Anne Bokma, author, memoir instructor, and dating coach

Dimensions’ special guest, Anne Bokma, award-winning author, memoir instructor and dating coach will offer instruction and inspiration during her two-hour workshop on day one of the ASCEND Retreat for Solos. Anne will guide you in journal prompts and self-reflection to help you gain greater insight into your relationships past and present — and what you hope for in the future.

Writing our stories is a sacred act.

That’s because our stories help us make sense of our lives and provide a deeper understanding of our inner nature. Our stories are often about our struggles and writing about our struggles makes us feel less alone in the world. Writing a memoir can be both therapeutic and transformational — and they can help us heal.

About Anne Bokma:

Anne Bokma is a journalist, author, columnist, memoir writing instructor and online dating coach.

She is the recipient of many writing awards, including two Hamilton Literary Awards for her memoir, My Year of Living Spiritually: One Woman’s Secular Quest for a More Soulful Life, and the City of Hamilton’s Arts Award for Established Writers.

Two years after her 32 year marriage came to an end in 2019, she met her partner Amit Karia on Tinder and together they created Chapter Two Dating and their signature workshop for women over 50: How to Get Great Dates Online. They believe it’s never too late to meet someone great.

Anne is also writes a column, The Other Side of Midlife, for the Hamilton Spectator  and is also the founder of The Six-Minute Memoir, “speed storytelling for a cause” which features a dozen speakers sharing personal stories on a theme with all proceeds to charity.

https://www.chaptertwodating.com

All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story or tell a story about them.”

—Isak Dinesen, author of Out of Africa,

Nora Ephron, the great comic writer, said everything that happens to us – good and bad – is all material we can use and learn from.