Mark invites you into a world of learning that draws on transformative writing principles for achieving both personal and professional goals.
For those who enjoy independent learning without the distractions and demands of a structured class, these self-study courses will give you access to a deeper, more authentic understanding of your inner landscape in the privacy of your own home. They offer a variety of exceptional opportunities for you to get in touch with your inner voice – your witness. Writers of all levels can benefit from the wisdom and insight gained in these engaging and thought-provoking courses.
Whether you hope to craft your personal story into a successful memoir, these courses are excellent guides to accompany you in the learning process. Scientific studies have shown that a consistent writing practice has the ability to improve physical, mental, and emotional health. Let Writing To Awaken be your guide on the path to self-knowledge and personal and professional success.
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Why Story Matters:
A Six-Week Writing Investigation
This six-week course is designed to initiate you into the transformative power of truth-telling. When you explore the gap between truth and story, it becomes a doorway to personal freedom. Filled with psychological wisdom and unique exercises for self-understanding, this incisive guide to authentic living will help you see yourself – and your story – through new eyes.
A Whole New Life:
Six Essential Lessons for Renewal
Too often, we spend our precious lives caught in a trance of regret or anticipation, brooding over the past and worrying about the future. Only rarely are we fully present, and this absence comes at a terrible cost. As Mark puts it, “Rather than open our eyes to the truth, many of us ‘fiddle while Rome burns’ and waste our full potential as passionate beings on a miraculous planet.” Luckily, it is possible to live in a different way, with open eyes and an open heart, and the purpose of this course is to show you how.
The Engine of Desire:
Harnessing the Power of Your Creative Spirit
Desire is the wellspring of inspiration, purpose, and manifestation. Without desire, our creativity flounders, leaving us unmotivated and without direction. “What makes the engine go? Desire, desire, desire,” wrote the poet Stanley Kunitz. In this eye-opening six-week course, Mark guides you through the landscape of your own desires to discover your true passions and aspirations, and where the flow of desire is leading you.
Journey to the Sacred:
A Six-Week Writing Pilgrimage
Where Is the Sacred in Your Life? In a society that values wealth over wisdom, ambition over contentment, and status over authenticity, many of us lose track of the sacredness in our lives and its vital importance to our well-being. This course will help you discover—and cultivate—the sacred in your life, guiding you to remember the connection you once had to a deeper source of meaning and faith.
The Mystery of Love:
A Nine-Week Journey of the Heart
How Can You Open Your Heart? As the saying goes, “the greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.” But what does this really mean? We all know that love is the supreme value, yet relationships are the source of some of our greatest suffering. The lessons and questions in The Mystery of Love are among the most important that you can ask, and exploring them is the door to building and maintaining deeper, healthier connections.
Awakening Genius:
A Six-Week Exploration of Desire & the Creative Life
What is your unique gift? Each of us possesses a unique genius, a singular gift, a creative impulse. Recognizing this innate power is the first step in harnessing it and unlocking your full potential. Through self-inquiry and focused writing exercises, this six-week course will empower you and help you tap into your own unique creative genius.
Multi-Media Self-Study Courses
The Nuts & Bolts of Memoir
Ten Essential Elements for Turning Your Story into a Powerful Memoir
This comprehensive ten-week course introduces you to the fundamentals of powerful personal narrative. Designed for writers of all levels, these penetrating lessons guide you through the challenges of structure, scene-making, dialogue, and dramatic momentum necessary to crafting successful memoir.
Origins: Lineage, Legacy and Blood Relations
Uncover the Wisdom Passed Down to You Through Generations
As writers of personal narrative, we cannot escape our heritage nor can we tell our true story without acknowledging our family inheritance. Since memory exists in the blood, we must ask ourselves what lessons were instilled in us at birth? For writers of all levels, Origins: Lineage, Legacy and Blood Relations, will help you explore your roots and deepen your understanding of where you came from.
Writing as a Spiritual Practice
Discover How Transformational Writing Can be a Path of Awakening
This course introduces students to the power of writing as a path of spiritual awareness and self-realization. In dialogue with our writing self, we’re able to explore our deepest questions, investigate our darkest shadows, and articulate our boldest visions. You’ll discover that Writing as a Spiritual Practice can serve as a most trusted confidante, mindfulness teacher, and therapeutic guide.
