Write What Matters

A Live Conversation with Cheryl Strayed

A free live session exploring courage, creativity, and the stories we must tell.

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Write What Matters

A Live Conversation with Cheryl Strayed

A free live session exploring courage, creativity, and the stories we must tell.

Sign up and receive access to join the event live, Wednesday, June 10 at 8 pm ET | 5 pm PT.

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Join best-selling author, Cheryl Strayed, for an intimate conversation about writing as a path to truth. In this free online event, Cheryl sits down with <<HOST>> to explore what it really takes to tell honest, powerful stories brimming with creativity that spark self-discovery. 

We welcome writers, creative seekers, and anyone with the desire to express themselves more deeply to join this inspiring and encouraging conversation. 

Learn from a bestselling author

Leave with new facets of possibility for your creative process:

What makes writing feel alive, honest and necessary

How to balance vulnerability and relatability on the page

Why fear shows up and how to move through it

How storytelling makes meaning for ourselves and our readers

How to bring more courage and clarity to self-expression

Cheryl is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, which was made into an Oscar-nominated film. Her bestselling collection of Dear Sugar columns, Tiny Beautiful Things, was adapted for a Hulu television show and as a play that continues to be staged in theaters nationwide.

Strayed’s other books are the critically acclaimed novel, Torch, and the bestselling collection Brave Enough, which brings together more than one hundred of her inspiring quotes. Her books have sold more than 5 million copies around the world and have been translated into forty languages. Her award-winning essays and short stories have been published in The Best American Essays, the New York Times, the Washington Post Magazine, Vogue, and elsewhere. 

Strayed is also a popular podcaster, having hosted the shows Sugar Calling and Dear Sugars, which she made with Steve Almond for the New York Times. She’s now the host of the weekly podcast Mind Over Mountain for the iHeart Women’s Sports network. 

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Join Us

This is a free event. We’d love for you to be part of it.

Invitation to the full program: 

This conversation is a preview of Cheryl’s Wild Awakenings retreat hosted by Omega Institute in person and presented online in partnership with Sounds True. 

Wild Awakenings is a powerful creative writing experience in an immersive setting. Join a creative community for guided writing, practical instruction, and creative nourishment. 

For more information, contact membership@soundstrue.com

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