“The Wild Writing Teacher Training with Laurie has been both powerful and empowering.

As trainees, we got to experience bit-size chunks of didactic learning balanced with a healthy dose of experiential learning. This opportunity to learn and then practice, practice, practice helped me to embody Wild Writing, and I feel comfortable and well-prepared as I step out to lead my own groups. Laurie’s warm encouragement and holding of each member of our training cohort was exquisite. She is an inspiring leader who helps make risk-taking doable. She is also humble, gracious and real. It has been a joy to be a part of this training!”

– JILLEAN JOHNSON

“Wild Writing Teacher Training has liberated me both through writing honestly and cultivating my leadership skills.

Laurie’s compassionate mentorship established an intimate container with 16 kindreds, which evolved over a six month period of time. Through Laurie’s gentle space-holding, I started writing about topics that I had never touched prior. I began feeling empowered. I began to tell the truth. WW has set me free in ways I never expected.

I am drawn to strong teachers, who hold clear boundaries. Laurie has an uncanny ability to provide insight and authentic leadership, while rooting for you to lead in YOUR way. She allows difficult emotions into the room with open arms. WW Teacher Training was the best investment I have ever made to help me move forward on my path as a writer and small business owner.”

– MICHELLE FRANCOIS-WALSH
MY VILLAGE WELL FOUNDER, COMMUNITY BUILDER & COACH

“I have practiced Wild Writing with Laurie on and off for over a decade and like many people, I can easily say it has changed my life.

It has been a way for me to find healing, release, community, joy, creativity, and connection. As the world has become more tumultuous and my spark for my 13-year career as a coach was waning I listened for the call of how I could best be of service. Teaching Wild Writing was the clear answer and the teaching training has been just the guidance, path-clearing, and support I’ve needed. Laurie is wisdom, experience, and compassion personified.”

– RACHEL COLE

“Writing with Laurie, seeing her vulnerability and honesty, made me braver.

It’s that particular kind of courage, the willingness to be harmed, to make a fool of yourself, to offer someone a thing they could use to hurt you if they wanted, to risk being wrong, that encourage me to show up, to go deeper, to say the very thing I didn’t want to say but so desperately needed to.

It gave me confidence in my writing, in the way my friend Susan Piver defines it, “the willingness to be as ridiculous, luminous, intelligent, and kind as you really are, without embarrassment.”

– JILL SALAHUB

“For more than 20 years — through my career as an author, journalist and stage performer.

Laurie has stepped forward as my beloved and reliable Muse. When we brainstorm together, wonderful things happen. She has contributed beautifully and playfully to almost every significant creative project, expanding my view of the possible and re-igniting the fires of my imagination. I admire her deeply, and feel immensely grateful for her contribution to my life and my work.”

– JEFF GREENWALD
AUTHOR & TRAVEL WRITER

“Laurie is fearlessly curious. Nothing is taboo. It’s all up for grabs to be explored, questioned, unearthed and played with.

And she leads courageously by example. She doesn’t expect anything from her students, collaborators and friends that she’s not willing to do herself. This is the magic of Laurie!”

– MICHAEL TERTES
BUSINESS AND LIFE COACH
INTEGRITYFORREAL.COM

“My adventure with the Himalayan Writer’s Workshop was an amazement…

…the smoke of juniper around the kora, daily morning meditation led by James, wild writing with Laurie, and fantastic history lessons with Jeff. All three led us on a spiritual and cultural adventure through Kathmandu, held together with writing, laughter, group meals and open hearted people. I’m truly grateful for one of the most meaningful journeys I’ve ever taken.”

– TINA CERVIN

“As a former television news reporter, I thought I had decent writing skills..

But it wasn’t until I took Laurie Wagner’s online classes that my writing really began to blossom and I was able to find my voice. Her enthusiastic encouragement, combined with critiques that were always dead-on, helped me to hone my writing and take it to the next level. She doesn’t always tell you what you want to hear, but what you need to hear, to make your work the best it can be. When people tell me they want to write a book, my advice is always the same–take a class (or two or three) with Laurie Wagner. She is simply the best.”

– LISA MCCUBBIN
CO-AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER
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