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: B is for Blessing
Today, I offer a piece of flash creative nonfiction. I Will Not Let You Go Unless You Bless Me I’ve been managing, just. With planning and budgeting of time and energy, I have made it through the last five days of doing the work of three people. I send a text to Diane...
#AtoZChallenge: A is for Anger
As a woman in the helping professions, I have struggled with finding my voice. I have struggled especially with expressing anger in a graceful, professional way. These are the things that have helped me. Mindfulness meditation. Daily meditation helps me regain my...
Theme Reveal: 2020 #AtoZChallenge
Challenge Accepted! Beginning Wednesday, April 1, 2020, I will be posting on the theme "Stepping Stones on the Path of Transformation." Since this challenge coincides with National Poetry Month, each post will be related to poetry in some way, whether it's a poem, a...