Heather Demetrios Fehst

"Give me your exhausted, your rejected, your stuck writers yearning to breathe free." Heather is a therapist for creatives (MSW, MFA, LGSW), certified meditation teacher, writing coach / teacher / editor, sound healer, and the critically acclaimed author of several fiction and non-fiction titles. Her work revolves around integrating mindfulness and writing practices to help writers build the writing lives they long for. More flow, more focus, and more elegance in navigating the challenges of the writer's life. Breathe. Write. Repeat. Heather specializes in supporting female and femme writers who are working with the traumatic material of their life on the page. She is the former program director of Rebecca Dykes Writers, which she co-founded to support women writers working in the trauma space in children’s literature. In addition to being a Trained Mindfulness Facilitator through UCLA Mindfulness Awareness Research Center, she was the former Executive Director of Clouds in Water Zen Center in St. Paul, MN. In addition to her workshops and teaching with writers, she serves the wider creative community through her mental health work aimed at supporting artist mental health and ending exploitation of artist's trauma. Heather is proud to be part of the Twin Cities community that was recently awarded the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for risking their lives to protect their immigrant neighbors during the ICE Operation Metro Surge.

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