
A 5-Week
Masterclass
for Storytellers and Philosophers
– 2 x 45-minute sessions a week via Zoom ($30 a session)
Complimentary introductory session
To book email: s.selway.scott8
@gmail.com
– Share your stories with a small group (average 5) – give & get feedback
– Take turns to discuss a philosophical idea based on ancient & modern wisdom
– Choose a philosophy from list below or choose your own
Who We Are
- We are writers, teachers, philosophers & thinkers, who want to inspire creative writers to master their craft
- We are leaders & listeners eager to hear your stories, memoirs, anecdotes & philosophies.
What We Believe In
- The infinite creative ability in everyone through the inter-connectiveness of all that is
- The true wisdom of great philosophers as life-guidance.
What We Wish for You
- Inspiration, insights, a growth in storytelling skills
- A broadening of awareness through group interactions
- A deepening understanding of solutions to life’s challenges.
Qualifications & Training
Susan Scott

- Master of Arts (writing)
- Bachelor of Education (Drama & English)
- Liberal Arts Diploma (Double major Theatre & Creative Writing)
- Postgraduate Diploma TESOL
- Introduction to Counselling (University of Sydney)
- Writer of e-book, ‘Freedom through radical self-responsibility’ (2026)
- Years of experience in writing, teaching, storytelling & teacher- training.
(More facilitators will join us once more groups are formed)
Philosophers to Choose from for Your Discussion

1. Ancient Stoic wisdom
- Zeno of Citium, Seneca, Epictetus & Marcus Aurelius
2. Ancient Greek – Western
- Socrates, Plato & Aristotle
3. Ancient Eastern philosophy
- Confucianism – social order, Taoism – Laozi
- Buddhism –Siddhartha Gautama

- Zen Buddhism – Mahayana – direct experiential realization
- Hinduism – Patanjali – compiler of ‘The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali’
– path of self-realization
4. Contemporary Eastern philosophy
- Hinduism – Paramahansa Yogananda – Kriya yoga – ‘Autobiography of a Yogi’

- Tibetan Buddhism – His Holiness the Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) – ‘The Art of Happiness’
5. Contemporary Western philosophy
Hannah Arendt – ‘The Human Condition’

- Marxism-Leninism – communist ideology – Karl Marx & Vladimir Lenin
- Love is all – ‘The Prophet’ by Kahlil Gibran
- Capabilities Approach to Justice
- – Martha Nussbaum

- Analytical psychology – ‘The Five Pillars of a good Life’ – Karl Jung

- ‘The Power of Now’ – Eckhart Tolle
- The New Thought Movement – ‘The Law of Assumption’ – Neville Goddard
- Self-actualization through honest self-expression – Lee Jun-fan(Bruce Lee)
- Neuroplasticity – intentional mental reprogramming – ‘Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself’ – Dr Joe Dispenza

- Free bonus e-book: ‘Freedom through radical self-responsibility’ -Susan Scott (2026)
