The Love Well Journey focuses on building self-esteem and confidence through increased self-awareness and empowerment within the Girls Write Now community. Using guided prompts to elicit metacognitive writing, journal entries to encourage self-reflection, and specially tailored courses to promote further learning, this journey will guide you to explore your feelings in a structured and safe way.
Learning Objectives
- Understanding Self-Love and Wellness: Develop a deep understanding of self-love and its significance in personal wellness.
- Exploring Reproductive Health: Gain knowledge about reproductive health and its impact on overall well-being.
- Integrating Writing with Personal Growth: Use writing as a tool for personal reflection and growth in the areas of self-love and wellness.
- Communicating about Sensitive Topics: Learn how to write about sensitive topics related to reproductive health and self-care with empathy and accuracy.
- Building a Personal Writing Practice: Establish and maintain a personal writing practice that supports ongoing exploration and expression of self-love, wellness, and reproductive health.
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Applications for the Spring 2025 Cycle are open!
Priority Deadline: December 31, 2024
Final Deadline: January 15, 2025
Cycle(s) Offered:
Spring 2025 (March-May)
Time:
3 hours per month
Areas of Focus:
Mental Health & Wellness, Nonfiction, Journalism, Reproductive Health, Physical Fitness, Beauty, Health, Journaling
Requirements:
- Submit a multimedia piece on a Love Well topic unique to your personal journey.
- Complete all Love Well courses
- Have at least 2 pair sessions per month
- Attend at least 1 Community Experience per month
Journey Package
As a mentee or mentor in the Love Well Journey, you’ll have access to a collection of online courses designed to help you learn about the psychological, social, and physical factors that make up your self concept. You’ll be paired with a mentee or mentor for one full cycle, and you’ll meet with them at least twice each month. You’ll attend at least one community engagement experience a month.
Love Well Courses
The courses offered in the Love Well Journey focus on the psychological, social, and physical factors that make up your self concept.
Example Courses:
- Reproductive Health
This course is designed to empower participants with knowledge to make safe and informed decisions regarding sexual health and their bodies. Reproductive Health provides insight into modern policy issues regarding reproductive issues and rights to bodily autonomy. - Self-Concept: Understanding the Dimensions of the Self
From self-esteem and identity to self-efficacy and self-perception, uncover how each dimension contributes to forming our overall self-concept. Gain insights into the psychological and social factors influencing self-concept development, and learn practical strategies for nurturing a positive self-image.
These courses are offered as a part of this journey package. If you’d like to take a course without joining a journey, click here.
Love Well Mentoring
Mentors and mentees in the Love Well Journey will be paired one full cycle. Each pair will meet for at least 2 hour-long pair session each month.
The Love Well Journey requires two hour-long pair sessions per month. If you’d like to mentor but cannot commit to this requirement, click here.
Love Well Community Experiences
Mentees and mentors in the Love Well Journey must attend at least one Community Experience per month. It is strongly recommended that you attend the following Love Well Journey meetings:
- March 22, 11-12pm ET
- April 22, 4:45-6pm ET
- April 26, 11-12 pm ET
- May 20, 4:45-6pm ET
- May 24, 11-12pm ET
The Love Well Journey requires attendance at one Community Experience per month.If you’d like to attend engagement experiences but cannot commit to these requirements, click here.
Wellness 360 Adventure
The Love Well Journey is a part of the Wellness 360 Adventure.
Journeys in the Wellness 360 Adventure focus on using writing and creating as a tool to help support your mental heath and general well-being. It is designed for mentees and mentors who want to embrace self-love and healing in their work. Learn more about the other Adventures offered at Girls Write Now below.
Not ready for a Journey?
If you want to be a part of the Girls Write Now Collaboratory but you aren’t ready to join a Journey, you can participate in individual writing courses, short-term mentoring services, and select community engagement experiences. See all of the options available to you below!
Writing
Take a course without joining a journey, being paired with a mentee or mentor, or attending community engagement experiences.
Mentoring
Meet with a mentee or mentor without joining a journey, accessing writing courses, or attending community engagement experiences.
Community
Attend community engagement experiences without joining a journey, being paired with a mentee or mentor, or accessing writing courses.