Writing for Better Health

Writing for Better Health

Taught by Robin McCrary, PhD, MFA, MPH(c)

Every day, we use a variety of tools as writers to communicate, identify with, and persuade others. But how can we use writing to better our own health, improve our wellbeing, and find clarity in our own lives? How do we use writing to better our communities and the world we live in? 

Writing for Better Health will introduce you to expressive writing as a healthful and transformative activity. In this six-weekend, all-adult-ages workshop, you’ll have opportunities to learn writing craft toward personal wellness and acquire skills to help you become a more reflective writer, listener, and community member. To explore these skills, our workshop will undertake distinct, yet equally important, activities. One will involve studying and discussing a variety of life-writing samples to apply to our personal and communal improvement. Another will involve our own life-writing toward understanding and putting into practice the writing concepts and techniques we encounter—so that we can  collaborate within a shared space, and with intention.

The goal of the workshop is to become more knowledgeable about the role of writing in health and wellbeing, and to be able to share and explore what you’ve learned with others. Finally, we’ll approach these topics by offering a conception of health as shared experience—that is, through understanding that we’re at our healthiest when those around us are at their healthiest.