Resolve your emotional blocks in this five-week generative and therapeutic writing class with writer and grief coach, Jeaux Bartlett.

In life, you’re taught to acquire, not to let go. And yet loss happens all the time, in so many ways. For a writer, grief can make it hard to write–to get started on a project, to keep going through the messy middle, and to find its end.

Research shows it’s therapeutic to write about hard things. Expressive writing offers many physical, mental, and emotional benefits. And it makes you a better writer, better able to understand why the characters in your stories–fiction or nonfiction–behave the ways they do.

This class might be for you if you’ve got
-Something you want to write about but don’t know how?
-Stories you can’t approach–or got started on but can’t finish?
-Places you get stuck in your writing?
-Characters who aren’t fully realized?

Chances are, you’ve got some unhealed grief stuck inside you. It’s OK. We all do. It’s time to let it out.

It’s not enough to just vent onto the page, however. To tap into writing’s healing power, you’ve got to learn from and understand your emotions. This class will allow you to get to the truth underneath the story you’re telling yourself.

You’ll get writing time in class and a reasonable amount of homework between classes. Tissues and chocolate provided.

What to bring:
A notebook or laptop, whatever you’re most comfortable writing in
Your tender heart

Dates: Five Thursdays | August 7, 14, 21, 28, Sept 4, 2025

Time: 2-4 pm

Price:
Access: $149 – if you have limited access to funds
Sustainer: $199 – the actual cost of this program
Patron: $249 – if you have more access to wealth/resources and can support others who need to pay less

Learn more about our Pay From Your Heart Pricing: https://wordcrafters.org/pfyh/

Scholarship info: We want everyone to have access to our writing programs. If you need additional support, please complete our scholarship request form: https://wordcrafters.org/scholarships/

Your instructor
Jeaux Bartlett (they/them or xe/xem) is a writer and teacher living in Eugene, Oregon. Jeaux has published several books and online courses focused on personal growth and their work has appeared in the Register Guard, Lane Monthly, Rochester insider, Crossroads Chronicle, and Nature’s Wisdom amongst other publications.

Jeaux is a certified Grief Recovery Method specialist, a National Spiritualist Teacher, and a Reiki Master Teacher. Jeaux enjoys writing about overcoming loss and adversity, and learning to trust yourself again.