Welcome to Lapidus International
The Writing For Wellbeing Community
Lapidus International is a membership organisation which offers a range of resources to support writing for wellbeing.
This includes development opportunities, exclusive member events, access to the latest research, and a supportive network to enhance both personal and professional writing practice.
What Is Writing For Wellbeing?
Writing for wellbeing is the use of words to explore thoughts, express emotions, and support personal growth. It’s not about perfect grammar or literary skill, it’s about connecting with yourself through journalling, poetry, storytelling, or reflective writing. Whether used in a group setting or privately, writing can be a powerful tool to process experiences, build resilience, and find clarity. At Lapidus, we celebrate writing in all its forms as a gentle, creative way to nurture emotional, mental, and social wellbeing.
Upcoming Events
Menopause can feel like a storm, shifting hormones, emotional turbulence, and the fog of uncertainty. Yet within the storm, there is also space for reflection, healing, and renewal.
This 90-minute workshop on World Menopause Day invites you to explore your experience of menopause through expressive writing. Using guided prompts and gentle exercises, we will write our way through themes of chaos, healing, and quest, finding words to hold what feels difficult and to welcome what is emerging.
You don’t need any previous writing experience. Whether you are in peri-, mid-, or post-menopause, this is a safe and supportive space to pause, reflect, and discover new ease within the change.
A series of three Sunday afternoon workshops combining gentle movement and awareness sequences based on the Feldenkrais Method of somatic education with poetry and expressive writing. The sessions are designed to engender a more connected and embodied form of writing and to inspire creativity and self-exploration.
Come along for the whole series or drop in for one or two workshops.
Sundays:
Oct 26
Nov 2 and 9
3-5.30pm
Email annetaylor.writer@gmail.com to reserve a space and for payment details.
Saturday January 3rd 2026, 10.30-12.30 and 4.00-6.00, and Sunday 4th, 10.30-12.30. £55 full course.
My creative goal-setting weekend is back! The best way to get what you want is to know what you want, and why you want it, in writing as in life. Knowing exactly what you want won’t mean you definitely get it, but not knowing, or being woolly about it, means you almost definitely won’t.
So start the new year with this fun weekend of workshops designed to help you identify the right writing goals for you in 2026 and start on the path to achieving them.
Six Wednesday evenings, 7th January- 11th February, 7.30-9.30 in zoom – £105 full course.
Everybody’s life is amazing, and writing about your own life makes you even more conscious of just how amazing it is.
In this course, we’ll be exploring the kind of awareness, skills and techniques you need in order to find your stories, seeking out the forgotten things for a more rich and textured remembering, and a more exciting writing experience.
An introduction to Compassion Journalling using creative and mindfulness prompts to develop dialogue with your compassionate voice through a two-pen journalling technique.
This gentle, embodied approach helps participants reframe self-criticism, build resilience, and strengthen everyday self-acceptance through accessible therapeutic writing practices.
Course Structure: Four 90-minute online sessions exploring creative prompts, mindfulness techniques, and the practical application of compassionate self-dialogue in daily life. Participants will learn sustainable tools for ongoing reflective practice.
Facilitator: Kate Poll – MSc Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes, specialising in creative facilitation and reflective wellbeing practices. Author of ‘Writing myself back’ (Lapidus Magazine, Issue Six).
When: Wednesdays 1-2:30pm GMT, November 2024 Format: Online | Small group format Investment: £150 per person (15% discount for students & key workers* = £127.50)
One free place available per course for those unable to afford it. All experience levels welcome
Contact: katepoll@gmail.com | katepoll.co.uk
Suitable for individuals seeking personal development tools and practitioners interested in therapeutic writing approaches.
One-to-One Creative Support Sessions with Kate Poll (she/her)
Take time to pause, explore, and create – reconnecting with neglected and under-represented parts of yourself, and cultivating a fuller, more self-directed and connected way of being. These sessions place writing and voice at the heart of the process, supported by sound, image, and other creative tools for wellbeing.
Together, we’ll focus on what matters most to you, nurturing your strengths, giving voice to overlooked parts of yourself, and discovering fresh ways to navigate life with clarity and confidence. Sessions are gentle, collaborative, and shaped entirely around your needs and interests.
Practical details: Online, weekdays and some evenings. £80 per session, or £288 for a 4-session package (£72/session). 15% off for key workers, students, unwaged, and Lapidus members.
Please email Kate to book.
📧 katepoll@gmail.com | 🌐 www.katepoll.co.uk
Creative Bridges 2025
Writing for Wellbeing and Activism: Building Cultural Bridges
An International Two-Day Conference
The 2025 Creative Bridges conference is right around the corner and we welcome you to take part.
The conference is proudly sponsored by Balens, a specialist insurance broker for health and wellbeing professionals and organisations, celebrating 75 years of service in 2025! Visit their website balens.co.uk to find out more.
Join Lapidus International...
…from as little as £3.50 per month.
As a Lapidus Member, you are part of a supportive, international writing for wellbeing community who believe in the power of using words to enhance and transform.
You’ll receive a monthly newsletter, get discounts on events and training, have access to our online library of Lapidus journals and more. All for as little as £3 per month!
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