write cluB
In this 3-Hour Workshop, led by writer, storyteller, podcaster, and spiritual mentor Karen Kenney, we create a supportive and focused environment for you to remember your voice and to actively use it.
We’ll be guided by a proven process and an intentional set of “rules” that are specifically designed to help you quiet the inner critic and let your most powerful work speak!
Write Club gives your ideas and stories a fighting chance to finally make it onto the page.
When we silence the parts of our brains associated with criticism - our writing, our art, and even our lives can reach new heights and depths that expand with creative brilliance!
You’ll learn a new approach to creating called Gateless Writing - a methodology that allows you to tap into your innate genius with ease, so you can write the stories you’re destined to tell.
You’ll also get to meet yourself, your writing, your ideas, and your stories with wide-open curiosity, instead of judgement.
This is a supportive and nourishing experience based in creativity, craft, neuroscience, and spirituality.
This is what I call a love-centered approach to writing!
There will be a guided relaxation/embodied meditation, followed by a prompted writing session, plus time for participants to read their work, and receive feedback from the group.
When receiving feedback - no critiquing or criticism of your writing will be given. We only offer positive comments that shine a light on what we loved about the work, what moved us in the piece, where your writing is strong, and where it packed a punch!
Together, we’ll create a space of safe communication, encouragement, and trust - so your work can find more momentum, enthusiasm, and freedom.
No knocking down is ever allowed. We only generously build each other up!
Spaces are limited - Reserve your spot early.
DATE: Saturday, May 30
TIME: 1:00 - 4:00pm
WHERE: The Eleventh Letter Writing Gallery
ADDRESS: 146 N. Main Street, Concord, NH
PRICE: $150
PS… The first rule of Write Club is to tell everyone about Write Club! 😆 So, if you know anyone would dig WRITE CLUB - please help to spread the word. Thanks!
WHAT WRITERS HAVE HAD TO SAY…
I’ve never been held so well or seen as deeply as when I first stepped into Karen Kenney’s fierce fairy-godmother midst. With her quick wit, unfaltering focus and her ability to make you laugh your ass off while you’re challenging the places where you feel most stuck, Karen Kenney has the mix you need to transform your life. Combining writing with her vast experience in spiritual mentoring, Thai Massage and yoga, Karen can show you how to move further into those places that hurt and see both the humor and compassion in the places that feel a little broken. Apprentice and protege to some of the brightest spiritual and literary geniuses of our day, including Marianne Williamson (A Return to Love) and Andre Dubus III (Townie), Karen knows talent when she sees it and can dig deep to help you bring out yours. Come on in and watch your life change with Karen Kenney.
– Suzanne Kingsbury, critically-acclaimed novelist and founder of the Gateless Gate Writing
Days after writing with Karen I’m still feeling grounded and energized from her teaching. Her writing workshop opened my heart and let me write, unafraid and supported. She let me deep dive into my words and write from a truly inspired place. She's the kind of teacher - of person, you always want by your side!
– Kate Baldwin, Writer and Editor
Karen has the skill and the heart to not only take you where you want to go but to take you to where you didn't even know you wanted to go. Her heartful presence, her directness, her authentic voice, and her reverence for the human experience shine in both her writing and her teaching. A class or workshop with Karen is something not to be missed.
– Dulcie Witman, MFA fiction writer, therapist and advice columnist
Karen Kenney is a wizard of the highest order and her ability to share the magic is life changing. She blind-sided me with her writing and her seamless, singing way of delivering the "now" inside of her story. She's a one-of-a-kind Writing and Workshop leader. I've never met anyone who could bring the body's brilliance to the page like she does. I'd go back again tomorrow and the next day.
– Minton Sparks, spoken word artist, singer, songwriter and teacher of writing and performing arts from Nashville, Tennessee
Karen has a knack for coupling dignity and humor to her work, on the page, on the mat, and through conversations held in sacred trust. She dwells in the fierce embrace, loving everyone and everything, and bringing incredible compassion to her clients. I am a changed person in the care of her hands. And my writing mirrored through her feedback, insists I take it deeper.
– Jodi Paloni, writing professor, life coach, novelist and the 2013 recipient of the Short Story America Prize for Short Fiction
Karen's voice is powerful, strong and so very much her own. The solidity of her words and the strength of her stories reflects who Karen is - a resilient woman who taught herself how to survive. Karen's spirit is present on the page, the kind that catches you by surprise, leaving you wondering what to do with that knot of breath in your throat. Karen's gifts have the power to change your life. With boundless generosity, she shows you the home you never knew you had inside yourself.
– Regina Tingle, writer and workshop leader
A little BIT about me…
I’m a writer, storyteller, speaker, and podcaster
I’m currently working on a memoir
I’m a Certified Gateless Writing Instructor
I’ve been a Yoga Teacher for 27+ years
I’ve been leading Yoga + Writing Workshops since 2004
I’ve taught several week-long Writing Retreats at the Omega Institute
I’m a Certified Spiritual Mentor
I’m a Certified Integrative Hypnotist /Trained by Melissa Tiers
I’m a Certified Integrative Change Worker / Melissa Tiers + Simone Seol
I’m a Certified Life Coach / Ethical Coaching Collective
I’ve hosted The Karen Kenney Show podcast for over 7 years
I’m a Certified Thai Yoga Massage Practitioner + Teacher
I do my best to create fun, welcoming, inclusive, and confidential sp
You can read my longer Bio here