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Alchemizing Uncertain Times Through Writing

A Writing Workshop with New York Times Bestselling Author Dr. Lissa Rankin
“I never understand when people make a fuss over me as a writer. I'm just the garden hose that the water sprays through."
—Joyce Carol Oates
Dear Friends,

I wanted to extend an invitation to those of you who are resourced–with enough bandwidth emotionally, financially, energetically, and timewise–during these uncertain times.

With over ten years of writing as a professional author (I'm in the process of publishing my 7th and 8th books) I'm excited to share my experience with you in this online format.

Now, while many of us stay local and by popular demand, I've decided to continuing to offer my online writing workshop!

It's for all of you who have always dreamed of letting your inner author play with the muse unapologetically–as a way to deepen your spiritual connection and live a more soulful life.

This mini writing workshop is designed to let you flirt with the muse as a gateway to more soulfulness. It will also help you unleash creative constraints, and either start a new writing project, or deepen into an existing one. 

No experience is necessary, and all I ask is that you calm and comfort your inner perfectionist so you and your muse can frolic playfully in the forest and be available to go on a journey of discovery while improving your writing skills. 

This will be more about opening the channel to your flow with the muse than getting your writing “right.”

This Workshop Is Ideal for You If

  • ​​You feel inspired to make your writing more soulful.
  • ​You’ve always wanted to improve your writing by infusing it with more authenticity.
  • ​You’ve had writer’s block and need a loving way to open what’s been hard to access.
  • ​You’re yearning for a deeper connection to your Inner Pilot Light–via writing.
  • ​​You know you’ve got talent, but you’ve been sabotaging your creativity.
  • ​You’re not a self-starter when it comes to writing, so you need the energy of a group of writers to bolster you.
In This Class, You Will LEARN
  • ​The 4 most important lessons Lissa’s writing teachers ever taught her.
  • ​A simple tool to help you open the channel to that which wants to write through you- anytime you want.
  • ​​8 original soulful prompts to get your creative juices flowing and access a deeper level of your true self.
  • ​12 of Lissa’s personal tips for healthy writing hygiene.
  • ​One practice to help you befriend and become allies with your inner saboteur so you can finally enjoy raising holy hell with your writing muse.
  • ​A neoshamanic practice to thank Mother Earth for nurturing you & inspiring your writing.
And UNIQUE to This WorkshoP, You will discover
  • The importance of keeping our hearts open in safe, brave, healing community as uncertainty escalates;
  • Creative practices to use between sessions as things get intense in the world;
  • An optional buddy system- so anybody in the class can self-organize to buddy up with someone else in the class for daily parts check ins;
  • Wrestling with the impact of spiritual bypassing on yourself or others;
  • Feeling all the feels as the New Age implodes;
  • Unpacking shock over how close the US elections were (for white people) or lack of shock/ rage/ grief (for Black Indigenous People of Color who were not surprised);
And Of COURSe...
  • ​A loving, safe, brave space to heal, feel, and open your heart.
  • A caring, compassionate community of like-minded creatives.
  • ​​Internal Family Systems (IFS) trauma healing work.
  • ​Cuddle puddles.
  • ​​Meditations.
  • ​Dance parties.
  • ​New music playlists
Enroll today!
For only
$197
$97
USD

If the cost of this workshop presents a financial hardship then we hope you will contact us for a sliding scale option. Please write to support@lissarankin.com 

about DR. lissa RANKIN

Lissa Rankin, MD believes that writing and healing can be intimately related and teaches writing workshops infused with trauma healing and spiritual healing, both in person and virtually. Lissa agrees with Nancy Aronie that trauma is memoir-making material, and we can alchemize our pain into the most beautiful story-telling when we feel safe for the muse to come out to play, in a community of other writers who also feel safe and can help us hold our story while we rewrite it as art. 

Lissa has been writing since kindergarten and was offered her first book deal when she was 12, which she turned down, since they were her private stories. She was a creative writing major at Duke University and wrote her first fiction book as her thesis on African American women's literature while in college. Throughout her medical training while becoming an OB/GYN, she wrote stories inspired by her patients and used writing to heal the moral injury she felt while working within a corrupt medical system. 

When she quit her job as a doctor in 2007, she finally succumbed to her lifelong desire to be a career writer. Her first book Broken, a memoir about her journey through the wounded health care system, never got published because she didn't have an audience. 
So at the urging of her literary agent, in 2009, Lissa began blogging and publishing The Daily Flame, a daily email love letter from your "Inner Pilot Light" (Self) to your wounded parts, based on the healing model Internal Family Systems (IFS), a trauma healing spiritual path which Lissa incorporates into all the healing and writing workshops she facilitates.

Because her blog and Daily Flame emails quickly garnered a large readership, she was able to publish her first book in 2010 and has been blessed to have her last 7 books published. 

Her third book, the New York Times bestseller Mind Over Medicine, has sold over 300,000 copies in 28 languages. 

In addition to putting in her 100,000 hours and writing every day, in 2012, Lissa founded the Whole Health Medicine Institute, where she and a team of luminary faculty train physicians and other health care providers about “Whole Health” and the “6 Steps to Healing Yourself.” Lissa has starred in two National Public Television specials, her TEDx talks have been viewed over 5 million times, and she leads workshops, both online and at retreat centers like Esalen, 1440, Omega, and Kripalu. 

Her latest health equity project is non-profit work committed to democratizing trauma healing and spiritual healing while eliminating the public health epidemic of loneliness, bringing Internal Family Systems and other healing modalities out of its current status as a luxury good to anyone who needs it and is open to it, regardless of socioeconomic status, race, or gender identity. 

Lissa lives bicoastally, half time in the San Francisco Bay Area with her daughter Mira, who is also a writer, and her puppy Gaia, who would tell great stories if only she knew how- and half time in Cape Cod with her partner Jeffrey Rediger, author of CURED, who is currently working on his own memoir-writing therapeutic journey.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I contact customer service?
Please contact us by sending an email to support@lissarankin.com
What kind of technology will I need in order to participate?
In order to participate in this course, you will need to access our learning platform through a web browser like Chrome or Safari. Teachable is a platform that hosts all the material for the course, including class recordings. 

You will need a good connection to the internet. You can use a desktop computer, a laptop, a tablet, or a smartphone.
Do you offer stipends or adjustments?
We believe that money should not be an obstacle to healing. If you currently do not have the means please write to support@lissarankin.com
I am visually impaired
A person who is visually impaired will be able to navigate our content using a reader and other common navigational tools. We do not rely on slides or other visual representations.
Screenshot of Lissa Rankin teaching in a video
Can you call me?
We are not resourced to make calls to individuals. You can reach us by email at support@lissarankin.com.
I don't have Facebook!
If there is an associated private Facebook group, we recommend you join. It is optional but not critical for the course so don't worry if you don't have Facebook.
Can I cancel?
Once you make a payment it triggers a series of events and expenses on our side from payment processing costs to adding you to lists and platforms. If you cancel, we cannot recoup those costs and will have to pass them on to you. Please read our terms carefully before you make a purchase. Terms
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