Write Your Heart Out: The Tender Reckoning of Loneliness

 Write Your Heart Out:

The Tender Reckoning of Loneliness

Thursdays, Sept. 17, Oct. 1 & 15 2026

3 – 5 pm EST

Cost: $120

Loneliness may have crash-landed on you all at once, or it may have quietly gathered around the edges of your life, slowly bleeding joy from your days. In this transformational writing circle, we’ll write into the ache of loneliness as a way to navigate through it. 

In this writing circle, dive deep into both the shadow and light-filled sides of loneliness. During our time together, you’ll be offered gentle writing prompts, shared meditation and silence, and a supportive space to be seen and heard so you can:

  • Give language to your feelings without shame or judgment 
  • Examine the experiences that may have caused your sense of loneliness
  • Meet the unspoken parts of yourself you’ve felt unsafe to share 
  • Shift your perspective so you can view your loneliness through a lens of love
  • Explore the tension between solitude and loneliness
  • Look for the wisdom to be discovered and the healing to be experienced when you sit with loneliness.
  • Rally your courage so you can move through and learn from your loneliness

This writing circle offers a compassionate container for self-discovery. As you put pen to paper, discover your deepest truths and allow your heart’s energy to create both art and change.

No writing experience necessary. Please bring a journal with you. These sessions are limited to eight writers.

Facilitator

Sandra Mitchell, Writer and Coach

Sandra guides and supports creatives of all levels on the path of transformation. She facilitates Write Your Heart Out writing sessions where she holds space for you to hear your voice first and to trust that your words are the right words. In addition to her training and experience as a certified coach, Sandra holds a degree in English literature and facilitates writing circles and serves as a retreat guide. Sandra also offers writing, marketing, and coaching services to those with creative practices, wellness practices, ministries, soulful entrepreneurships, and good causes. Learn more about Sandra at www.sandramitchell.online.

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If you would like to apply for financial assistance, please fill out the application form and return to programs@dominicancenter.com. Please wait to register and pay until you have received our response. Thank you!

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