FAMILY MATTERS — A MONTHLY MONDAY NIGHT WRITING GROUP
A new section begins on Monday, February 7, 2022
Spring dates: Feb. 7, March 7, April 4, May 2, June 6, 2022.
Our minds are filled with stories–from our lives, our offices, our dreams. Therapy is one way of digging down deep and transforming ourselves. So is writing. Join our ongoing Monday night monthly workshop series. Five, two-hour workshops will help you open up to your own stories. Writing exercises, meditations, and readings will help you bring your stories to life on the page. Whether you are writing fiction or creative non-fiction, memoirs or personal essays, our workshop will help you tap into your experiences and turn them into stories.
All great works of fiction and creative non-fiction are built on the same premise: story-telling. In these workshops, you will learn how to apply the principles of story-telling to build scenes, develop characters, write dialogue (both interior monologue and spoken dialogue), utilize description, and weave together the threads of your imagination and experience into powerful, memorable stories.
For each class, you may submit five pages of your work (1250 words double spaced) and will receive written feedback. All classes include in-class writing prompts, discussion of 250-word homework assignments and critique of the short, assigned readings you will receive upon registration.
Dates: see above
Location: Zoom (until further notice)
Fee: $650. To reserve, please Zelle or Venmo @Judith-Rabinor or send a check to: Judy Rabinor, 36 Biarritz Street, Lido Beach. NY 1156.
Many of you asked for an intensive writing class- with no homework, just writing: Laura and I are excited to add this brand new workshop.
Write Like a Mother****er, 5 sessions: Mondays, 6-7 p.m.
Writing together is different than writing at home, alone. We will focus on in class- writing exercises. Sharing is optional. We will send you optional writing prompts and readings, come as you are with zero preparation. You will leave each session fired up, with new work in hand.
Mondays, 6-7 p.m. on Zoom
5 Sessions: December 13, 20; January 10, 17, 24
$250.00- payable on Zelle or Venmo to jrrabinor@gmail.com
These Red Boots Events are FREE!
Conversations in the Living Room with Sondra Kronberg, Saturday, Dec. 4 at 11 am EST – View calendar here.
Elwood Public Library on Long Island, Dec. 7 at 7 pm via Zoom – Register here
Past Events
Live interview today on The Patricia Raskin Show on VoiceAmerica.
November 1st at 2 pm ET/ 11 am PT
Listen on VoiceAmerican.com, Variety Channel.
The Happy Women’s Virtual Book Club & Psychologist Dr. Judith Rabinor!
3 Tuesday afternoons, 5-6 PST via Zoom.
Register by emailing: Jill@happywomendinnders.com
I am honored to be part of Avaiya University’s summit on Toxic Relationships- October 18t-24 h “he summit runs for 10 days and my presentation Misattuned Mothers & Daughters: Healing Invalidation & Betrayal will be aired Sat 10/23.
Register here: https://www.avaiya.com/grace/?affiliate=jrabinor
Hewlett Woodmere Public Library
Date: Wednesday, October 13th, 2021 at 1 p.m. EST
Location: Zoom (link available soon)
Join me for a book signing of The Girl in Red Boots: Making Peace with my Mother
Date: Friday, October 15th, 2021 at 7 p.m. EST
Location: Westsider Books & Westsider Records
2246 Broadway at 81st Street, New York City 10024
October 12, 2021 at 8 p.m. EST – Gwenn Kudler ASCW – Private Book Club
Location: (Link coming soon)
November 1, 2021 at 2 pm EST – VoiceAmerica: Positive Living Show with Patricia Raskin
Location: (Link coming soon)
Location: In-person at the Long Beach Public Library
Mothers, Daughters and Eating Disorders: Rupture & Repair
The Renfrew Foundation Conference, Zoom Saturday, Nov. 13
Date: Saturday, Nov. 13, 2 p.m. EST
Location: Zoom (link TBD)
Making Peace with Your Mother: Rewriting Your Story
The Renfrew Foundation Conference — Friday, Dec. 3 at 1 p.m.
I love my mother, but… I am so impatient with my mother — what’s wrong with me?
Stupid things about my mother make me so angry — is she impossible or is it me?
How many times have you heard these words from a client?
Have these words ever echoed your feelings?
Who else is loved so deeply and blamed so intensely as one’s mother? The mother-daughter relationship is generally a crucial focus in the treatment of eating disorders. As mental health professionals, we are trained to create treatment plans reflecting theoretical perspectives, yet our personal experiences may cloud our lenses. Who you are as a person may be more important than what you think or what you think you think.
The mother stories we carry can consciously or unconsciously empower or derail us, personally as well as professionally. This workshop offers participants an opportunity to explore, expand and rewrite their mother-stories Format: lecture, experiential exercises and discussion. Sharing optional, privacy guaranteed.
Judith Ruskay Rabinor, PhD is a consultant to the Renfrew Center foundation and a therapist, workshop leader and the author of the recently published The Girl in the Red Boots: Making Peace with My Mother. Participants are encouraged to read this book prior to the workshop.
Date: Friday, Dec. 3 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. EST
Location: Zoom, link TBD
Price: Free
Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 11 am ET – Chats in the Living Room
Location: Zoom (link available soon)
Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at 7 – 8:30 pm ET – Elwood Library – Author Talk and Book Signing
Meet the Judy Rabinor, author of The Girl in Red Boots: Making peace with my Mother.
Location: EL-Community Room
Book Launch Conversations: Making Peace with Our Mothers, Julie McGue, author of Twice a Daughter — Tuesday, May 4th 6 pm
A virtual conversation with Dr. Judith Rabinor and Julie Ryan McGue
Moderated by Susan Conner
“I love my mother but….”
If that line sounds familiar, you won’t want to miss this gripping conversation with two authors who discuss their newly released memoirs and share revelations about the mothers in their lives.
It’s not until her mother dies that Judy Rabinor begins to assemble the memoir pieces she has written over many years. Weaving together stories from her psychotherapy practice and her own life, Judy reflects upon her mother’s attitudes, actions, choices, and the legacy she left behind. To her surprise, writing The Girl in the Red Boot opens up new insights, and she reaches a new level of understanding and compassion for her mother and herself.
Because Julie McGue and her twin sister Jenny were placed into a closed adoption as infants, they possess no family background. When at 48 Julie begins to have health issues, the sisters decide it’s time to learn about their biological background. But they quickly learn their adoptive mom is unhappy about their decision to search for their birth mother. Twice a Daughter details a complicated triangle where the sisters juggle both of their mothers’ wants and needs against their own.
Date: Tuesday, May 4, 6:00 p.m. EST
Location: Zoom (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85939017736?pwd=QVBJVUM3RnhPemhtMzZQTkxPbk9zQT09)
Fee: Free to attend
In conversation with Laura Zinn Fromm, author of Sweet Survival: Tales of Cooking and Coping.
Date: Wednesday, May 12, 6:30 p.m. EST
Location: Zoom
Register for free here or email me at jrrabinor@gmail.com.
