Unleash Your Inner Writer and Reclaim Your Resilience: Join the Writing Resilience Workshop!

 Are you ready to embark on a transformative journey towards healing and self-discovery? Do you have a story to tell but have been held back by trauma, addiction, or mental illness? If so, the Writing Resilience Workshop is here to guide you on a path of recovery, creativity, and personal growth.

Unlock Your Potential Through the Power of Words

Writing has the incredible ability to heal wounds, provide clarity, and empower us to overcome life's toughest challenges. The Writing Resilience Workshop is a four-week virtual gathering on Zoom that aims to harness the therapeutic power of writing to help individuals affected by trauma, addiction, and mental illness. Our goal is simple yet profound: to increase coping skills, enhance resilience, and inspire participants to embrace their unique voices through the art of writing.

What to Expect at the Writing Resilience Workshop

Our workshop is designed to provide a safe and supportive environment for participants to explore their emotions, experiences, and aspirations. Here's what you can expect during our four-week journey together:

1. Creative Writing Exercises: Each week, you'll engage in various writing exercises carefully crafted to help you express your thoughts and feelings. Whether you're interested in memoirs, novels, poetry, or flash fiction, these exercises will ignite your creativity and unlock your storytelling potential.

2. Group Discussions: Share your work and thoughts with a compassionate and understanding community. Our workshop is a space free from judgment, where you can connect with others who have faced similar challenges.

3. Personalized Feedback: Receive constructive feedback and guidance from experienced writing instructors who are passionate about helping you grow as a writer.

4. The Writing Resilience Workbook: As part of the workshop, you'll receive a copy of the Writing Resilience Workbook. This invaluable resource is filled with prompts, exercises, and tools to support your writing journey and enhance your resilience.

5. Building Resilience: Discover how writing can be a powerful tool for building resilience and self-empowerment. Learn techniques to navigate life's obstacles with greater ease and strength.

6. Crafting Your Story: Whether you want to write a memoir, a novel, poetry, or a collection of flash fiction, our workshop will guide you in shaping your narrative and finding your unique voice.

7. Support and Community: Connect with like-minded individuals who understand the challenges you face and can offer encouragement and support as you progress on your writing and healing journey.

Join Us and Rediscover Your Strength

The Writing Resilience Workshop is not just about writing; it's about reclaiming your resilience, finding your voice, and embarking on a journey of self-discovery and healing. No matter where you are on your writing journey or how daunting life's challenges may seem, we believe in your potential to overcome and thrive.

Workshop Details:

• Duration: Four weeks
• Platform: Zoom (convenient and accessible from anywhere)
• Dates: Sundays. October 6, 13, 20, 27, 4:00 - 6:00 pm ET
• Fee: $199. PayPal larissa_shmailo@yahoo.com or Venmo @Larissa-Shmailo
• Register: https://www.writingwithlarissa.com/
• Don't miss this opportunity to unlock your inner writer and embark on a transformative journey towards resilience and healing. Space is limited, so secure your spot in the Writing Resilience Workshop today! To register or learn more, please visit WritingwithLarissa.com

If you're ready to take the first step towards a brighter, more resilient future, join us at the Writing Resilience Workshop. Together, we'll write our way to healing, strength, and empowerment. Your story matters, and we can't wait to help you tell it.

Larissa Shmailo Author of the Writing Resilience Workbook

Writing Resilience in May

 Writing Resilience is a 4-week Zoom writing workshop for people who have been affected by trauma, addiction, and/or mental illness. We will write our stories to empower ourselves and increase coping and resilience, as well as to work toward writing a memoir, poetry collection, or novel. Join the workshop that has been called "life changing" "useful and motivating" and "generated a lot of good work." The workshop meets Saturdays, May 6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Eastern. $169 for all four sessions. PayPal larissa_shmailo@yahoo.com

“Larissa Shmailo is astute, discerning, and perceptive . . . Larissa brings to the workshop the rare capacity of true interest in the work and the lives of her students. She affirms the writing in a way that demonstrates understanding of the content - through specificity and authentic reaction to the piece. This class allows the processing of personal trauma while also freeing it in the direction of publication. One is left realizing that the world does want to hear your story.” -—Sandra Kleven, publisher, Cirque

"Larissa Shmailo's Writing Resilience Workshop helped me to write again after a period of writer's block. In the past I have not been able to write in response to prompts, or to write in-workshop, but something about Larissa's leadership and compassion—along with the warmth of the group—freed me to participate. I am grateful for the experience and highly recommend the workshop." —Rachel Blum, author of The Doctor of Flowers

"Larissa Shmailo is a true warrior of the written/spoken word, as her life and work ignites her. What an honor to be one of her students! Her class is generative and I produced some pieces that were published quickly. We did in-class exercises and read our work aloud. Got excellent feedback from her, as well as the other students. If you get a chance to take Shmailo’s class, jump on it. She is a gift to the writing community. WOW!"—Meg Tuite, author of five short story collections, two poetry collections, and published in numerous literary magazines, as well as anthologies.

“This course created the space and structure in my life to make writing a regular part of my day. Larissa’s excellent exercises and insightful feedback served as the basis for rich class discussions and workshops. I felt connected to my classmates and found myself feeling at home among them— a rare treasure for such a compact time frame and over Zoom. I would highly recommend this course to any writer who wants to get back on track but is struggling to enact this desire day to day.” — Anna Fridlis, writing instructor, Parsons School of Design 

Writing Resilience in March!

 Writing Resilience is a 4-week Zoom writing workshop for people who have been affected by trauma, addiction, and/or mental illness. We will write our stories to empower ourselves and increase coping and resilience, as well as to work toward writing a memoir, poetry collection, or novel. Join the workshop that has been called "life changing" "useful and motivating" and "generated a lot of good work." The workshop meets Saturdays, March 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Eastern. $169 for all four sessions. PayPal larissa_shmailo@yahoo.com

“Larissa Shmailo is astute, discerning, and perceptive . . . Larissa brings to the workshop the rare capacity of true interest in the work and the lives of her students. She affirms the writing in a way that demonstrates understanding of the content - through specificity and authentic reaction to the piece. This class allows the processing of personal trauma while also freeing it in the direction of publication. One is left realizing that the world does want to hear your story.” -—Sandra Kleven, publisher, Cirque

"Larissa Shmailo's Writing Resilience Workshop helped me to write again after a period of writer's block. In the past I have not been able to write in response to prompts, or to write in-workshop, but something about Larissa's leadership and compassion—along with the warmth of the group—freed me to participate. I am grateful for the experience and highly recommend the workshop." —Rachel Blum, author of The Doctor of Flowers

"Larissa Shmailo is a true warrior of the written/spoken word, as her life and work ignites her. What an honor to be one of her students! Her class is generative and I produced some pieces that were published quickly. We did in-class exercises and read our work aloud. Got excellent feedback from her, as well as the other students. If you get a chance to take Shmailo’s class, jump on it. She is a gift to the writing community. WOW!"—Meg Tuite, author of five short story collections, two poetry collections, and published in numerous literary magazines, as well as anthologies.

“This course created the space and structure in my life to make writing a regular part of my day. Larissa’s excellent exercises and insightful feedback served as the basis for rich class discussions and workshops. I felt connected to my classmates and found myself feeling at home among them— a rare treasure for such a compact time frame and over Zoom. I would highly recommend this course to any writer who wants to get back on track but is struggling to enact this desire day to day.” — Anna Fridlis, writing instructor, Parsons School of Design

Writing Resilience in November

Writing Resilience is a 4-week Zoom writing workshop for people who have been affected by trauma, addiction, and/or mental illness. We will write our stories to empower ourselves and increase coping and resilience, as well as to work toward writing a memoir, poetry collection, or novel. Join the workshop that has been called "life changing" "useful and motivating" and "generated a lot of good work." The workshop meets Sundays, November 6, 13, 20, and 27 at 3:00-5:00 pm Eastern. $129 for all four sessions. Paypal larissa_shmailo@yahoo.com

“Larissa Shmailo is astute, discerning, and perceptive . . . Larissa brings to the workshop the rare capacity of true interest in the work and the lives of her students. She affirms the writing in a way that demonstrates understanding of the content - through specificity and authentic reaction to the piece. This class allows the processing of personal trauma while also freeing it in the direction of publication. One is left realizing that the world does want to hear your story.” -—Sandra Kleven, publisher, Cirque

"Larissa Shmailo's Writing Resilience Workshop helped me to write again after a period of writer's block. In the past I have not been able to write in response to prompts, or to write in-workshop, but something about Larissa's leadership and compassion—along with the warmth of the group—freed me to participate. I am grateful for the experience and highly recommend the workshop." —Rachel Blum, author of The Doctor of Flowers

"Larissa Shmailo is a true warrior of the written/spoken word, as her life and work ignites her. What an honor to be one of her students! Her class is generative and I produced some pieces that were published quickly. We did in-class exercises and read our work aloud. Got excellent feedback from her, as well as the other students. If you get a chance to take Shmailo’s class, jump on it. She is a gift to the writing community. WOW!"—Meg Tuite, author of five short story collections, two poetry collections, and published in numerous literary magazines, as well as anthologies.

“This course created the space and structure in my life to make writing a regular part of my day. Larissa’s excellent exercises and insightful feedback served as the basis for rich class discussions and workshops. I felt connected to my classmates and found myself feeling at home among them— a rare treasure for such a compact time frame and over Zoom. I would highly recommend this course to any writer who wants to get back on track but is struggling to enact this desire day to day.” — Anna Fridlis, writing instructor, Parsons School of Design

WRITING RESILIENCE IN OCTOBER

 Writing Resilience is a 4-week Zoom writing workshop for people who have been affected by trauma, addiction, and/or mental illness. We will write our stories to empower ourselves and increase coping and resilience, as well as to work toward writing a memoir, poetry collection, or novel. Join the workshop that has been called "life changing" "useful and motivating" and "generated a lot of good work." The workshop meets in two cohorts in October: Saturdays, October  8, 15, 22, and 29 at 4:00 -6:00 pm Eastern or Sundays, October 9, 16, 23, and 30 at 3:00-5:00 pm Eastern. Please select Saturday or Sunday; $129 for all four sessions. Paypal larissa_shmailo@yahoo.com

“Larissa Shmailo is astute, discerning, and perceptive . . . Larissa brings to the workshop the rare capacity of true interest in the work and the lives of her students. She affirms the writing in a way that demonstrates understanding of the content - through specificity and authentic reaction to the piece. This class allows the processing of personal trauma while also freeing it in the direction of publication. One is left realizing that the world does want to hear your story.” -—Sandra Kleven, publisher, Cirque

"Larissa Shmailo's Writing Resilience Workshop helped me to write again after a period of writer's block. In the past I have not been able to write in response to prompts, or to write in-workshop, but something about Larissa's leadership and compassion—along with the warmth of the group—freed me to participate. I am grateful for the experience and highly recommend the workshop." —Rachel Blum, author of The Doctor of Flowers

"Larissa Shmailo is a true warrior of the written/spoken word, as her life and work ignites her. What an honor to be one of her students! Her class is generative and I produced some pieces that were published quickly. We did in-class exercises and read our work aloud. Got excellent feedback from her, as well as the other students. If you get a chance to take Shmailo’s class, jump on it. She is a gift to the writing community. WOW!"—Meg Tuite, author of five short story collections, two poetry collections, and published in numerous literary magazines, as well as anthologies.

“This course created the space and structure in my life to make writing a regular part of my day. Larissa’s excellent exercises and insightful feedback served as the basis for rich class discussions and workshops. I felt connected to my classmates and found myself feeling at home among them— a rare treasure for such a compact time frame and over Zoom. I would highly recommend this course to any writer who wants to get back on track but is struggling to enact this desire day to day.” — Anna Fridlis, writing instructor, Parsons School of Design

  

WRITING RESILIENCE WORKSHOP

 

Dear friends and colleagues:

I have a new workshop I want to share with you: Writing Resilience, a special writing program for people affected by trauma, addiction, and/or mental illness. Writing brings to consciousness ideas that may not emerge through talking or thinking; telling one's story is empowering and can offer insights valuable to mental health.

As an internationally known poet, novelist, translator, editor, and writing coach, and a recovering peer myself, I am offering one-on-one sessions and workshops (forming now). I will guide you to writing for greater resilience and coping, rich emotional experience, and arenas of communication and community.

Upcoming Workshop: January 10, 17, 24, 31, 4:00 – 6:00 pm. $200.

Join on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1128609110887968

Please see www.larissashmailo.com  and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larissa_Shmailo

for more information and please share with people who might benefit.

Here's to our recovery through writing!

Love,

Larissa

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Official press release for PATIENT WOMEN

Friends, here is the official press release for PATIENT WOMEN, If you know anyone who would like to review, please share.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New Novel Explores Drug and Sex Addiction and Recovery in 1970s New York
Contact: Jonathan Penton
jonathan@unlikelystories.org, (337) 207-8713
or
Larissa Shmailo
larissa@larissashmailo.com, (212) 712-9865
Lifelong New Yorker Larissa Shmailo presents the novel Patient Women (BlazeVOX [books], 2015). Patient Women focuses on the tragedies, misadventures, and growth of one Nora Nader, born of Queens and darling of the New York disco scene. As the Era of Rock unravels, we follow Nora through her experiences as a runaway, low-dollar and high-class prostitute, party girl, and working stiff, into her story of self-awareness and addiction recovery as she “finds herself capable of both physical and spiritual ascent.” (K.R. Copeland, Midwest Book Review).
At twelve years old, Nora leaves her Holocaust-survivor parents and explores the worst that New York has to offer. From there, we follow her through mental hospitals, alcoholism, and the accidental drowning of her husband on their honeymoon. We meet her fellow prostitutes and travel with them as they attempt to move to other careers. We bear witness to Nora’s tepid experiences in psychotherapy and her extraordinary relationship with her transgender AA sponsor. We go with her as she returns to Queens to learn about her parents’ ordeal in the camps and also recovers her own suppressed memories of childhood sexual abuse. Through Nora, we track the spiral of history, and how individual New Yorkers experience the underside of the 1970s—both its horrors and the redemption that could be found there.
Patient Women reveals its author’s background as an accomplished poet and translator, and has been praised for balancing divergent literary styles while remaining an accessible page-turner. Second-generation Holocaust survivors, recovering addicts, and those experiencing mental illness will recognize their own stories in Patient Women, and find an insightful, well-written mirror that allows them to explore and articulate both their struggles and their triumphs.
Patient Women is a useful tool for individuals and groups studying the disco era and the AIDS crisis of New York in the 1970s and 80s. With its frank and thorough analysis of bipolar disorder and mental illness, psychiatric hospitalization, addiction, recovery, and incestual child abuse, it is of interest to therapists, therapy groups, and reading groups with an interest in recovery issues.
Larissa Shmailo is a poet, novelist, editor, and critic living in New York. Her translations from Russian include the iconic avant-garde opera Victory over the Sun. Ms. Shmailo is available for booking at (212) 712-9865.
More information can be found at www.LarissaShmailo.com, including the Electronic Press Kit for Ms. Shmailo and Patient Women (with high-resolution photos) at www.larissashmailo.com/…/larissa_shmailo_electronic_press_k…. Patient Women is available for purchase through Amazon, and at on-line and physical bookstores.
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