TELL YOUR STORY

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 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)

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