Deepening Your Voice through Journaling
“My journal became a mirror in which I could see and hear my truth resonating in my own daily experience.” Marion Woodman
“And you know, over time you get enough practice that you then can trust your own voice.” Barak Obama
Journaling is a voyage in self-discovery. With each entry we strengthen our writing voice, the voice that we take into the world. In this workshop we will look first at the practice of journaling, secondly at the writer’s voice, and thirdly the importance of our voices in today’s world. We will read excerpts from Barack Obama, Marion Woodman, Terry Tempest Williams, Rainer Maria Rilke, Clarissa Pinkola Estes, C.G.Jung and more. There will be writing exercises after each part, with time for sharing. All are welcome!
Susan Tiberghien is an American-born writer living in Geneva, Switzerland. She holds a BA in Literature and Philosophy (Phi Beta Kappa) and did graduate work at the Université de Grenoble and the CG Jung Institute of Zurich.
She has published four memoirs, "Looking for Gold” (Daimon Verlag, 1997), "Circling to the Center” (Paulist Press, 2001), "Side by Side” and "Footsteps, In Love with a Frenchman" (both Red Lotus Studio Press, 2015), and two nonfiction books: "One Year to a Writing Life" (Da Capo Press, 2007), “Writing toward Wholeness” (Chiron Publications, 2018), with numerous narrative essays in journals and anthologies on both sides of the Atlantic. Her work has been translated into French, Italian, Swedish, Chinese, Korean, and soon Farsi.
Ms Tiberghien teaches and lectures at graduate programs, at C.G. Jung Centers, and at writers’ conferences both in the States and in Europe. She has taught at the International Women's Writing Guild Summer Conference at Skidmore since 1990 and does workshops for the IWWG annually, especially in the Northeast. She founded the Geneva Writers' Group in 1993 which she directed for 25 years and where she continues to teach workshops.