I’m taking a visual journaling course, and two lines from the book recently gave me goosebumps:
Change always begins with the decision to believe in yourself.
and
Change begins with one thought alone: I will not let this stop me.
Ahh!
Have a good Shabbos!
Good for you!
Where do you find the courses that you take? Do you take them online, in-person, or self-teach using a book? It sounds like you’re always discovering new ways to learn new things, and I’d love to hear more about how you find classes and courses.
Great question! I’ve been taking journaling courses for a while through the Therapeutic Writing Institute (twinstitute.net). These courses are asynchronous via an online message board. I found them after reading Journal to the Self by Kathleen Adams (a book that totally changed my life by making me very devoted to journaling). I actually wanted to take courses with them for years and only started when I became a therapist.
I’m also currently taking Sod Haadam which I’d known about for awhile but when a friend told me more about it last year, I decided to take it. This can be taken live by phone but I listen to the recordings. I’ve fallen really far behind tbh—hopefully will catch up when my current semester is over.
Also, I have a CEU budget from work so I like to take workshops I’d be interested in anyway for my personal enrichment as much as possible. That’s how I’ve taken quite a few 2-3 hour workshops on topics like mindfulness and creative arts. I’ve taken workshops through Rutgers and via the Expressive Therapies Summit.
I was actually reflecting last week on how I’d like to slow down on taking courses; I’d like to review my takeaways from the courses I’ve taken in recent years and try to incorporate them more into my life.
BUT in answer to your question about where I find them, mostly word of mouth and also through going down internet rabbit holes reading about interesting trainings other people have done. I keep a Google doc with a very long list of workshops that seem interesting, which I may or may not get to.