I'm a writer, host of the annual online Healing Through Writing Festival and the creator/teacher of a transformational memoir-writing course called The Art of Personal Mythmaking.
This process uses somatic (body) writing prompts, stories like fairy tale and myth, and themed modules to support people who want to heal from the difficult parts of their life stories as they write their memoirs.
You can find me on instagram, as do many of my students and clients.
I've helped young single mothers, organic farmers, cabinetmakers, PhD writers and editors, psychotherapists, professional novelists, podcasters, entrepreneurs, stay-at-home moms, former Members of Parliament, retired teachers, spiritual directors, principals (and more) heal from the difficult parts of their life story as they write the first drafts of their memoirs and reclaim themselves.
I'm a born and raised Yukoner and single mother and I've worked as a trauma-informed bodyworker in the hands-on healing arts fields since 2007 and as an artist (writing, painting + dance) for 17+ years.
Throughout that time I've taught adults out of my living room, arts centres, universities and community colleges.
Since 2017 I've integrated all of my expertise, including a BA in Anthropology, an MA in Dance, a Diploma in Structural Integration (Rolfing) and an almost complete certification in Somatic Experiencing (nervous system trauma resolution), into supporting people in their creative healing work via the alchemy of transformational memoir-writing.
I'm a writer, host of the annual online Healing Through Writing Festival and the creator/teacher of a transformational memoir-writing course called The Art of Personal Mythmaking.
This process uses somatic (body) writing prompts, stories like fairy tale and myth, and themed modules to support peopl…
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How to share someone's IG story (@mention them!) and appreciate someone who shared yours 😊
Why you might want to share other people's IG posts as part of your Stories: It shows your audience that you're a curator of interesting content! Some of your audience might start interesting conversations with you in DM's. It creates gratitude for the person whose post you're sharing. Potentially creates a new connection / nurtures connection with that person. You can easily share someone else's IG post as one of your Stories by doing this: Just below the post you want to share, there's a paper-airplane icon -- click on it Then at the bottom of the screen click "Add to story" Be sure to add an @mention of their username, so that (if they want to) it's easy for them to reshare your share :) Any other tips about sharing people's stories, comment below 🙏🏼
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🤩 Whose IG presence do you admire... and why?
As part of our co-learning, let's share below some effective ways to use Instagram, by commenting with any examples! When you share the example, also tell us why you think it's effective or resonates with you. If you see no comments below, and no ability to comment, first log into this course.
At the moment I am LOVING Simone Grace Seol - she is authentic, bold and kinda rough, she pivots whenever she wants and says what she thinks. I admire that kind of depth of courage and integrity - she walks her talk. She uses BOTH writing and video in easy to throw together DIY ways and yet they are VERY powerful. She doesn’t “stay in her lane” and covers a range of topics: nervous system, business and mysticism and psychology - in ways that are very resonant for me.
I went online to do some research about her, and reddit has a lot of comments on Simone's shady tactics.
Here's one of them: https://www.reddit.com/r/Li...
This may not be the best link, though.
Also, I understand that she sells lifetime membership (expensive) to an ongoing program and that kind of biz model never sat right with me: how can a business sustainably promise to support members who pay only once, for life? Seems like it would become natural to therefore focus on 's energy on selling, and wowing new members...
Sorry I don't mean to publicly criticize a colleague, but do feel it's right to be publicly discuss a biz model that seems unethical to me.
Woah I just read the Reddit link that
https://www.reddit.com/r/Li...
Fyi
Just like nearly every certification that exists out there is b.s -- also an unpopular opinion. Guess I'll get cancelled next. 🪓 lol
How I approach this stuff now is... I don't have to *like* every single detail about how a person runs their business, but there might be elements of what they are sharing that do resonate.
So I take the nuggets of wisdom... and leave the rest that doesn't align for me.
And not to defend her because I won't... she has actually changed her business model for her "life time" program. It used to be $2500, and now she has various tiers. She's certainly ruffled feathers in previous years... mine included and there have been moments where I've wanted to connect with her personally and ask her wtf she thought she was and what she was doing.. but then I remembered... I have my own business to worry about... and her problems aren't my problems.
I really trust and believe that the inauthentic players always get what is coming to them. 💜
I've only come to Simone's work in the past year, and I do appreciate what she shares on her instagram. A lot of it is common sense reminders for me.
Having said that, I scanned the reddit post. I don't know what to think, nor do I actually care enough to deep dive into it.
I've witnessed a couple remarkable peers being taken down with wild, cruel, untrue or overly inflated accusations that have taken them years to recover from, so I always hold a bit of scepticism when reading threads like that.
Not saying it's true/not true, I just don't like online mobbings and tear downs of public figures.
I also think it's perfectly appropriate to limit comments/delete comments on your own posts. I know this isn't the popular opinion, but in what world did we agree that all ideas/opinions/wisdom we share MUST be open to public commentary by any and all strangers on the internet. And that we must then moderate/placate? Absolutely not!
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How to download the IG Live videos, to reupload later (as Reel) or put it elsewhere?
This is a preview lesson and you can watch it by clicking the Play button above. Enjoy :) (To read or add comments, log in first and be sure you have access to this course. Info about getting access here.)
Oh, no, there's 2 ways to click on the reels, with two different locations for the 3 dot option! And I JUST clicked on the reel in the 2nd way, and found the 'manage' option. How confusing.But it still doesn't give me a 'download' option!
Hmm, the only 'manage' option is 'manage captions'
1. Click on the reel.
2. Click the 3 dots
3. Click "Manage"
4. Then on that next screen there should be "Download".
You might want to look at the insights for your past stories and see what's changed in your strategy.
Are you sharing more than previously?
Are you sharing content that is out of alignment with your content?
If you're a holistic therapist and you start posting videos about knitting, you're confusing your audience, and the views might be lower.
Also, if you overwhelm your audience, they might start watching your stories less. It's hard to know why the views are lower, but I wouldn't worry about it too much.