workshop Rhinebeck, NY

The Compassionate Writer

Rewilding Your Writer & the Writing Process

Dates

Sep 20–25, 2026

Tuition

Member: $465.00

Standard: $515.00

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Compassion plus the writing process equals space for exploration. Rewilding your inspiration and your voice is not only possible—it's why we're here.

Discover how self-compassion becomes the cornerstone of your writing, process, and practice guided by Heather Doyle Fraser.

The writing process can be exhilarating and challenging, but it doesn't have to be tortured—and neither do you. In this immersive 5-day workshop, we dispel the misconception of the "tortured writer."

It's time to create a new story for us as writers, and it starts with self-compassion and rewilding the writer within you. Join Heather Doyle Fraser and learn to cultivate a deeper relationship with yourself, your content, your reader, and the natural world.

Through a combination of hands-on writing activities, lecture, group discussion, and exploration of other creative modalities, such as doodling and drawing, gentle movement, music, and the natural world, you:

  • Identify who you need to be to start writing, keep writing, and ultimately complete your book or writing project
  • Examine and explore your ideal reader
  • Develop a reservoir of compassionate practices that supports you and your voice
  • Create a writing plan that becomes your best friend and guiding support throughout the writing and revision process of your project

Whether there's a book in your heart, a draft that's stuck, or a desire to write more deeply, this workshop meets you where you are.

More Information

Required Reading: 

  • The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho (25th Anniversary Edition)

Recommended Reading: 

  • Upstream: Selected Essays and A Thousand Mornings: Poems, both by Mary Oliver

Things to Bring

Please bring a journal, favorite writing utensils (pens, pencils, markers), laptop (if you want to do any writing on that--not required) and wear comfortable clothes.

Workshop Rhinebeck, NY

Sep 20–25, 2026

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The Compassionate Writer

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  • Heather Doyle Fraser is a writer, an entrepreneur, educator, story facilitator, and advocate.

    Heather Doyle Fraser

    Heather Doyle Fraser is a writer, an entrepreneur, educator, story facilitator, and advocate.