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April 2010 Newsletter
Online Issue # 24

Upcoming Calendar:

Discovery Writing: Creating A FutureSM


For NEW Students:

Discovery Writing: Creating A Future

For 16 years Discovery Writing has been helping people to hear and trust their own knowing, in order to create a life of their own choosing.

This six-session class uses a simple “listening-writing” process as a way to explore what you truly desire; it is also a path to follow in creating your future.

View the online flyer to learn more about Discovery Writing: Creating A Future

 

Spring Schedule 2010

Monday evening ( 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. )
April 12, 19, 26  May 3, 10, 17

Friday morning ( 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon )
April 16, 23, 30  May 7, 14, 21

Fall Schedule 2010

Tuesday evening ( 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. )
September 21 October 5, 19 November 2, 16, 30

 

Intentional Living—Meaningful Work SM

Important Update

For over ten years I've taught the class Intentional Living—Meaningful Work through the Compleat Scholar program at the University of Minnesota. Because of a change in program focus at the Compleat Scholar, my class will no longer be offered there.

Since the topic remains timeless and has always attracted a vibrant group, I've decided to offer the four-session class on my own this summer. I would love to have you join us. Here are the details:

Summer 2010
Intentional Living—Meaningful Work class

The idea of living with intention and working with meaning speaks to the heart, soul, and imagination. It is a topic that grows more relevant with each passing year.

Poet Mary Oliver asks, “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Using this question as a place to begin, you are invited to examine the way you are living and working. Consider other questions too—Is this all there is? What are my true needs? How is my life being consumed? What's worth doing? Grapple with these ideas and more through personal reflection, group discussion, interactive exercises, a little writing, and optional outside reading. The group provides a supportive and stimulating environment that encourages personal responsibility for informed, conscious choice. 

Class will be held on four Tuesday evenings at my office in the Midway neighborhood of St. Paul: June 15, June 29, July 13, and July 27 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. The total cost is $125. Enrollment is limited to eight, and preregistration is required. 

Please call my office at 651-644-7766 for more information or to register for Intentional Living—Meaningful Work; leave your name and phone number so that I can return your call. Directions will be sent when you register.

September 2010 to May 2011
Intentional Living—Meaningful Work group

In September, I'll begin another nine-month group that will meet once every month through next May. This group is open to anyone interested in exploring “living with intention and working with meaning,” whether or not you've ever taken the class. Our focus is on paying attention to the lives we are creating.

We will meet on the second Tuesday of each month from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at my office in the Midway neighborhood of St. Paul. The cost is $125 per quarter, payable in any month of the quarter. Limit of eight students. 

Meeting dates (by quarter):

September 14, October 12, November 9
December 14, January 11, February 8 
March 8, April 12, May 10

For additional information, please call my office at 651-644-7766 and leave a message. 

 

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