Strong Offer Friday: how to work and learn with me now

January 8, 2016 in Always / Learn, Be / Alive, Be / Intentional

Photo by Maia Dery

I explore ideas, alone and in community. I open space for learning communities to form and flourish. I challenge myself to create safe spaces where learning can deepen. I write, I teach, I create retreats, and offer them to the world. On Strong Offer Fridays, I’ll highlight what’s coming up in my world, what I’m teaching and learning, and ideas I hope will help you in your work and life. I hope these posts will spark not only your desire to work with me, but your journey to follow the desire lines of your own ideas as well.

What is a strong offer? A strong offer is an offer made without attachment to outcome, without comparison to what others are offering, without apology for the beauty and richness (and quirkiness) of your own ideas. It is the truest, fullest expression of your voice, let loose into the world without any hint of apology or deflection. It is you, creating and offering, creating and offering, creating and offering. Here are some of mine:

Learn to ride the energy of your life’s waves

Creative Life Waves is my new, powerful offer, one that scares the hell out of me and exhilarates me at the same time. Working with Guilford College professor and photographer Maia Dery, we are creating unique learning experiences around the world for adventurous women who want to push themselves–and find themselves–in creative, embodied experiences.

Our retreats are based on the premise that we all learn, create, and find meaning with our bodies as well as our brains or minds. We create experiences that help us learn from the neck down again, as we did while children. Here’s one of my sea memories. Perhaps you have childhood memories of the ocean. Perhaps it is time to go back.

Our first retreat is on the coast of Ireland in July 2016, where we will combine surfing, writing, and yoga for an experience unlike any other, exploring the powerful energy of the sea in metaphoric and literal ways that will illuminate what it means to ride the waves of life.

Follow us on Facebook. And on Instagram. And Twitter. You’ll be treated to amazing photography, essays, and resources for living your best embodied, adventurous, creative life.

Go to Arts & Crafts classes, sing-a-longs, and storytelling by the bonfire with s’mores

Life is a Verb Camp 2016 is coming back to the mountains of North Carolina from November 3-6 this year. This magical gathering is in its 4th year. It’s hard to explain this event–maybe the best description is “summer camp for adults.” (If you would like to speak at Camp, the call for presentations is open until Jan 15)

Learn how to effectively speak up against injustices

My Art of Activism and Hard Conversations classes in 2016 will include:

Intro to Racism (4-week online class; Feb, May, Sept)
Intro to Global Racism (4-week online class; May, Oct)
An Introduction to Islam and Islamophobia (4-week online class; Feb, Sept)
Lessons from the Color of Fear (8-week online class; March)
Ending Transphobia (4-week online class; May, Nov)

Read books that deepen your understanding of what life is like for others

Hard Conversations Book Club (Jan – Dec, monthly online meetings)

Stop making excuses and sit the hell down to write

Writing into Healing and Discernment: A Retreat by the Sea (Jan 2016) SOLD OUT
Writing into Healing and Discernment: A Retreat by the Sea (April 2016)
The Stuff of Memoir (6-week online class; March, October)
Creating a Sustainable Writing Practice in 2016 (6-week online class; March, April, August)
Organizing Your Writing Life (6-week online class; January, October)
Infusing Writing and Creativity into Your Classroom: VerbTribe for Teacher Renewal (K-12) – Summer 2016
Telling Your Own Story and Learning to Hear the Stories of Others Unlike You: VerbTribe for Kids (ages 9-16) – Summer 2016
The Island of Storytelling for Writers, Storytellers, and other Creatives (on an island! hence the name!) (Dates TBD)

Do you want to know more about these and my other classes and retreats? Sign up to get details on all these offers as they are finalized.

You can also follow me on social media where I will be announcing details as they are finalized: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram

About Patti Digh

Patti Digh is an author, speaker, and educator who builds learning communities and gets to the heart of difficult topics. Her work over the last three decades has focused on diversity, inclusion, social justice, and living and working mindfully. She has developed diversity strategies and educational programming for major nonprofit and corporate organizations and has been a featured speaker at many national and international conferences.

2 comments to " Strong Offer Friday: how to work and learn with me now "


Elizabeth Emmett-Mattox

January 11, 2016 AT 9:16AM

Hi there! Last week I saw a writing retreat in February, but now I can’t seem to find it on your site. I’d love to register, if I could only find the right page! Can you help?

Thanks!
- Reply
  
  Patti Digh
  
  January 12, 2016 AT 3:14PM
  
  Elizabeth –
  
  Thank you so much for your interest.
  
  Unfortunately, this retreat is being rescheduled because of an unexpected and unavoidable conflict, and I don’t have the new dates yet. Check back for the new dates soon!
  
  Patti