- Event Date: 06/11/2026
Writing for Wellbeing workshop
Event Details
- 11:00
- The Bothies, Scampston Hall Walled Garden, North Yorkshire, YO17 8NG
- From £15
Event Description
Writing for Wellbeing Workshop for women, on the theme of Unwinding – The Dream Within.
In person event at The Conservatory, Scampston Walled Garden, Malton, YO17 8NG, hosted by The Bothies – a registered charity.
No prior knowledge required. Please bring a notebook and pen/pencil.
Booking essential. For more information and to book, please contact me by email.
Workshop cost: £15 to various charities, including tea or coffee. BACS payment in advance is preferred, or cash can be accepted on the day by arrangement. We will share details with you on booking
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- Event Date: 06/11/2026
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You’re invited to join us for our Annual General Meeting (AGM), which will include a creative session led by Dr Mariana Casale.
The AGM is a fantastic opportunity to come together as a community, look back on our progress over the last year, and look ahead to what might come next.
All members are welcome. You’ll have the chance to hear from the Board of Directors, get the inside scoop on our annual report, and read and write in community during Mariana’s creative session.
About the creative session
The evening begins with a few minutes of grounding around a poem, as we settle into the collective experience: the invitation will be to reflect on what belonging means for us, thinking of what wisdoms and we each bring as we play an active role in the community.
After the AGM agenda has been completed, we will pick up these reflective threads as Mariana holds space for shared reading. This will allow our thoughts to flow and gently decant, as we make new meaning together working around a piece of flash fiction. Our focus will be on hearing each other’s voices, but journaling, scribbling, doodling, gentle movement and any other form of creative making that work for you are welcome throughout.
About Dr Mariana Casale
Mariana holds an MA in Literature, Culture and Modernity (London) and a PhD in Latin American Cultural Studies (Manchester). She has trained in Narrative Therapy at the Institute of Narrative Therapy (UK). She is the founder and director of the School of Narrative Bibliotherapy, which offers training to professionals wishing to incorporate narrative ideas to their bibliotherapeutic practice or bibliotherapeutic practices to their helping work. She works independently as a bibliotherapist in private practice, offering individual and group sessions as well as mentoring and supervision. She has also taught Spanish and Latin American Studies at the University of Manchester. Her latest publication is ‘Bibliotherapy as Narrative Practice; Reader Empowerment Through Re-Authoring Conversations’, European Journal for Biblio/Poetry Therapy (2025) Vol. 1. No. 1. 14-21. She is currently writing about the personal as political in narrative bibliotherapy. Website: marianacasale.com
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Zoom details and the annual report will be shared here soon — please check back a little nearer the time.
Does your brain feel like a browser with too many tabs open? Half-finished projects, things promised to other people, and a festive season that hasn’t even started yet.
This online workshop is for midlife women whose brains work differently, whether that’s ADHD, autism, or both, diagnosed or not. It offers a calm, structured space to step back from the noise and find some clarity before December arrives.
Drawing on reflective and therapeutic writing practice and ideas from positive psychology, the session uses short, contained writing steps rather than long free-writes, so it’s accessible for brains that find open-ended prompts difficult. Participants will:
Open all the tabs: a guided brain dump to get everything out of their head and onto the page
Close the stuck one: gentle prompts to explore the one thing weighing on them most
Choose what stays open: a simple one-page plan for December
No previous journalling experience is needed, just a pen and paper. Cameras are optional. Every ticket includes a replay.
This workshop will combine mindful movement sequences based on the Feldenkrais Method of somatic learning with expressive and reflective writing. We will use gentle exploratory movement with writing prompts and poetry to encourage connection with our selves and to stimulate creativity and self-reflection.
Sessions are suitable for anyone looking for a safe supportive space for relaxation, play and inspiration on a Sunday afternoon. No previous experience of Feldenkrais or writing required.
Do email to go on the mailing list for forthcoming workshops.