The LRC is a membership NPO, and the forum takes us another step towards inclusion and dissemination. By joining this forum, you are free to access many of the contributions we make towards supporting and promoting our core values and mission:
sharing stories about our lived experience so that we can get to know ourselves and each other better across all the things that potentially divide us
encouraging people to value and practice their innate resource of creativity as a tool for living more creatively, and less anxiously
changing the relationship we have with our inner critic (that fake news underminer) by learning to give and receive regular respectful, considered and honest feedback on stories posted on this forum (see xxxlink. Learning to evaluate our writing more accurately helps us become less anxious and more effective in other areas of our lives
learning what makes a story effective through shared learning
providing a space to post articles and videos that can support and inform our membership about approaches to creative life writing and poetry, and writing competitions.
The LRC also offers online and live courses - see xxxlink - so that you can upskill your writing, and strengthen the birth right of this resource that is there to help you to
manage difficult situations
manage anxiety and depression
build resilience through transforming fear into curiosity
get to know yourself and others better in live online or real room forums
grow new and creative neural pathways so that you can find your way out of unhelpful habits of thought and behaviour, and make better choices
grow your capacity for joy and enjoyment
For costs of writing courses and dates, please see our website.
The more we do this work, the more we realise that regular creative practice that builds confidence, curiosity and resilience. For only R100 or $5 a month (via Patreon), those who have attended an online or live LRC writing course can attend our live LRC monthly online follow up gatherings.