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Restorying: The Trauma-Informed Writing Lab
$297.00
One time
$99.00
For 3 months

A self-paced course for people who are ready to tell their true stories—but don’t want to retraumatize themselves in the process. You’ll get trauma-informed guidance, gentle structure, and the emotional tools to write what’s hard, safely. This is memoir from a place of power and care.

✓ 30+ writing prompts
✓ Unlimited lifetime access
✓ Downloadable workbooks
✓ Grounding rituals and somatic support guides
✓ And more!
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Restorying: The Trauma-Informed Writing Lab

Tell the story that won’t leave you alone—without retraumatizing yourself in the process.

A 5-module online course that helps you turn raw experience into powerful memoir using a trauma-informed supportive framework.

Restorying is a safe, supportive space to write about difficult experiences with care and clarity. By the end of this self-paced course, you’ll feel more confident writing personal stories, know how to navigate emotional triggers, and develop a sustainable reflective writing practice. You’ll learn how to shape raw material into crafted scenes—so you can reclaim your voice and restory your experience on your own terms.

It’s a self-paced course for people who are ready to tell their true stories—but don’t want to retraumatize themselves in the process. You’ll get trauma-informed guidance, gentle structure, and the emotional tools to write what’s hard, safely. This is memoir from a place of power and care.

Why Restory

I’ve always felt like a pretty sensitive person. As a child, I went through many traumatic events and as I got older, I learned to hide the parts of myself that I felt people didn’t want to see. I turned to writing where I felt I could fully be myself. With 1.5 MFA programs under my belt, plus plenty of writing workshops, conferences, and online classes, I found myself still wanting more. Sure, classes helped up level my creative writing skills, but there was something missing. With nonfiction writing, things can get personal quickly, especially memoir. I was writing difficult scenes as I accessed past traumas and I didn’t know how to get through it. So I started applying strategies that I learned about and used in therapy as well as other healing modalities. What resulted was a fusion of craft plus heart. I designed Restory as an offering to help others wade through their own hard memories with softness for their past selves. It’s what I wish I had when I was writing my book.

Who It's For

  • People who want to write about difficult or painful life experiences

  • First-time memoirists or journalers who feel overwhelmed

  • Writers who’ve shut down in the past when trying to write their truth

  • Anyone looking for a healing, supportive path into writing

What You'll Get

  • 5 trauma-informed learning modules with lifetime access

  • 30+ creative writing prompts

  • Grounding rituals and somatic support guides

  • Downloadable writing workbooks

  • Bonus: “Writing the Hard Stuff” Toolkit, “Affirmations for Writers”, “Self Care Bingo” + Other Extra Goodies!

Modules

Each module includes grounding activities, selected readings (memoir excerpts, poetry, flash creative nonfiction), creative writing prompts and more.

Module 1: Memory & Meaning
Explore where your story begins and how to safely return to it.

Module 2: Writing the Hard Stuff Gently
Grounding techniques, emotional pacing, and how to write trauma without retraumatizing.

Module 3: Grief and the Stories We Carry
How to craft scenes, shape arcs, and create resonance.

Module 4: Who Am I Really?
Explore the many facets of your identity with guided prompts.

Module 5: On Resilience
Keep going with inspiring reading excerpts, prompts, and somatic practices.

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What you’ll learn

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    How to write about difficult experiences with more safety and confidence through guided prompts

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    Use trauma-informed tools to regulate emotions while writing

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    Develop a sustainable, compassionate writing practice that supports nervous system regulation

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    Establish personal writing rituals and aftercare practices to support long-term creativity and well-being

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    How to create original writing that supports healing, insight, and voice

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Meet your instructor

Christina Berke MFA M.Ed.

Hi, I’m Christina — a published writer, trauma-informed educator, and the creator of Write Now, an online writing workshop space. Our signature class, Restorying, is a self-paced course for people ready to tell the truth on the page—gently.

With over a decade of experience teaching writing, editing memoirs, and creating curriculum, I’ve seen what happens when someone dares to write their real story. It’s electric. It’s healing. And it can be scary.

That’s why I’ve spent years designing writing experiences that are brave but never brutal, especially for those who’ve lived through hard things.

🎓 My background includes:

  • An MFA in Creative Writing and an M.Ed. in Education

  • 15+ years teaching creative writing at universities, private schools, and nonprofits

  • Published in places like The Sun, Teen Vogue, Pithead Chapel and elsewhere

  • Supported by prestigious writing organizations such as Hedgebrook, Bread Loaf, Tin House and more

  • Certification in trauma-informed pedagogy and somatic practices

  • Editing experience with memoirists, first-time writers, and survivors

  • Running beloved writing communities where people feel safe enough to go deep

  • Personal experiences living with trauma (ACE 8 over here!) and trying to write about it on my own

I’m not just here to help you write—I’m here to help you stay with yourself while you do.

You don’t need to write it all at once. You don’t need to have it all figured out. You just need a safe way in—and someone who knows the terrain. That’s what Write Now’s Restorying is for.

I'm so glad you're here.

Testimonials

  • "Christina is a wonderful instructor. I appreciated her intentionality in her selection of readings, and the ways that she guided us in working through examples and applying the principles to our own creative work. The free-writing prompts were also thought-provoking and have given me a lot of material to work with as well."

  • "I felt welcome, which made me want to be more engaged in the class. She was very knowledgeable and made the information taught to us easy to retain. It made me a lot more passionate about my writing and overall improved it."

  • "Christina has such a calm, encouraging approach to the virtual classroom. She helps students feel present— and helps them feel her presence— through careful planning, guidance, and sweet extras. So much care and attention goes into her classes. Highly recommend!”

  • "She clearly put a ton of preparation and thought into the sessions and was so knowledgeable and informative. I was especially impressed with how often she effortlessly dropped pertinent quotes by writers and philosophers into the discussion! And she provided the class with so much in-depth followup materials, including resources for continuing with our practice once the class has concluded. I'd love to take another class with Christina!"

  • "Christina was an excellent instructor because she had a grasp of people's emotional relationship to writing – which is often the biggest hurdle to putting words on a page. She wove gentle emotional coaching into her delivery of the course material and created a lovely class atmosphere for learning from both her and each-other."

Enroll Now

☆

Enroll Now ☆

Limited Time Only

A bunch of purple and white flowers resting on a handwritten letter with a black ink pen placed on top.
Restorying: The Trauma-Informed Writing Lab
$297.00
One time
$99.00
For 3 months

A self-paced course for people who are ready to tell their true stories—but don’t want to retraumatize themselves in the process. You’ll get trauma-informed guidance, gentle structure, and the emotional tools to write what’s hard, safely. This is memoir from a place of power and care.

✓ 30+ writing prompts
✓ Unlimited lifetime access
✓ Downloadable workbooks
✓ Grounding rituals and somatic support guides
✓ And more!

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Trauma-informed means we center safety, choice, and nervous system awareness during the writing process. You’ll never be pushed to write about anything before you're ready, and you'll learn strategies for grounding, regulation, and self-care alongside writing craft.

  • This course is for anyone ready to explore personal stories with care and courage—whether you're a new writer, a longtime journaler, or working on a memoir. No prior writing experience is required.

  • You may encounter difficult emotions while writing—but the course is designed to help you notice, navigate, and respond with compassion. Reflection tools, aftercare prompts, and optional pauses are built into every module.

  • No. This course is not a substitute for therapy or professional mental health support. It is a writing course with trauma-informed principles. If you’re in therapy, this can be a powerful companion practice.

  • Most modules take about 60–90 minutes, including writing time. It’s laid out over the course of 5 weeks. But this is self-paced—you can move as slowly or quickly as feels right for you. Everyone is different and there is no grading or timeline. You have lifetime access to the course.

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