In honor of mercury in retrograde... Now Enrolling · Summer 2026

Write a good life.
Start every day.

We provide the frameworks and connections for seven weeks of mindful writing, life design, and small-group insight and accountability. No writing experience or goals required — just a notebook and a willingness to show up with curiosity and kindness.

July 8 – August 19, 2026Seven Wednesdays Noon or 6pm MSTTwo groups, eight seats each Connect with people across the world75-90 minute Zoom gatherings
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"This has been the most educational thing I've done outside of my education, and the most therapeutic thing I've done outside of therapy." Paul Marcus, Psychotherapist — Taos, NM

The Practice

Presence, Purpose, and Perspective

How would you workshop practical wisdom? We believe in live dialogues, deep listening, and paying close attention to what we're paying attention to. We believe in generative questions, loving speech, and kind curiosity.

Mindful Writing

Writing as meditation, as a place to take a leaf blower to your mind, connect with sources of creativity. Right-brain processing.

Life Design

Prototypes, Odyssey Plans, Dashboards, Compasses, and beautiful questions to frame your creative improv. Writing a life well-lived: you shitty-first-draft it, test it, and revise it like a good writer would.

Small Groups

Small groups make this work. Not therapy, but therapeutic hope, universality, cohesion, and interpersonal learning. Mindful facilitation for here-and-now attention.

The Seven Weeks

The Seven Ps of Practical Wisdom

Practical Wisdom means Daily and Weekly Practice. Each week you create a personal artifact; the seven-week process offers a practice you can use to write the rest of your life.

Week 1

Presence

Week 2

Purpose

Week 3

Play

Week 4

Projects

Week 5

Process

Week 6

People

Week 7

Perspective

Full Syllabus, Pricing & Enrollment Read the Syllabus

Between the Sessions

Infinite Questions and Emergent Synchronicities

Daily invitations and weekly challenges to write a good life. Optional Discord Channel and WhatsAPP group thread. Additional optional gatherings hosted by Alumni and participants.

Open Hours

Monday Mindful Writing: Improv Wisdom Group. Friday Afternoons : Feedback on Projects Due.

Creative Process Troubleshooting

Optional 1:1 Creative Troubleshooting Sessions.

The Synchronicity Digest

A weekly email or SMS of field notes, invitations, and connections between participants.

The Long Game

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Spring 2027

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For Organizations

Workplace Well-Being Series

Five sessions for up to 25 participants. Proven with the City of Fort Collins and the Greater Cincinnati Foundation. From $2,950.

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Voices From

115+ alumni · 9 countries · Ages 18-75

"I can not believe how much I've changed in seven weeks. I started thinking I would fix my life and career… and it turned out that I got back into a relationship with myself."
Monica Aikman, Nurse — Saskatchewan, Canada
"All this free-writing unlocked something in me. There's stuff in me that wants to come out!"
Luna Alice, Medical Student — United Kingdom
"This course gave me what I didn't know I needed: permission to boldly make choices."
Simi Llowyin, Community Organizer — Toronto, Canada
"One of the biggest challenges of quitting my job was feeling like I was doing it alone. Going through this with other people made a huge difference."
Samantha Scott, Accountant — London, UK
"It was like improvisational philosophy! The art of playfully saying yes to the wisdom of others and enhancing that wisdom with our own."
Brian Oney, Facilitator — San Francisco, CA
"It gave me the space to listen to the sound of my own voice."
Subarna Ganguly, Student & Artist — New Delhi, India

About

Sean Waters, Founder

Sean Waters — musician, educator, facilitator

Sean is a Master Instructor who teaches writing at Colorado State University, where he has been faculty for 17 years. He holds master's degrees in Philosophy and English Education, and has over 1,500 hours of small-group mindful facilitation experience.

He founded the Wisdom Workshop in 2021 to begin to re-imagine education: what would school look like for people in mid-life transitions? What if the traditional Master of Arts program were more part-time, personal, and emergent? Drawing on the study of world philosophies, group psychodynamics, and positive psychologies, Sean is also skilled in musical listening, performing over 1,000 indie-folk singer-songwriter shows in and near Colorado.

"Sean has a gift for warmth, genuineness, and unconditional positive regard."

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What life are you being invited to write?

We begin July 8th. Sixteen seats, two small groups.

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