The Second Writing the Heartache All Day Workshop

The second workshop to focus on writing for healing, health and hope will be held at the Hampton Inn in Cary, NC on August 21 from 8 AM to 5 PM. Writing the Heartache is a workshop that is a gift you give yourself. Experience a warm atmosphere with others, who like you, desire to place pen to paper and write from heartache.

The day will be filled with instruction on journaling, letter-writing, essays and poetry. There will also be time to talk about writing for advocacy and publication. Bring photographs and mementoes, and we'll write using these prompts.

Don't miss this opportunity to discover what a wonderful tool grief-writing is and can continue to be in your life! Give yourself this day of inexpensive therapy.
Learn more about the workshop and sign up.

Hope to see you there!

Writing the Heartache All Day Workshop

The event was awesome. The dynamics within the group of nine was great. We wrote, ate, talked, shared, cried, wrote some more, and discovered a lot about ourselves.

We plan to have the next workshop in either Cary or Burlington, depending on who can attend. The dates will be either August 21 or September 18, 2010. Let us hear from you with your preferences. Check your calendar and email Alice at info@alicewisler.com

This Saturday

As many of you know, my journal was a beloved friend to me when my son died in 1997. I took it everywhere. Since then I have written and found such healing through putting words onto paper.

Across the USA, I've taught about the value of writing through pain for healing, hope and health. I've heard some tender stories and learned from fellow writers who also grieve the death of their loved one.

A dream for me has been to host an all-day grief-writing workshop and this Saturday, it is going to happen! The Writing the Heartache Workshop takes place from 8 AM to 5 PM at the Country Inns and Suites in Morrisville, NC (near the RDU Airport). While my focus is on the life and death of my son, Daniel, others who have not lost a child, but a significant loved one, have taken my online classes and found them to be therapeutic. Those with broken relationships also find meaning in writing through the lessons. Let's face it, writing is great therapy!

I hope you can join us his Saturday, July 17th! Feel free to email me with any questions. info@alicewisler.com

Announcing a day of healing and hope in North Carolina!

All Day Writing Workshop


Discover how you can use writing for healing and hope!



Those of us in it know that grief can overwhelm us. Writing about our emotions calms our nerves, lowers our heart rate, and decreases our blood pressure. The tool of writing through the pain of heartache provides a respite for our sorrow and coats us with a soothing balm. No wonder writing has been called an essential tool for healing.




Writing the Heartache All Day Writing Workshop



When: Saturday, July 17, 2010

Time: 8 AM to 5 PM

Instructor: Alice J. Wisler of Daniel’s House Publications (BSW, award-winning novelist, cookbook author, first place winner of Carolina Woman poetry contest 2001, workshop leader, conference speaker, writer of grief-related articles, Open to Hope contributor, former Tributes and LARGO newsletter editor, and designer of remembrance cards)

Where: Country Inn and Suites near the Raleigh-Durham Airport 201 Airgate Drive, Morrisville, NC

What’s provided:

* All day workshop with instruction on writing from the grieving heart

* In-depth teaching on writing poetry, letters, essays, and keeping a journal

* Guided writing sessions

* Pen and notepad

* Mid-morning coffee/tea and snack break

* Light catered lunch

* Mid-afternoon coffee/tea break

* Gift for all attendees

* Two future follow-up online critique sessions with Alice


Objective: To learn how to use writing as an effective tool for healing and hope. While the primary focus of the workshop is on writing after the death of a significant loved one (spouse, parent, sibling, child, friend), some take the workshop to write about broken relationships.

Feel free to bring: Up to three pages of poetry or a piece you’ve written pertaining to your loss.

Cost: $130 per person if payment received by 6/20; after 6/20, $140 per person

Bring a friend and save! $240 for you and your friend ($20 savings)

For all past attendees of the online grief-writing course, Writing the Heartache, take $25.00 off the price and pay $105.00 per person.

Seated is limited, so please secure your spot today.
To register, go to this page of Alice's website