Lissa M. Cowan

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Courses to reconnect you to your creative self and the beauty of living...

Ease Into Calm With
Mindful Writing

PRE-SALE LAUNCH: MAY 1, 2025
FULL LAUNCH: JUNE 5, 2025
Five lessons with 15 mindful writing exercises of varying lengths depending on the time you have available. Even 3 minutes per day can give you more breathing space, fewer stressful emotions, and more energy for the things that matter. This self-paced two-and-a-half week course can open the door to joy and possibility.
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No meditation or writing experience required.
The Unbearable Lightness of
Novel Writing

NEXT ENROLLMENT — JANUARY 2026
Learn about the fundamentals of novel writing, such as character, plot, setting, and how to develop a writer's instinct for when a story's working and when it isn't. This six-week course will help you build out your story while learning from each other in a fun, safe, and dynamic atmosphere. This five-week course will build your confidence as a writer while honing in on the story that’s waiting for you to tell it.
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​"When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object." Milan Kundera
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No writing experience required.
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Mindful Reflection: A 7-Day
Journey to the Self

NEXT ENROLLMENT — SEPTEMBER 2025
In this course we being to experience the benefits of mindful writing. Connecting the practice of writing to the practice of meditation, we learn to unite our egoic "doing" selves with our conscious "being" selves. Writing meditation draws on mindfulness and being present, uniting that with writing down thoughts, creativity, and witnessing what arises. This one-week course will help ground you in the present and spark creative awareness.
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No meditation or writing experience required.
Somatic Storytelling: Connecting Body and Pen

NEXT ENROLMENT — TBD
This three-week course invites participants on a transformative journey to unlock their inner creative source by tuning into the wisdom of the body. This course will help to understand the role that the body has in our creativity.
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No writing experience required.

As heartfelt as a handwritten note...
Discover life from the maples: mindful journal prompts, gentle read recos, birdsong—and stories that take flight!