Ready to write
your stories?
My classes have Everything you need to
curate, write, share and preserve
your life stories.
No previous writing experience necessary!
Guided autobiography is a step-by-step online or in-person class that helps you write your stories using themes, instruction and a two page writing method that makes finding and writing your stories fun and accessible.
You have stories to tell but getting started can be hard… really hard! My classes are designed to guide, support, and motivate you to write your most authentic and important stories by offering inspiration, time, on-going encouragement, accountability and peer feedback.
Whether you freeze at the sight of a blank page or are a seasoned writer, Guided Autobiography can help you find, write and share your most authentic and important life stories.
When we dare to share our story, it resonates and connects us to ourselves...
and those around us.
How does Guided Autobiography Work?
No writing experience necessary!
Live, In-Person Instruction
2 hour, facilitated, weekly, in-person or online workshops to help you find your creative muse and hone your writing skills.
Between classes, you will write a two-page story, inspired by a list of prompts and our weekly discussion.
Sharing
Each week during the second half hour of class you will share what you’ve written in an encouraging, confidential and appreciative environment.
GAB is based on the premise that learning from the things that have shaped your life is essential to moving forward.
Instructor: Lisa Culhane
I combine my expertise as a certified Guided Autobiography Instructor (GAB), a certified Martha Beck Life Coach and a writer to help people step back, reflect and write their life stories, using a group writing process that is both profound and enjoyable.
My writing classes will help you...
Bring your creative spirit and memory alive.
Gain profound personal insight.
Find the universal in the particular.
Feel guided, supported, and motivated.
Guided Autobiography
Guided Autobiography (GAB) was researched and developed by Dr. James Birren, who was the founding dean of the USC School of Gerontology and was an aging research pioneer who was considered by many to be the father of modern gerontology. Dr. Birren studied and perfected this method over the course of 40 years as a way to help people document their life stories.
Classes last 4-6 weeks and are limited to 8 students.
Each online class session lasts 2 hours.
Your Big, Beautiful Stories
Recall, write and share the things that shaped you.
6 Week Class
$209 (6 wk)
Are you ready to share your stories?
Piecing together the stories that make up your life can be life changing and life affirming. In this 6-week class we’ll use exercises and questions to spark creativity, self-awareness, and memories. Each week we will look at a different piece of the puzzle by writing on a unique theme. By reflecting on themes such as branching points, family, money, work, well-being and goals and aspirations, you’ll begin to see the common storyline that brings the pieces of your life together.
Curious but unsure ? Let’s talk! I’m happy to answer all your questions. Simply sign up for a free 15 minute call and we’ll jump on the phone to see if this class is right for you.
Explore Your Regrets
Make peace with your past
4 Week Class
$139
Do you ruminate about paths not taken?
I should have…. I could have… If only… are all common thoughts. Sometimes they’re brief and we easily move on. However, other times we get caught up, ruminating about what could have been if only we had made a different choice, taken a different path or ordered a different flavor. The thing is, you can’t change the past no matter how much you wish you could and thinking about it incessantly doesn’t help. In this 4 week class, we’ll use writing as a tool to look at our regrets while learning how to make peace with our past and love what is.
Curious but unsure ? Let’s talk! I’m happy to answer all your questions. Simply sign up for a free 15 minute call and we’ll jump on the phone to see if this class is right for you.
Heal Your Money Story
We all have a money story. What's yours?
4 Week Class
$139
Is your money story holding you back?
Is your money story a Fantasy? Romance? Horror? Classic? Mystery? Suspense? Thriller? Poetry?
No matter the genre, if you would like to change your money story you can.
In this 4 week class, we’ll begin to examine your money stories through writing and coaching so you can heal and transform the ones that no longer work for you.