Ann Dowsett Johnston

04/17/2026

04/13/2026

In two weeks ‘writing your memoir’ will start! April 28th and April 29th.

Check my site and make sure to get one of the spots, women only.

01/28/2026

Still a few spots on the Writing your recovery evening course, sign up now!!

01/21/2026

In her Dutch podcast ‘ZEST’, one of my students talks about the experience of coming together with other women.

This is what a course can give you, next to all you learn about writing, is connection, carrying each other and sharing.

01/20/2026

WE START TOMORROW!

Enroll now for the Writing your recovery course, starts January 21st.

01/20/2026

✨✨Tomorrow we start!✨✨

The wonderful online Writing your Memoir course. Info and link to enroll in bio.

Just a few spots left! 🤩

01/09/2026

I had the pleasure of speaking with Toni Will this week on her podcast "Women In..."

Listen to the episode on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7mpyxL4fVck0AfYQiZqqlF

Listen on Apple here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/women-in-bonus-episode-ann-dowsett-johnston-when-journalism/id1745524618?i=1000743768295

01/09/2026

My new Substack newsletter is out! Did you get what you wanted during the holidays? Read below or check it out through the link in my bio.

https://anndowsettjohnston.substack.com/p/boxing-day-boost

01/09/2026

Imagine this: it’s a radiant morning in Western South Africa, and 25 women are sitting in a large circle, confiding their hopes and fears about the book each hopes to write. One by one, each sketches their personal story: heartache, grief, addiction, murder. And one by one, without fail, they name their fears: that they won’t be able to voice what’s under their ribcage.

This is normal—and this is how it always begins. The bird of hope sitting on one shoulder, the snake of doubt slithering up the other.

Three days later, each woman has faced those fears, has made “field notes” and is well on her way to writing her truth.

Welcome to my popular Writing Your Recovery course, now in its fifth year. On January 21st, we launch two new classes—one mid-day EST and one evening option.

Join me for this live online eight-week course, and move from fear to creative joy. Your story has a future. Isn’t it time you made room for it?

Sign up now,

11/27/2025

I'm currently accepting a few new clients for my therapy practice. If you are in Ontario, Canada and are interested in counselling, please email me at [email protected]