I received this gracious comment from author Kim Stafford about my poetry book Happy which is only available in syllabus form at the moment. “This book offers you three gifts: story-based considerations of our need for the strength of solace, poems that work like singing spells to advance that solace, and the whole project’s invitation …
Frans and I presented twice in Ottawa at the Cannexus career conference in January 2018. We talked about “Imagination as an antidote to career foreclosure” and about the added value of doing “Career Writing” in groups which is our current topic of research. We met with many of our Canadian colleagues which is always enjoyable. …
Starts: March 5-April 27, 2018, in English and/or Dutch WRITING, and especially creative and expressive writing helps people to access deeper layers in themselves and tap into their own wisdom. Numerous studies have shown that writing is not only good for personal well-being and the processing of negative experiences but affects one’s physical health and …
CAREER WRITING Vrijdag, 16 maart 2018, 13.00 -17.00 uur ‘Trial’ voor geïnteresseerden tegen een geringe ‘onkostenvergoeding’ van € 50, — Taal: Nederlands Locatie: Kronenberg & collega’s, Eindstraat 21, Venray Beschrijving: Het oude idee over loopbaanbegeleiding is dat we onze talenten moeten matchen aan bestaand werk. Maar door de onzekerheid en complexiteit van de arbeidsmarkt — …
The book “Happy” is ready to share. Get in touch if you want to know more. Here is a snippet: The idea of Happy is to write poems and reflections that will inspire others to heal and write, or write and heal. The order doesn’t really matter. The reason for Happy’s combination of poem and …
Frans and I will be going to Reykjavik at the end of October to present Career Writing. We were invited by our Icelandic colleagues after presenting at the International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance in Madrid in November 2016. The topics we’ll be presenting and the workshops we’ll be giving answer questions like: How …
Career Writing is a narrative career-learning method where a facilitator or career counsellor uses creative, expressive and reflective writing exercises to assist students and clients in developing a career identity. Career identity is defined in this context as the story that gives meaning and purpose to one’s life and points to direction in which one would …
Another piece of the book “Happy: poems and reflections for writing and healing the self” which will be out this fall… You are not who you think you are Research on writing and healing and family systems therapy reveals that secrets clog up our working memory. They can even make us sick. What is inherent …
Today I didn’t think I would have time to work on my poetry book “Happy”. I had surrendered to that fact. I had breakfast with colleagues and went home to teach the online academic writing course I’m responsible for this semester. A student had posted a reflective summary on Carol Dweck’s work on the growth …
Our latest work endeavours took us to the University of Eastern Finland in Joensuu and to Helsinki. In Joensuu, Frans and I met with a career-research team and gave workshops on career writing and why career dialogues are not as easy as they seem. We also gave two lectures. Our colleagues said they got more …