New Visions for Your Life's Work in the Arts and Beyond // with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg & Kathryn Lorenzen

What would you like to bring into the world in 2025?

Perhaps you're a writer, storyteller, musician, or other kind of artist puzzling out how to grow the art of your heart in concert with your livelihood and life. Maybe you're a facilitator, healer, or teacher looking to reach new people and communities with your work. Or you could be all the above, ready to re-envision your life's work to better align with your callings right now and for the year ahead.

This fundraising workshop for the TLA Network will help you make room to listen to what your work wants to be, and then to imagine and build your vision. The big picture of your work – whether it's for livelihood, service, art, and/or purpose – can be a touchstone for discerning your best next steps and how to stay true to yourself.

Both Kathryn and Caryn have decades of experience in coaching and teaching on career transition, right livelihood, and the work of the heart, and they will offer you some tools and approaches to converse more deeply with what's knocking at your door – what you most want to do or feel born or grown to do at this phase of your life. Through some short writing prompts and lively discussion, plus ample resources, we'll explore the potential and possibilities in your next act. 

Kathryn and Caryn will also share information on The Big Picture Class, their annual small group immersion into reimagining your life's work.

“Kathryn helped me see things that I couldn’t see about myself. She gave me a better understanding of my strengths and goals. And she gave me the language to talk about my experience, strengths and opportunities.” ~ George Weyrauch

Who Should Take This Class

Anyone engaged with TLA is also dancing with a calling related to the power of words for healing, change, and liberation. We invite you -- no matter where you are in your TLA journey -- to come explore what is emerging or ready to emerge in your work, art, service, and/or purpose, whether you are just getting started, re-imagining your work, or retiring from a career and ready to re-fire your life's work in new terms. An ample handout is included along with tried-and-true approaches for discerning the work of our heart.

When I first started running writing workshops, Caryn gave me tremendous wisdom and guidance. I don’t know how I got so lucky! She was a powerful mentor and teacher at a moment when I was soaking up everything I could possibly learn. I have enormous trust in, and gratitude for, this powerhouse woman. ~ Chris Fraser, owner and writing coach at Firefly Writing

Format

This class will be presented Sunday, January 12, 2024 from 3-5PM ET/ 2-4 PM CT/ 1-3 PM MT/ 12-2PM PT / 8-10 PM UTC as a one-time, two-hour Zoom session. The day after class a recording, as well as notes and resources from the class, will be emailed to class members only.  

Your Registration Fee is a Donation

Because this event is so generously being offered by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg as a fundraiser, your entire registration fee will go directly to support scholarships, program development, and other offerings meant to expand and enrich our community. You will be helping programs like:

• Power of Words Scholarship Fund
• Online Class Scholarship Fund
• The Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg Fund (conference and online class support for both BIPOC people and people who are living with serious illness and/or disabilities.)
• Supporting global programs to grow TLA around the world
• Our forthcoming new podcast
• Our blog and other publications

Registration Levels:

• Level I – $200.00
• Level II – $150.00
• Level III – $75.00
• Level IV – $50.00

About the Facilitators

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, PhD, is the founder of Transformative Language Arts, author or editor of 24 books of poetry, fiction, memoir, and more, and with Kathryn Lorenzen, she leads Your Right Livelihood: The Work Art an Service Your Love (YourRightLivelihood.com). A long-time community workshop facilitator and coach, she makes her living working with many communities and individuals, giving talks and readings, and collaborating with other Transformational Language Artists. Her other big projects include Art of Facilitation classes with Joy Roulier Sawyer and Brave Voice writing and singing retreats with Kelly Hunt. More and her blog at CarynMirriamGoldberg.com.

Kathryn Lorenzen is a career coach, creativity coach, songwriter, and poet. Her songs have appeared in feature films and TV series, and she writes for both self-expression and social change. With an earlier career in copywriting and marketing communications, she is now a career coach to freelance writers seeking livelihood in support of their art. Kathryn now partners with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg as co-leader of Your Right Livelihood (YourRightLivelihood.com) and you can find more about Kathryn at KathrynLorenzen.com