"I think I told you before we started that Feast of Your Life was completely out of my comfort zone because I am not a writer, artist, or chef. Now I know that I'm all those and so much more."
Janie

"I love the way you provide a safe and encouraging space to follow whatever comes up. Your feedback is always a reflection that supports and encourages our creative efforts."
Janice (repeat participant)

"It was very important for me. Thank you for 'allowing' anything to happen. I will keep on comin' as long as you are doing it!"
Rebecca (repeat participant)

"Fun, community-building, insightful, feedback rewarding, handouts excellent, prompts revealing. Loved the watercolor pages/writing notebook. It reminded me of the value of friends."
Jean (repeat participant)

"You covered a lot of 'inner' space and everyone resonated very individually. I heard their 'voices' very clearly and it was rich. Thank you both for your offering."
Joanna (repeat participant)

"Clear and brilliant, both in exposition and demonstration. I am bowing to you deeply. You are born teachers. Thank you, thank you, thank you."
Debbie

"I felt well encouraged and very supported.  I really liked your feedback on our work. I will come again. Thank you."
Yvonne

"There was a beautiful mixture of learning, exploring, and social time. Both of you were always concerned with our welfare. Your patience and caring is deeply appreciated."
Lily

"I am so grateful to you for your time and energy. I found it thorough and well paced. And if you wanted to delve deep or just skim the surface, all were respected and appreciated. Thank you for accepting all levels of expertise and for speaking language we could all understand. No intimidation here!"
Bev

"This was a wonderful way to be introduced to memoir writing, and the visual aspect grounded the insights I received. Thank you for all your work and love."                  
Janice

"Feast of Your Life was thoroughly engaging and I loved learning the language of food and illustrating our food-words. The workshop was well-planned and non-judgmental. Vernessa and Miriam are a well-oiled team!"
Mary

"I loved the prompts and exercises. Your responses to each person's work was truly insightful and showed great listening and sensitivity. It was truly a fun and creative workshop that I will use in the months ahead."                   
Jean                            

"I found it to be a very accessible and easy way through food memories, to contact situations in my childhood that were not always so easy and to get a new perspective and then a new way to write about it and do artwork to get a visual vocabulary to illustrate the writing. It was a surprising journey through a simple topic about food that isn't really so simple... I found the resources totally interesting - things were funny and witty and serious. I appreciate 1000 percent the work that went into the resources. And it was totally fun!"
Rebecca                           

"I thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of our time together…combining writing and painting: learning to express myself through painting... and drawing on that form of expression to enhance my writing as well as learning from others: not only their style of writing but how they choose to express their own personal stories. Bravo ladies!"
Terri