This fun, informal workshop focuses on practicing happiness even with negativity swirling all around you–or self-care during tough times. Would you like to feel more positive (without giving up your awareness or fight)? Your happiness is not a frivolous, expendable luxury. The Pursuit of Happiness is one of our inalienable rights and is a powerful tool that can lead to improvements in your immune system, relationships, sleep, decision-making, creativity, and productivity…plus it’s FUN. The problem is, too few of us pursue it. You can make your own personal happiness a priority no matter what else is happening in the world–you don’t have to be in denial, but you also don’t have to deprive yourself. This workshop will combine story-telling, exercises, and plenty of interaction to set you on a path to reaping all the benefits from chasing joy.

The expression “Leap and the net will appear” is often misinterpreted as “just jump and someone will swoop in to take care of you,” but the reality is we galvanize our own life changes by leaping…and then we must weave the nets ourselves. This presentation has been a keynote speech, an hour-long talk and presentation, a three-hour workshop, and a three-week workshop. I enjoy tailoring the message to fit the time and needs of each group. Typically, a Leap class begins with my own journey (through adventures both positive and awful) to illustrate how I arrived at the lessons I’m sharing, then it transitions into a variety of writing, sharing, and brainstorming exercises to help the audience apply those lessons to their own lives.

• Learn how to ask “What next?” instead of “Why me?” at setbacks, turning the worst things that happen to you into your greatest teachers

• Create manageable, accumulative change, rather than waiting around for a big outside event to magically “fix” your life

• Get tips for handling your own resistance at leaving your comfort zone

Katrina’s creative writing classes cover a range of topics, including how to write great dialogue, how to find your muse, creating compelling plots, writing a novel in a year, how to be a ruthless reviser, and much more. Most of her writing classes are offered through Word’s Worth Dayton, but she also has workshops available for other groups. Check the calendar above. Click the “More Information” button below to contact her.