The Conscious Feminine Leadership Training grew out of the realization that many aspects of the Women Writing for (a) Change writing circle model inspire and support women’s growth as leaders. The most important resource in this work is a community of women/women-identified persons who embody emerging consciousness.

Aims of this program, originally designed by WWf(a)C Founder, Mary Pierce Brosmer, in 2004 as the Feminist Leadership Academy, include the desire to:
(1) expand and deepen leadership for the future of WWf(a)C
(2) support conscious feminine leaders within their current vocations*
(3) create a structure for women in transition from one phase of  life or vocation to another (*Participants in this program have included teachers, clergywomen, physicians, therapists, artists, activists, nurses, social workers, nonprofit and business executives, entrepreneurs interested in integrating conscious feminine practices into their personal or professional lives.)

This intensive commitment to learning together represents an investment in one’s own personal growth and deepening understanding of leadership. For anyone who holds or wishes to hold transformational space for others, the commitment to growth is a major component of the program.

Who Should Apply:

• Women and women-identified individuals who want to wake up more fully to the conscious feminine
•  who want to incorporate WWf(a)C into educational, social service, business, and other settings
•  who want to apply to teach in WWf(a)C core or other Foundation classes
•  who have participated in earlier FLA or certification classes who want to incorporate emergent understandings, deepen their training, and renew their commitment

Program Structure:
The program begins with a 3 1/2 day retreat at Waycross Retreat Center, Brown County, Indiana. For 13 weeks, we’ll meet 3 hours each week at the New Wings building in Bloomington Indiana.  We culminate our experience in a final 3 1/2 day retreat at Waycross.

• Writing as a practice of individual reflection & communal connection
• Learning within a safe, courageous, and confidential container
• Respect for the life experience and contributions of each learner
• Intellectual, emotional, spiritual and physical ways of learning
• Writing, reading, small and large group process, meditation, movement, conversation
• A high level of preparation, experience, and careful, intentional facilitation by staff. The design and delivery of the program incorporates key elements of the Conscious Feminine Leadership Academy (CFLA).   This founding program is administered and trademarked by Women Writing for (a) Change, Cincinnati.  CFLA is offered bi-annually in 2 week-long intensive modules in Cincinnati. Licensing for start up of WWf(a)C schools outside this region are only offered through a third week-long CFLA intensive in Cincinnati.

Participants will gain:

• Immersion in a community of creative, consciousness-seeking women
• Learning within conscious feminine traditions and expanded awareness of intersections/overlay with regard to race and gender.
• Seeking balance and understanding the conscious masculine and how masculine and feminine consciousness integrate in the 21^st century
• Study of a spirituality of education, creating creative learning communities
• Training in ways to build community through the use of writing and ritual
• Training in ways to use writing as a practice of healing, inclusion, and innovation
• Practical problem-solving skills for personal and professional development

Details from CFLT Fall  2021, for reference only:

Facilitators: Denise Breeden-Ost, Laura Lasuertmer, and Mary Beth O’Brien.  Additional guest teachers will include,other FLA graduates and trained WWf(a)C and guest faculty.

COST : approx $2,600. Includes room, board, program and materials and mentoring support  for 2 retreats and  13-week course.

Payment plans and some tuition assistance will be available based on need and available scholarships.   

Plan on attending one or more discernment circles (at no cost) to confirm your level of interest and commitment. 

Contact: marybethobrien@womenwritingbloomington.org