WOTS Wordshop: Self-Care Tactics For Writing About Pain and Trauma

Join author and psychotherapist Farzana Doctor for a workshop dedicated to self-care tips for writers working with challenging topics. Whether you are a journalist covering heavy stories, a memoirist handling uncomfortable memories, or anyone else writing words about painful things, this hour serves to equip you with the resources, strategies, and mindsets that can help you protect your energy. Full workshop description to come!

Farzana Doctor is a Tkaronto-based author, activist and psychotherapist. She’s written four critically acclaimed novels: Stealing Nasreen, Six Metres of Pavement, All Inclusive, and Seven, a poetry collection, You Still Look The Same and a self- and community care workbook for helpers and activists, 52 Weeks to a Sweeter Life. The Beauty of Us, her first YA book, has just come out. 

Farzana is a founding member of the End FGM Canada Network and of WeSpeakOut. In 2023, Farzana received the prestigious Freedom To Read Award. 

Learn more at  www.Linktr.ee/farzanadoctor     

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