This 6-week Write Your Living Legacy course includes opportunities to learn more about yourself, to learn from other participants, and from your guide, Karla.

The series is made up of:

• 6 weekly small cohort classes with slides, activities & story-sharing

• 5 weekly sessions for coworking & Q&A

• Final call for integration and goodbyes

• One-on-one guidance

This workshop series is for writers of all levels. The focus is on reflection and self-discovery rather than writing ability.

While no previous writing experience is necessary, a willingness to write is a must!

This course includes short weekly writing assignments (up to 1000 words) that you will share in a small group. Along the way, you’ll be supported with exercises and an encouraging community to help you channel your inner creative writer!

The magic of the Guided Autobiography method is truly in the small group sharing. It is a powerful — often transformative — experience to give voice to your story within a safe, confidential container. A lot of care is taken to cultivate a positive workshop community. Any feedback given and received must be respectful, supportive, and never critical of the person’s writing or experiences. All participants must commit to keeping stories and discussions to themselves.

This workshop series is hosted on Zoom. (You do not need a Zoom account to be able to access the meetings.)

A few days before the first workshop, Karla will host a virtual office hour on Zoom so you can confirm access and test your computer’s camera, microphone and speakers.

Besides Zoom, you’ll need basic computer skills, such as:

• using the internet and email,

• downloading and opening documents,

• posting and replying to images and documents in a shared Google Drive (no Gmail account necessary).

Karla is here to answer your questions and help you troubleshoot every step of the way!

For over a decade, Karla has been helping people tap into their essential stories in order to live and die meaningfully and mark milestones along the way.

She brings to these workshops her great passion and depth of experience in working with people on matters of the heart as a Legacy Guide, Certified Life-Cycle Celebrant, Certified Guided Autobiography instructor, community leader and facilitator.

She believes that stories are an essential tool to understanding oneself and deepening connections with others - both important elements of good living.

Her memoir-writing workshops are a perfect complement to the rest of her legacy work. She thoughtfully weaves the themes, priming questions, and creative exercises throughout to inspire and empower participants to share their stories in a whole new way.

For this course to succeed, participants must come to their small cohort class every week and be willing to write and share their stories on that week's theme. (Although these sessions will not be recorded, copies of key slides and reference material will be provided following each session.)

The weekly coworking/Q&A sessions are optional. The Q & A portion will be recorded and shared with participants afterward.

When you are sharing your stories, you get to decide how deep you want to go. Please only share what you are comfortable with.

Participants must also be willing to give and receive supportive, positive, and encouraging feedback on the shared stories, and to maintain confidentiality. 

Please note that Karla is not a registered counsellor or therapist. While participants find this workshop series to be therapeutic, they are not a substitute for therapy.

This series offers an intimate, confidential community container in which to reflect on and find meaning in your stories. Should you require support beyond this, it is your responsibility to seek it. out.

Life happens. If, after registering for Write Your Living Legacy, you are no longer able to participate, we have a couple of options:

1. If you cancel your registration within one week of the first class, you will receive a full refund.

2. If the times and dates of another upcoming session work better for you (and there is still a spot available), we can simply apply your payment and registration to that series.

3. If you cancel less than seven days before the first class and you’re not available for an upcoming session, we can discuss how the tuition paid can be applied to another of my offerings.

Yes, the fee can be divided into two easy payments.

If fee payment is a barrier to you registering for this series, please reach out to discuss other options.

You can reach Karla at karla@karlacombres.com.

You can reach out to me at karla@karlacombres.com. I also offer a free 20-minute discovery call, so you can be sure the course is right for you.