Mindful Journalling with Caylie Jeffery

Putting pen to paper for heightened focus, peace of mind and emotional regulation.

Journaling has a wide range of benefits for mental health and wellbeing, including stress reduction, emotional regulation, self-awareness, personal growth, improved cognitive function and physical health benefits.

In this workshop, Caylie will use some interesting techniques in letter-writing and mind-mapping to help you to tap into those thoughts and feelings that sometimes struggle to show themselves, and then resolve themselves. This will help you to refocus and gain a sense of inner-peace — through writing!

Learning outcomes

As part of this workshop, participants will learn:

• A variety of different types of journals

• An array of journaling methods, designed to unpack thoughts, ideas and feelings

• The art of letter-writing for self-reflection

• Mind mapping techniques to develop on ideas

• Effective journaling practices (space, time, music, colour and shapes)

Format

This is a hybrid workshop with a focus on craft; it will be held in-person at State Library of Queensland and live streamed to an online audience via Zoom. This workshop is suitable for writers of all levels and backgrounds.

About Caylie

With a background in nursing, writing and counselling, Caylie Jeffery has an affinity with people and their stories. She believes that the creation of personal legacy projects can give people a deeper sense of meaning and life purpose, as well as providing some peace and well-being.

Caylie is a successful writer and award-winning author, heading up the popular online community history project, Under the Lino. She works as a mentor at Queensland Writers Centre, teaching Seniors how to write their memoirs, and partners with Kerry Forsythe to run Paddington Then & Now, the popular local inner-city Brisbane historic organisation.

For more information about Queensland Writers Centre’s Program of Events and answers to FAQs, please visit: www.queenslandwriters.org.au/program-info