful. It's a gorgeous blend to have both sides in a guide. "

JENNA H.

Working with Jennifer has deepened my trust in myself as a writer, in my voice and the way my body leads me to the places my story needs to go.

I feel much more clarity about almost every aspect of the story writing process: the container for my story, my voice, how to access/express emotions, what I want to write and how.

REBECCA HEISTERHOFF

I leave each session with little pieces of light woven into my inner landscape.

"It's hard to put into words, but it is tangible and unmatched what Body Writing has given me. Jennifer is a beast of badassery and beauty. There is a delicate yet indestructible spirit about her. Her energy feels like home. Everyone leaves better for knowing her and being in her energy."

NIKKI JORGENSEN SHAY

We laugh, we cry, we write.

CORDERO B.

Working with Jennifer is totally worth it! Invest if you are stuck. She is going to be your biggest cheerleader and is well-educated in how to write a book.

"Jennifer has been the push and motivation I needed not only to get my book moving toward the goal of publication but in helping me believe in myself as a writer. To write the story I want to write and believe in my voice in telling it. To trust my intuitive process but then to also get down to the nuts and bolts of writing has been an excellent, successful combination for me. She always encourages me to take my time and trust myself with my pace. I love that! And she's just a delightful, thoughtful, intelligent person to work with."

JENNA H.

Hello hello, I'm Jennifer - Certified Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Coach and Somatic Writing Coach for sensitive souls but mostly? Writer at heart.

I am a trauma-carrying, highly sensitive INFJ empath who's been helping sensitive souls find healing through writing their stories since 2019.

I have a gift for helping the deeply sensitive give voice to their more vulnerable parts and moments of story, which I know through personal experience is where our richest writing and richest healing reside.

In this workshop, I'll help you give voice to a vulnerable moment of your story in a creative and healing way. You'll feel empowered in your craft and leave with a beautiful piece you'll be proud of. You'll develop confidence for writing dangerously, and have an embodied experience of just how good it feels to allow yourself to write this way. 🌺

P.S. Feedback you can feel safe with.

I want you to feel completely safe sharing your writing with our group (which you'll do through reading your piece out loud).

The main person who will be offering you feedback is me, but you'll also receive gentle, supportive feedback from our group.

We'll share what we love/celebrate about your writing, where you have opportunities to open and unpack, and where it might serve you to weave in some dangerous writing.

You'll then have a week to workshop your piece and in our second weekend, each member will share their final piece and be celebrated for their dangerous writing done. 😊

Join the workshop! ✨

I feel proud and amazed at how much has already unfolded – on my page and inside my body.

"I feel like everything is unfolding quite beautifully and it surprises me how much my body is in tune and telling me what the next step is. I feel like I've found my voice, my true story and my confidence as a writer. As well as deeper trust in my body. Also a humbleness toward my body for holding so much and feeling so much and transforming so much. The story I'm writing has brought up and healed more than I thought it would."

ANITA I.

I have gained – am gaining – confidence in myself and my abilities as a writer.

M.J.

Writing somatically with Jennifer is healing in a very tangible and resolving way that lasts.

"The parts of my story that held a lot of charge get lighter with each writing session and prompt. And those parts of myself and my story that so desperately wanted to be seen and heard and reclaimed are coming back home into my body. Word by word. The magic never fails to unfold for me."

REBECCA HEISTERHOFF

I am finding a sense of freedom, reclamation and dignity in the honest writing of my story.

"Jennifer is so tuned in. She has extraordinary compassion, thoughtfulness, wisdom, she's a skilled feedback giver and safety provider. I feel safe to be myself in her class; she honors everyone's way of being and level of experience. Working with her has definitely enhanced my understanding of craft, helped me lead with and honor what my body is telling me vs. my head and allowed me to loosen my perfectionistic reins, if only a little. :)"

RACHEL K.

Jennifer helped me start where it intuitively felt good and right for me.

"I felt so overwhelmed with the scope of my story that I often froze, idle, unable to find a starting point. Jennifer helped me start where it intuitively felt good and right for me, which helped immensely because everything began to flow from there.

I was able to fill the holes in my story with Jennifer's keen eye and talent. She helped me zero in on places I needed more information, backstory or detail. What she pointed out made total sense to me and drove my story. It became clear which scenes I needed to write for story flow."

JENNA H.

Somatic memoir writing has become part of my most potent medicine.

"Your somatic story is everything you need to hear from the only person who knows what you really have been through: yourself. Give yourself the gift and listen with a pen in your hand.

Jennifer's knowledge of craft expands the ways I'm able to attend to my story and invites me to write in ways different than I'm familiar with. And I love the weekly write-ins! They provide consistency and a place to bring our writing, explorations and questions. There is craft behind somatic writing and I am glad to deepen my understanding in that regard.

You won't find a guide more gentle, capable, mindful and experienced than Jennifer."

Dangerous Writing Workshop

Learn To Write Dangerously For A Rich Narrative And Even Richer Healing

You don't want to write surface. You can't feel that kind of writing and your readers can't feel it either.

This workshop is your opportunity

To go to a part of yourself that is tender, sore; a part that feels silent, heavy, taboo. To a moment of your story that won't leave you alone.

We'll begin with the prompt:

Write about a moment after which you were different.

A piece that is rich to read and healing to write becomes that through two things: what you write and the way you write it.

A piece that is rich to read and healing to write becomes that through two things: what you write and the way you write it.

What you'll get inside this

Dangerous Writing Workshop

You'll learn to write viscerally – paying attention to sensory, touchable, tactile details that give you, and a potential reader, a physical, gut reaction. (Writing on the body)

You'll learn to play with language – saying things ever so slightly wrong to force your reader (and you) to slow down and pay attention. (Burnt tongue)

You'll find your honest voice, practicing that the best writing doesn't pretty anything up. It honors the truth of your experience. (Character lies in the destruction of the sentence)

You'll be allowed to go where it hurts and write honestly about that place. Your result being a beautiful piece about a reclaimed moment and a mended heart. (Go where it hurts)

PAY IN FULL

AUGUST 30TH & 31st and

SEPTEMBER 6th & 7th

12:00am - 2:30pm Pacific

One Payment of $397

PAYMENT PLAN

AUGUST 30th & 31st and

SEPTEMBER 6th & 7th

12:00 - 2:30PM Pacific

Two Payments of $197

Jennifer is non-judgemental, kind, warm, creative and feels like a big hug. She provides the perfect container for "going there."

LIA A.

I've been able to write my story in a way that feels deeply true and authentic.

ANITA I.

Jennifer is like a midwife, helping me to birth my book.

JENNA H.

Working with Jennifer has deepened my trust in myself as a writer, in my voice and the way my body leads me to the places my story needs to go.

REBECCA HEISTERHOFF

I leave each session with little pieces of light woven into my inner landscape.

NIKKI JORGENSEN SHAY

We laugh, we cry, we write.

CORDERO B.

Working with Jennifer is totally worth it! Invest if you are stuck. She is going to be your biggest cheerleader and is well-educated in how to write a book.

JENNA H.

Hello hello, I'm Jennifer - Certified Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Coach and Somatic Writing Coach for sensitive souls but mostly? Writer at heart.

P.S. Feedback you can feel safe with.

I feel proud and amazed at how much has already unfolded – on my page and inside my body.

ANITA I.

I have gained – am gaining – confidence in myself and my abilities as a writer.

M.J.

Writing somatically with Jennifer is healing in a very tangible and resolving way that lasts.

REBECCA HEISTERHOFF

I am finding a sense of freedom, reclamation and dignity in the honest writing of my story.

RACHEL K.

Jennifer helped me start where it intuitively felt good and right for me.

JENNA H.

Somatic memoir writing has become part of my most potent medicine.

REBECCA HEISTERHOFF

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