Registration is open!

Course dates: Monday, March 17–Friday, April 11, 2025
Live sessions: Thursdays, 12–1:30 pm ET

When we write, whether that is scribbling or rhyming, story crafting or freestyling, we give ourselves the chance to know what is at the center of our being.  And when we pair that chance with the courage it takes to hold both the light and the dark at the same time – that which is life-giving and that which is deadening – we create openings to understandings that can shape the very quality of our days.  We free ourselves to see and know more truly…and from that grasp the finite and the eternal.

Who This Is For
Anyone who seeks to write or find the words to enable wisdom during this time. For writers, poets, songwriters, scribblers, journal keepers, and lovers of language—whether you have never taken any form of writing class before or not. All are welcome.
Schedule and Time Commitment
Each session will offer homework assignments supporting the weekly themes. This work is not mandatory, but suggested. In addition, each week, as part of the live lessons, we will share quotes, phrases, writing prompts, and reading recommendations to deepen our work and inspire us to put pen to paper.
Technology
Wholebeing Institute utilizes advanced, user-friendly Zoom technology, enabling you to view faculty via video, follow along with presentation slides, and actively engage in live events from your computer or mobile device.

For students who are unable to attend live sessions or wish to revisit the material, recordings are uploaded to the virtual classroom within 24 hours.

Faculty
Maria Sirois

Maria Sirois

Maria is a master teacher, facilitator and author. She is devoted to the science of well-being and the art of crafting a life and a work that embodies health, passion and success. As a positive psychologist (Psy.D.) and consultant, she focuses on the resilience of the human spirit particularly when under chronic stress, during significant transitions, and/or feeling the shock of wholesale change. Known for her wisdom, authenticity and warmth, she brings a wealth of perspective from decades of study in the mind/body medicine and resilience disciplines. Maria is a longstanding faculty member at Wholebeing Institute and is the author of two books: A Short Course in Happiness After Loss (And Other Dark, Difficult Times) and Every Day Counts. Her third book, The Generous Exchange:  How Attention to Beauty, Goodness and Excellence Restores Us and Our World, will be released in the spring of 2025. Her home is in the Berkshire Mountains where she attempts on a daily basis to love her children well enough so that they too find a way to embrace the world with a grounded optimism and a sense of their own strengths. And on most days, she remembers to feed the cat. www.mariasirois.com

 

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

This course runs from March 17–April 11, 2025

TUITION FOR THIS 5-WEEK COURSE IS $199.00 USD

Early Bird Registration!

Register by February 14 at $149.00