Lifeprints

Lifeprints was born in 1985, as a vehicle for supporting men and women on their paths of self-discovery. I began by sponsoring and promoting workshops offered by other facilitators in the Fort Collins area, and then adding my own work when I completed my graduate degree.

My retreats and journal classes began in 1988, and over time, Lifeprints has become an umbrella for a variety of reflective writing workshops, as well as individual and couples' counseling.

In 2002, I began leading women's groups in Italy, and in October 2008, our first France Women's group was born.  Contact me for more information about traveling to these beautiful areas.

The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron and Journal To The Self by Kathleen Adams are valuable books whose contents have been the mainstays of the workshop schedule for 15 years or more, and now there are a baker's dozen ways to participate in Lifeprints courses. Some are one day or weekend sessions, and some continue for a month or two or three or more.

I meet clients, students, friends and family at The Studio At Blue Heron House and it is a lovely environment in which to do our work or play. In May 2005, we completed a walking labyrinth, available for anyone, anytime, day or night, without advance notice or permission. We welcome you and your friends, your meditation groups, your children and pets.

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Joannah L. Merriman, M.A. is the founder and owner of Lifeprints. She received her MA in Holistic Psychology and Counseling from Boulder Graduate School (now incorporated into a program of study at Naropa Institute). She has completed coursework for a MA in English and Communication Development from Colorado State University and is working on a creative non-fiction thesis entitled Windflowers: Fragments of a Life.

Committed to the reflective writing process and to art-making for pleasure and serenity, she lives on ten acres outside Fort Collins, Colorado with her partner, Neil, two Golden Retrievers and two cats. Her three grown children live and work in New York City, Austin Texas, and Thailand.