
About this Event
The Unedited Woman Workshop. Weaving Women's Stories to Make Magic.
Picture this - three women from wildly different backgrounds — a 70-year old, beet-pickling auntie from Port Elgin; a first‐generation immigrant who’s navigating two languages; and a 20‑something university grad struggling with paying rent and her student loan.
As they share their experiences over tea you see the heaviness shifting. Suddenly there’s 50 percent more eye contact, and 100% relaxed shoulders. A few tears fall and the tissues are passed around. Some reassuring hand squeezes and nods of recognition. Someone almost pees their pants laughing. The body language is that of old friends. Shields are down and the empathy here has created a safe space in-between the rhetoric that keeps us apart these days more than ever.
The Magical Power of Storytelling
It’s the magical power of story-telling, and it can soften the most jaded of hearts, and flip our perspectives and our place in the world. It pulls us closer together.
It’s the reason we’re bringing the incredible workshop ‘Unedited Woman’ created by artist Osa Natalie Fraser, to Community Outwitch in the form of a two-day workshop and performance, October 17th and 18th. We crave those safe, in-between spaces.
The science on storytelling is clear -- it makes us healthier and happier.
- A recent study published in the National Library of Medicine highlighted the findings from a 26-week intervention for Indigenous women here in Ontario. After receiving intergenerational teachings in self-regulatory techniques, ceremony and somatic breath work, the women had visibly reduced effects from PTSD, stress and depression.
- Likewise in the LGBTQ2IA community scientific evidence is suggesting that mental and physical health outcomes for both youth and elders improve significantly when they have access to intergenerational stories.
- Researchers from the University of Illinois, Western Washington and Emory Universities say these stories serve as a developmental resource for resistance and resilience.
Can our stories heal us? Can they create a bridge back to sanity, or a least to a world where we listen to each other’s experiences to understand them instead of judging? Sign up for the Unedited Woman Workshop at and let's plan the future with Intention.
The Unedited Woman Workshop:
- October 17 & 18
- Community Outwitch
- 25 O’Hara Ave, Parkdale Toronto
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
25 O'Hara Ave, 25 O'Hara Avenue, Toronto, Canada
CAD 161.95
