Welcome! I’m Deborah Bayer, writer and workshop facilitator.
I am (mostly) retired from the practice of Infectious Disease and Palliative Care. I write poems and personal essays, and I’m working on a memoir about the need for emotional support in the workplace.
I facilitate writing groups via Zoom. These groups blend the Amherst Writers & Artists (AWA) methodology with the Narrative Medicine workshop format.
Visit my Shop to see the upcoming workshops.
A Rope Made of Bandages
Poems by Deborah Bayer
AWA Workshops
The supportive approach of the AWA method lends itself to healing from all kinds of trauma, including the trauma of medical training.
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Blog Archive
#AtoZChallenge: Z is for Zooming Out
Anger Blessing Cancer Desire Everyday Forgiveness Grief Happiness Introversion Joy Kairos Little Gidding Midpoint up the Mountain Nontraditional Medicine Other People Quiet Reading List Sleep & Social Distancing Teaching Until Finally Voice Writing Xenophile...
#AtoZChallenge: Y is for Yearning
In the closing posts of my A-to-Z Challenge, I’m exploring the yearning that made me want to do this challenge, and I’m zooming out, widening my perspective to see what I’ve written about in the month of April. The yearning is for completion of the transition from the...
#AtoZChallenge: X is for Xenophile
In this time of increasing xenophobia, I’m advocating for xenophilia. But not in the sense of embracing other cultures, although that’s important. I’m thinking more in the sense of what Buddhists call “Beginner’s Mind.” When I’m able to be mindful, even mundane,...