Narrative Moth[er] Writing Circles

Welcome to the first of many events together on a variety of important topics.

Writing Circle II: Workplace issues caused by unhealthy and unchecked leadership

3 p.m. Sept. 13

Click here to register for this online event.

Where people come together and connect over their shared experience and write their stories to life as a survival guide for others.

I lead writing workshops to help others share their valuable stories.

"But my interest is in how these marks that I am scratching on this page can mean anything at all. If they can have meaning, then life can have meaning, then I can have meaning."

- James by Percival Everett

WHY WRITE?

Research shows that writing about your life gives structure to past experiences. We will begin to notice a pattern that informs us in new ways, integrating these experiences into the person we have evolved into. In short, we heal old wounds.

When we experience either hardships, our memories can fragment and get lost in the pain and survival. And joy can get lost in the struggle to survive.

Writing helps us reauthor those experiences, shed new light on them from where we are today, bringing coherence, meaning and healing.

When we write our stories, we witness ourselves. That act alone—of saying this happened, this mattered, I mattered—it becomes a step toward self-advocacy, and later, advocacy for others walking just a few steps behind you.

This is not about perfect grammar or pretty sentences. It's about reclaiming your own narrative from the margins where it was hidden or silenced. It creates a “witness” to your story, so you no longer carry it alone. 

When one of us writes or speaks with honesty, it liberates others to do the same. This writing becomes activism—not always loud, but always illuminating the way for others.

Because when others read your story, they may see themselves in it. Your voice becomes a lantern for others in the dark, breaking stigma and isolation.

Personal storytelling has historically powered so many social movements. When people speak from the “I,” they connect deeply to the collective “we.” 

Telling your truth reclaims power in systems that often erase, minimize or distort lived experience. It’s not just healing; it’s revolutionary.

When we write our stories, we don't just heal the past—we shape the future. For ourselves. For others like us. For the world we’re helping to remake.

Come write your truth. Come write your way home. Come write your way back to yourself and to the world where you belong.

I nurture the voices of the voiceless, drawing on nearly 20 years of experience as a former educator, narrative journalist, and news editor, and, most importantly, as a fellow human.

Let’s write our shared stories together as I weave the stories told in these circles into a cohesive narrative as a survival guide for others.

Over time, for those who volunteer to share, I plan to curate a publication that houses stories born in these workshops.

With love,

Jocelyn

Email narrativemoth@gmail.com for more information.

These stories may also serve as qualitative research and case studies for the nonprofits that serve the workshop participants. If desired, I would support the application of this writing as a narrative strategist.