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Thank you to those who purchased Remembering Michael in 2021! We just made our yearly donation of 15% of our yearly earnings to BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre; our donation this year was made in support of Breast Health. We couldn't have done this without our supporters.

To purchase Remembering Michael in 2022: https://www.amazon.ca/Remembering-Michael-Rewriting-Story-Stillbirth/dp/1660819377/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_1

Sincerely,
Danielle & Nigel

Remembering Michael: Rewriting my Story of Stillbirth Danielle LaRocque is a West Kootenay author and educator who is passionate about bringing the benefits of creative writing to people of all ages, backgrounds, experience levels, and socioeconomic groups (see https://www.rootedinwriting.ca/our-team for more information). In June 2019, Danielle exp...

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We are incredibly excited about our upcoming project called Wander + Wonder, which is an immersive, self-led writing walk experience that will be set up this spring at Whatshan Lake Retreat for public enjoyment. Participation in this writing walk is free, and there will be opportunities for participants to share their writing online if they choose to do so. For more information, please visit www.rootedinwriting.ca/wander-wonder

This project wouldn't have been possible without the sponsorship of Columbia Basin Trust and Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance. The beautiful signage for this process was locally made by Selkirk Technology Access Centre. Thank you also to The SPIRIT Sticker Initiative for your support and wisdom on the collaboration regarding the land acknowledgment and the Indigenous learning from the land sign.

We hope everyone can gain some wisdom from the land, the here and now, and their own reflective practice in this place-based learning experience.

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2021 wasn’t my favorite year but one of the best parts of last year was reading 53 books! Here is a list of them all - which ones have you read? I’ll be sharing my top 5 fiction and non-fiction soon (I read almost exactly half fiction, half non-fiction)📚
1. White Rose Black Forest - Eoin Dempse
2. The Testaments - Margaret Atwood
3. The book of Two Ways - Jodi Picoult
4. Think Like a Monk - Jay Shetty
5. American Dirt - Jeanine Cummins
6. A Complicated Kindness - Miriam Toews
7. Molly’s Game - Molly Bloom
8. The Tatooist of Auschwitz - Heather Morris
9. The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides
10. Nothing to See Here - Kevin Wilson
11. A Promised Land - Barack Obama
12. Recipe for a Perfect Wife - Karma Brown
13. Magic Lessons - Alice Hoffman
14. The Greatest Secret - Rhonda Byrne
15. Open Book - Jessica Simpson
16. A Town Called Solace - Mary Lawson
17. Atomic Habits - James Clear
18. Think Again - Adam Grant
19. All We Ever Wanted - Emily Giffin
20. The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
21. Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on it - Kamal Ravikant
22. Five Little Indians - Michelle Good
23. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
24. 28 Summers - Elin Hilderbrand
25. A Spark of Light - Jodi Picoult
26. The Little Book of Hygge - Meik Wiking
27. Why We Sleep - Matthew Walker
28. A Man Called Ove - Fedrik Backman
29. The Midnight Library - Matt Haig
30. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone - Lori Gottlieb
31. Becoming - Michelle Obama
32. The Kitchen House - Kathleen Grissom
33. The High 5 Habit - Mel Robbins
34. How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age - Dale Carnegie
35. Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More - Janet Mock
36. Can’t Hurt Me - David Goggins
37. A Runner’s High: My Life in Motion - Dean Karnazes
38. Migrations - Charlotte McConaghy
39. Kids Are Worth It! - Barbara Coloroso
40. Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment - Amir Levine
41. Know My Name - Chanel Miller
42. Grit - The Power of Passion and Perseverance - Angela Duckworth
43. Steve Jobs - Walter Isaacson
44. The Rules of Magic - Alice Hoffman
45. Will - Will Smith
46. Practical Magic - Alice Hoffman
47. Once There Were Wolves - Charlotte McConaghy
48. Year Book - Seth Rogan
49. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
50. The Book of Magic - Alice Hoffman
51. Lifespan - Why We Age - and Why We Don’t Have To - David Sinclair
52. Home Body - Rupi Kaur
53. Wish You Were Here - Jodi Picoult

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Anyone else here for the rainy (cozy) days? 🌧

To our aspiring writers, deep thinkers, dreamers, and wellness advocates,

We are coming on here today to share an exciting update about our writing for self-development program, Write to Grow: Journaling through the Social Determinants of Health.

After putting much thought into the accessibility of the program, Rooted in Writing has decided to offer Write to Grow on a sliding scale to help those experiencing financial barriers to therapeutic writing or other mental wellness services gain access to this program. Accordingly, Write to Grow is now offered in the following tiered price ranges:

Base Price: $299

Sliding Scale Level 1: $199 (Use code SAVE100 at checkout)

Sliding Scale Level 2: $99 (Use code SAVE200 at checkout)

Interested participants can use the above codes to access the program at a lower price, no questions asked. For those who are able to comfortably afford the full program cost, please consider doing so to help us maintain our facilitator wages, business costs, and other miscellaneous fees so that we can continue offering therapeutic programs such as Write to Grow in the future.

If Write to Grow still feels inaccessible to you, please contact the Write to Grow facilitator at [email protected] to discuss further options.

Interested individuals can sign up for Write to Grow at www.rootedinwriting.ca/write-to-grow

Thank you for your continued support!

Danielle & Nigel
Rooted in Writing