Write With Us

Co-writing, a short survey, and a workshop

Write Together

In place of this month’s Midstack meetup, we’re trying something a little different.

I’d like to invite you to a free hour-long co-working session with members of our wider HerStories Project community on Wednesday, May 28th at 1 p.m. Eastern.

During this hour-long virtual meetup, we’ll begin with a collective deep breath or short grounding exercise, share what we are going to be working on and what our goals are, and then turn off videos and microphones to work for 45-60 minutes. We’ll check in at the end to share what we accomplished.

We’ve learned that there’s something magical about writing alongside — even virtually — with a group of other midlife women.

Register for the session and we’ll send you a Zoom link.

Our HerStories Survey

We would very much appreciate it if you took just a few minutes to tell us about your writing life and challenges. It’s important to us to understand your goals and challenges, and your insights inform everything we do.

Expressive Writing For Emotional Healing

We are beyond honored to be a hosting a workshop next Friday with

Christine Wolf

, a writing coach and storyteller who can be found on Substack at

Writers' Haven by Christine Wolf

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In this 3-hour workshop, discover the science-backed practice that helps transform pain into progress. You'll explore the healing power of expressive writing as a tool for emotional clarity, resilience, and self-understanding.

Rooted in decades of psychological research, this guided experience invites participants to reflect on personal experiences in a supportive and private space—no writing experience required. Just come prepared to write—participants may handwrite or type, whichever feels most comfortable.

Christine Wolf is a trauma-informed memoir coach, award-winning storyteller, and co-author of Politics, Partnerships & Power. A former columnist for the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times, she teaches Expressive Writing for Emotional Healing at Northwestern University. Her work has been recognized by The Moth, the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, and the White House, where she was selected to interview President Barack Obama in the first-ever live-streamed presidential interview. She’s the founder of Writers’ Haven, a literary community in Evanston, Illinois.