Poetic Record
Resilience Workshop for Healthcare Workers
Join us for an inspiring blend of poetry, community, and the science of resilience! This free and weekly workshop, led by Laura Van Prooyen, author, educator, and publisher, provides a safe space for healthcare workers to explore their experiences, emotions, and resilience through expressive writing.
📅 When
- Tuesdays at 7 pm EST via Zoom (one-hour sessions)
🖊️ What to Expect
- Weekly Poem Selection: Laura chooses a thought-provoking poem.
- Interactive Participation: Read, respond, and write alongside fellow participants.
- Optional Sharing: Share your reflections if you’d like.
- No Creative Writing Experience Required: Everyone is welcome!
🔍 Why Attend?
- Countless studies link expressive writing to improved health. In the face of COVID-19 and other challenges, healthcare workers often grapple with trauma, burnout, and compassion fatigue. Poetic Record offers a supportive environment to process emotions and connect with peers.
🌐 Virtual Spaces for Connection
- Over the past decade, Mission Belonging’s workshops have reached thousands of service members, veterans, and healthcare workers. Join us to slow down, reflect, and use ordinary language in extraordinary ways.
🌈 Anonymity and Affirmation
- Share your accounts through poetry in a safe, anonymous online interface. Receive affirming responses from fellow poets, promoting well-being and encouraging further care if needed. Don’t miss this opportunity to nurture resilience and connect with a supportive community.
Registration for this workshop is now handled using Mission Belonging’s new community platform.
Laura Van Prooyen
Author & Facilitator
Laura Van Prooyen is the author of four poetry collections: Sorry, We No Longer Offer Bereavement Fares; Frances of the Wider Field, Finalist for the Texas Institute of Letters Helen C. Smith Memorial Award for Best Book of Poetry; Our House Was on Fire, nominated by Philip Levine, awarded the McGovern Prize and the Writers’ League of Texas Best Poetry Book Award; and Inkblot and Altar. She also co-authored the book of writing lessons, Text Structures From Poetry. Her poems have been published in American Poetry Review, Ploughshares, and The Southern Review, among others.
Laura is the Founder and Director of Next Page Press. She facilitates free, weekly online writing workshops for healthcare workers with the non-profit, Mission Belonging. She also teaches part-time at Trinity University in San Antonio, TX where she designed the course “Poetry as Medicine: How Reading and Writing Can Facilitate to Healing” for students interested in medical and health humanities. Laura earned her M.F.A. in Poetry at Warren Wilson College.
For our complete program calendar, visit our Events page.
