Week 1: Finding your Focal Point

• What is the focus of your energy?
• Use the past as a tool to fully experience the present
• Find the gift and the lesson in the moment
• Honor each moment

Week 1: Why a memoir, getting organized, & finding your objective

• Writing Topic - 3 choices: turning point in your life, hobby and accomplishments
• Writing pointers 1-4

Week 2: Finding Balance

• Stop and become more aware of what is here, now
• The key to rebalancing is to listen and observe, to pay attention
• As you express yourself you are honoring your own individual uniqueness

Week 2: Finding the facts

• Writing Focus: Your birth
• Writing pointers 5-8

Week 3: Movement:
Encouraging Growth

• Life is movement
• Movement teaches us about ourselves
• One change opens the door to another, inviting something new in each time
• Embracing the ebb and flow of our lives is fundamental for our sense of purpose
• Growth means embracing every moment

Week 3: Jogging your memory

• Writing Focus: Preschool age to about 5 years old
• Writing pointers 9-12

Week 4: Awareness:
Enlarging your Vision

• 3 kinds of visual images: what we observe, what we imagine and what we create
• Discovering ourselves, appreciating what makes us uniquely us
• You are the only person to "see" the world the way you do

Week 4: Rediscovering yourself

• Writing Focus: Elementary school years
• Writing pointers 13-16

Week 1: Key to Writing Success

• Writing Focus - Teen Years (13-19)
• Writing pointers 17-20

Week 1: How to Choose Variety

• Writing Focus - Your MIddle Years (35-55)
• Writing pointers 33-36

Week 2: The Outline

• Writing Focus - Young Adult Years (19-25)
• Writing pointers 21-24

Week 2: Episodes and Titles

• Writing Focus - Your Later Years (55-65)
• Writing pointers 37-40

Week 3: Helpful Guidelines

• Writing Focus - Early Marriage Years (20-30)
• Writing pointers 25-28

Week 3: The Chronology

• Writing Focus - Your Retirement Years (65+)
• Writing pointers 41-44

Week 4: Preserving Documents Guidelines

• Writing Focus - Early Career Years (20-35)
• Writing pointers 29-32

Week 4: The Indispensable Pages

• Writing pointers 45-50

Week 1: Expression - Finding Your Voice

• The power of words
• The gift of story
• The journey of writing

Project: Creating a memoir page that explores the richness and depth of your words.

Week 2: Awakening - Coming Alive

• Appreciating variety
• Stimulating your creativity
• Welcoming surprises
• The art of everyday

Project: Creating a memoir page that explores the variety of color in life.

Week 3: Celebration - Knowing Your True Self

• Listening to yourself
• Defining yourself
• Accepting and celebrating yourself

Project: Creating a memoir page that recognizes and celebrates your uniqueness. 

Week 4: Connection - Sharing Community

• Nurturing community
• Expanding connection
• Expression affection
• Connecting with your spirit

Project: Creating a memoir page that honors a relationship that touches you deeply.

In the Master's Level classes, you will move forward into the next step of Memoir writing, from developing your theme and message, to mode of presentation, publication, finding your truth, editing and follow through.
*Legacy Class is required before takiing the Master's Level class.