Writing for Wellness & Mind Body Nature Counseling present
Writing Your Wilderness
Finding self through nature.
This virtual workshop takes place Saturday May 4th, 2024 2:00-4:00 P.M. EST over Zoom.
What's the connection between creative writing and nature therapy?
For as long as humans have been writing, we've written about and through the natural world. Of course we have! Humans are, at our center, natural beings, with our own cycles and seasons. Our digital, indoor lifestyle disconnects us from nature, which can lead to dissociation and dysregulation.
Oftentimes, when we find ourselves in this state, our thoughts become stuck or catastrophic. This is when we look to our body and the natural world as raw and real resources that can help us process emotions, untangle thoughts, and lead us toward whole-body wellness.
Weaving a creative writing practice into these nature-based and body-based therapeutic practices can reconnect us to the natural world, to ourselves, and to the wilderness that lives inside us all.
What you will walk away with:
anxiety & stress reduction
Find ease and release through the experience of connecting with nature and exploration of writing.
connection & community
Be together over zoom and connecting with the natural world while sharing in the group.
self reflection & knowledge
Through the experience you'll use the natural world as a mirror for looking within, and take away a written reminder.
Ready to discover how writing in nature can transform your life?
$35
Join us for just $35 per person!
Please reach out if in need of financial assistance.
$35
the facilitators
author
Emma Hudelson
Emma Hudelson leads the Butler MFA Writing for Wellness initiative. She holds a PhD in creative writing from the University of Cincinnati, and her research areas include narrative medicine, expressive writing, and critical authoethnography. At the intersection of these fields lies creative writing for wellness, and Emma loves harnessing the therapeutic power of creative writing with her students.
Since 2017, she's led Writing for Wellness workshops in the Indianapolis community and beyond. Her first book, Sky Watch, will be released in March 2024 with the University Press of Kentucky. Emma lives on the east bank of the White River with her husband and daughter, and she will forever be a horse girl.
therapist
Bailey Sims
Bailey Sims holds a Master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Christian Theological Seminary and a B.A. in Cross Cultural Community Development. She is a registered yoga teacher (200 hour).
She works as a mental health counselor in Indiana, holding space for transformation and incorporating mindfulness, body and nature based modalities into her work.
Creating, making, and cultivating experiences for people that instill love, compassion, and comfort is her main goal.
"The event as a whole was so refreshing—a wonderful blend of individual self-exploration and communal sharing of experiences. I was moved by all parts of the event. I would’ve happily spent double the time at the event, and I look forward to participating in future ones!"
Allison B.
Those who contemplate the beauty of the Earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
– Rachel Carson, marine biologist and writer