What is Write to Create?
A One-of-a Kind Program that combines Writing, Creative Exploration, and Mindfulness to Decrease Symptoms of Teacher Burnout
This program is
for Educators who want to
creatively unpack their teaching journey
As a teacher, it’s easy to get caught up in the daily grind and lose sight of your own needs. But taking the time for creative reflection, including writing mini-memoirs, can be a powerful tool for combating emotional struggles, burnout, and compassion fatigue.
Community is a vital part of this program…and as any teacher will tell you, no one knows the challenges teachers face more than other teachers who are facing burnout too!
This cohort is designed for teachers to explore their creativity and their story in a safe, supportive environment with others who share their passion for educating young people.
Craft Your Mini Memoir
Examine a Defining Moment in Your Teaching Career
Take a deep dive into the experiences before the burnout that have forever changed how you view the students, the profession, and yourself.
Redefine Your Why
As we go through life as educators, our "why" can change. Your mini memoir will allow you to examine how you've changed and redefine your "why".
Get Back in Touch with Your "Who"
There are so many voices in the world with opinions on who teachers are and the work that they do. Often times, those voices can drown out our own. Through the process of crafting a mini memoir, you get the chance to reconnect to whose voice is most important--YOURS.
Reignite Your Innate Creativity
Creative Activities
Learn and explore activities ranging from mindful visual art techniques to fun, engaging games--guaranteed to make you smile and reconnect with your most joyful self!
Co-Working/Co-Resting Spaces
Whether you like power planning or total tranquility, beat the "Sunday Scaries" with a scheduled time to do what you need the most! Find the accountability you need to start your week off on the right foot!
Connect with Your Joy
Inject Lasting Joy into Your Life
Through the examination of your role in education and the expansion of your relationship with creativity and play, you will learn the life-altering process of CHOOSING JOY!
Join the Wait List for Write to Create
When you sign up for the Wait List, I’ll send you my
7 Day Guide to Creative Journaling.
Get a head start before the doors open to Write to Create open!
This Writing Journey can help you:
- Regulate your emotions and gain perspective
- Gain a Greater Sense of Confidence
- Unpack negative thoughts about teaching
- Diminish symptoms of teacher burnout
- Manage anxiety
- Work through Writers Block
- Boost your moods and positive feelings
- Improve Self-Awareness
- Improve Your Memory
- Enhance Your Sense of Well-being
**While participants will explore the healing nature of writing, this program should NOT be considered as a replacement for therapy.**
Hi! My name is Ayesis and I am proof of the
healing power of writing.
Early on, I realized the healing power of writing. As a young adult, poetry and short stories became a way for me to express and escape adversities that I faced.
My first play, Standing on the Edge, included much of these writings and was produced as a means to connect with young people by showing them that they are not alone in the things they feel and the thoughts that they have.
A Bit About My Background:
I am a multi-hyphenated artist (playwright/actress/director) and distinguished arts educator who has written and produced plays that have toured all across the US.
But that’s just the surface.
Writing and Telling My Story
My most recent work, Sculpting Clay or How I Became Mother of Unicorns, is a one-woman show that was necessary to write as a means to my own healing. It is a coming of age story that follows my journey into education (kicking and screaming), highlighting how I fell in love with it, and shines a bright light on my struggles with secondary traumatic stress and teacher burnout. It was through the writing of this piece that I was able to confront many of the traumas I was exposed to–both my own and those of the people around me–and begin the work of healing the wounds that those traumas left behind.
Clips from my one-woman show
Sculpting Clay or How I Became Mother of Unicorns
What Teachers are saying about Write to Create
Frequently Asked Questions
In an effort to help educators during these challenging times and to ensure that community is established among the participants, this cohort is for educators who are presently teaching in K-12 or are working in K-12 schools in a different capacity.
You can expect to spend a minimum of 1.5 hours a week in guided and independent writing sessions. If you choose to attend the bonus Co-Working/Co-Resting Spaces, you can expect to spend a MAXIMUM of 2.5 hours total a week fostering your creativity and getting back in touch with your joy.
YES! Visit this link to schedule a strategy call!
No prior creative writing experience is necessary! You already have what you need… lived experiences, a willingness to try new things, and a desire to use your story as a foundation for your joy!
ABSOLUTELY! The cohort is kept small…and there will be break out groups inside of the already small cohort to give you an opportunity to create authentic connections. In CRE-8, you are encouraged to participate at your own comfort level.
The next cohort for Write to Create begins January 2025. Join the wait list now to get information and discounts!