The Way of StoryEsalen Institute, Big Sur, CA every August
The Way of Story, Aug 17-22, 2014 (and every August!) at Esalen in Big Sur, CA Experiencing Esalen: Fire under Water Awoke early at 4 a.m. and was pulled to the window. The ebb and flow of the ocean resounded gently, providing comfort. I […]
Heal Your Self with Writing wins Nautilus Book Award
A few days ago, I learned from my publisher that Heal Your Self with Writing had been awarded a Nautilus Book Award for 2014. So often the best news arrives unasked and unexpected. It’s as if when you least expect it, the gods smile, confirming you are doing exactly what you were meant to do […]
The importance of reading well
Of late, I discover that I would rather read than write, rather watch good movies than write another screenplay. A twinge of guilt but then I remind myself how important it is for writers to read well – regardless of the form of fiction or non-fiction they choose to write. There is an intimacy of […]
On the Road in Marin County, CA March 2014
Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA Talk & Book Signing. Great independent Book Store drawing large crowds for book signings and audiences with intelligent questions. Good to know that folks in this country are reading and thinking! Dana is the manager of Book Passage and we enjoyed discovering that our first career was acting. Once an […]
Online course: Heal Yourself with Writing #2 best selling online course!
Online Course: Heal Yourself with Writing CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Heal Yourself with Writing by Catherine Ann Jones Already enrolled? 8 Week Course for only $25 (1 lesson per week) (This is the total amount for all 8 lessons) 2,800 people have taken this course This is an 8 week on-line course available from DailyOM […]
Heal Your Self with Writing in Kuwait, Feb 2014
Heal Your Self with Writing in Kuwait with Catherine Ann Jones Kuwait, Feb 2014 Human nature is amazingly the same yet totally diverse at the same time. I am never bored with teaching and grateful to my many students all over the world and writing consultant clients over the decades who allow […]
End of the year and the Grateful Dead
Ojai, CA 2014 The Grateful Dead lines from the revolutionary sixties might currently apply to some of us; that “once in a while you can get shown the light / In the strangest of places if you look at it right.” The last few months have been a terrific challenge with the death of a […]
Far from the Madding Crowd: The Importance of Retreats
Big Sur, California: The Esalen Institute, August 2013 where I teach one or both workshops: The Way of Story and Heal Your Self with Writing, annually every August. Life gets faster reducing our down time more each year. Though man is a social being, to be at his best, times of retreat and turning inward […]
The Writing Cure
Why Talk Therapy Is on the Wane and Writing Workshops Are on the Rise “A generation ago, when “Annie Hall” won the Oscar for Best Picture, talk therapy occupied a prominent place in our collective imagination, whether or not you partook. If you wanted to spend several hours a week baring your soul to a […]
Heal Your Self with Writing has launched!
Just back from teaching at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA – a very special place to heal and expand. Dolphins, whales, otters, slow flying groups of pelicans who fly pass so close, you can almost reach out your hand and touch them! Hot Sulfur Spring Hot Tubs where you sit and dream […]