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A 4-Week Creative Writing & Discussion Workshop

Hosted by Mental Health Through Art, LLC

📍 Karma House Community Wellness Center, 72 North Ave., Battle Creek, MI 49017

🕘 Tuesdays | 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

💲 $10 per week to attend

✍️ Basic writing materials provided

What happens when the things we carry become too heavy to keep inside?

“From Unknown to Acceptance” is more than a writing workshop, it is a guided journey through PTSD, the confusion, coping, loss, and healing, using poetry, conversation, storytelling, and creative reflection.

Created and facilitated by Thomas Walk, U.S. Army veteran, Telly Award winner, nine-time national award-winning poet and spoken word artist, Emmy-nominated creative professional, and founder of Mental Health Through Art, LLC, this workshop creates space for honest conversations surrounding trauma, identity, emotional struggle, grief, anger, isolation, and recovery.

Each week explores a different stage of the emotional journey:

🔹 Week 1 - The Unknown

“What is happening to me?”

🔹 Week 2 - Self-Destruction

“How did I respond to what I didn’t understand?”

🔹 Week 3 - Loss

“How has this affected me and others?”

🔹 Week 4 - Acceptance

“What do I do with this now?”

Through spoken word performances, guided discussion, reflective writing prompts, and optional community collaboration and sharing opportunities where time permits, participants are encouraged to explore their experiences at their own comfort level in a supportive, nonjudgmental environment.

This is not therapy.

This is community.

This is expression.

This is learning how to use words to process what hurts instead of carrying it alone.

No writing experience is necessary.

No pressure to share.

Just an opportunity to connect, reflect, write, and heal forward together.

Workshop themes may include:

• PTSD and trauma responses

• Emotional isolation and identity struggles

• Anger and unhealthy coping patterns

• Suicide awareness and loss

• Communication and emotional honesty

• Resilience, purpose, and healing

Optional workshop upgrades available:

📘 Handout Packet Upgrade — +$5

📓 Writing Journal + Handouts — +$10

“You didn’t choose what happened, but you can choose what happens next.”

Hosted by Mental Health Through Art, LLC

www.mentalhealththroughart.com

Led by Thomas Walk, Veteran Poet

@Thomas “T.A.” Walk, Veteran Poet (FB, Insta, YT, TikTok)

Facilitated at Karma House Community Wellness Center

www.karmahouse.org

Write. Share. Heal. Build Community.

A Community Building Group

Hosted by Mental Health Through Art, LLC

📍 Karma House Community Wellness Center, 72 North Ave., Battle Creek, MI 49017

🕒 Tuesdays | 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

💙 $5 donation per week recommended

✍️ Writing prompts and inspiration provided

🎤 Optional sharing opportunities

🤝 Open community support and creative connection

Not every space has to be heavy to be healing.

The Open Studio Writing Group is a relaxed, come-as-you-are creative space designed for writing, reflection, conversation, collaboration, and community connection.

This is not a structured workshop.

There are no assignments.

No pressure.

No expectations.

Just people gathering together through creativity, conversation, and expression.

Hosted by Thomas Walk, U.S. Army veteran, Telly Award winner, nine-time national award-winning poet and spoken word artist, Emmy-nominated creative professional, and founder of Mental Health Through Art, LLC, this group creates an open environment where writers, artists, creatives, and community members can connect in a supportive and welcoming atmosphere.

Whether you write poetry, journal privately, work on music, create stories, process emotions through words, or simply want a safe place to exist around creative and supportive people, you are welcome here.

This group is designed to encourage:

• Creative collaboration

• Positive social interaction

• Open expression

• Peer connection and support

• Community networking

• Reflective writing and conversation

• Emotional wellness through creativity

Participants are welcome to:

🖊️ Write independently

🎙️ Share work if they choose

💬 Engage in conversation

🎨 Collaborate creatively

🤝 Network with other creatives and community members

☕ Simply exist in a supportive environment

No writing experience is necessary.

No commitment required.

No pressure to perform or share.

Some people come to write.

Some come to connect.

Some come because they need community.

All are welcome.

This is not therapy.

This is community.

This is creative connection.

This is a place to show up exactly as you are.

Hosted by Mental Health Through Art, LLC

www.mentalhealththroughart.com

Led by Thomas Walk, Veteran Poet

@Thomas “T.A.” Walk, Veteran Poet (FB, Insta, YT, TikTok)

Facilitated at Karma House Community Wellness Center

www.karmahouse.org

"Bring your voice. Leave a little lighter."

Write. Share. Heal. Build Community.

An Interactive Creative Workshop

Hosted by Mental Health Through Art, LLC

📍 Karma House Community Wellness Center, 72 North Ave., Battle Creek, MI 49017

🕠 Every 1st Wednesday of the Month | 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

💲 $10 per workshop to attend

✍️ Basic writing materials provided

Some battles happen in combat. Some happen quietly inside us every day.

“Breathe and Believe in Yourself” and “Believe in Yourself and Breathe” are two connected workshop experiences sharing the same core message through two different perspectives:

the veteran experience and the everyday human experience.

Each month, the workshop rotates format and focus while continuing to explore mental wellness, emotional struggle, resilience, healing, identity, and hope through poetry, storytelling, discussion, and creative writing.

Created and facilitated by Thomas Walk, U.S. Army veteran, Telly Award winner, nine-time national award-winning poet and spoken word artist, Emmy-nominated creative professional, suicide survivor, and founder of Mental Health Through Art, LLC, this workshop creates space for honest reflection and meaningful conversation surrounding mental health and the human experience.

🔹 “Breathe and Believe in Yourself”

Explores mental wellness, PTSD, trauma responses, emotional survival, identity, resilience, and healing through the lens of military experience and life after service.

🔹 “Believe in Yourself and Breathe”

Approaches many of those same emotional struggles from a broader civilian and everyday life perspective, focusing on stress, grief, anxiety, depression, self-worth, burnout, relationships, emotional struggle, and personal growth.

Both formats are designed to demonstrate how creative writing, spoken word, and honest communication can become healthy tools for emotional expression, self-awareness, connection, and healing.

Each workshop may include:

🎤 Spoken word performances

✍️ Guided creative writing exercises

💬 Group discussion and reflection

🤝 Optional sharing opportunities

🧠 Mental wellness conversation through creativity

🎶 Interactive and supportive community engagement

Participants are encouraged to engage at their own comfort level in a safe, supportive, and nonjudgmental environment.

This is not about being a professional writer.

This is about learning how to use words when life becomes difficult to explain.

This is not therapy.

This is community.

This is expression.

This is creativity being used to support mental wellness and human connection.

No writing experience is necessary.

No pressure to share.

Just an opportunity to reflect, write, connect, and heal forward together.

Workshop themes may include:

• PTSD and trauma recovery

• Anxiety, depression, and emotional overwhelm

• Suicide awareness and emotional survival

• Identity struggles and self-worth

• Stress, burnout, and emotional exhaustion

• Communication and emotional honesty

• Resilience, healing, and hope

Optional workshop upgrades available:

📘 Handout Packet Upgrade — +$5

📓 Writing Journal + Handouts — +$10

“Sometimes healing begins the moment we finally give ourselves permission to breathe.”

Hosted by Mental Health Through Art, LLC

www.mentalhealththroughart.com

Led by Thomas Walk, Veteran Poet

@Thomas “T.A.” Walk, Veteran Poet (FB, Insta, YT, TikTok)

Facilitated at Karma House Community Wellness Center

www.karmahouse.org

Write. Share. Heal. Build Community.

A 6-Part Acceptance & Growth Workshop

Hosted by Mental Health Through Art, LLC

📍 Karma House Community Wellness Center, 72 North Ave., Battle Creek, MI 49017

🕠 3rd Wednesdays | 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

💲 $10 per month to attend

✍️ Basic writing materials provided

Some conversations are hard to start.

Some emotions are hard to explain.

Some struggles stay hidden because we were never taught how to talk about them.

“Let’s Talk Through The Dark” is a rotating monthly poetry and creative wellness workshop designed to encourage honest self-reflection, open discussion, emotional awareness, healing, and personal growth through spoken word, storytelling, creative writing, and community connection.

Created and facilitated by Thomas Walk, U.S. Army veteran, Telly Award winner, nine-time national award-winning poet and spoken word artist, Emmy-nominated creative professional, suicide survivor, and founder of Mental Health Through Art, LLC, this workshop creates a supportive environment where participants are encouraged to explore difficult conversations in healthy and meaningful ways.

Each month focuses on a different topic connected to emotional wellness, healing, growth, and self-awareness:

🔹 Month 1 - Integrity

Who are we when nobody is watching?

Exploring honesty, accountability, character, and personal values.

🔹 Month 2 - Anger Management

Understanding emotional triggers, frustration, communication, and healthier responses to anger.

🔹 Month 3 - Suicide Awareness

Creating honest conversations surrounding emotional pain, hopelessness, survival, and support.

🔹 Month 4 - Parental Struggles

Exploring the pressures, fears, emotional exhaustion, and responsibilities connected to parenting and family life.

🔹 Month 5 - Resilience

Recognizing strength through struggle, survival, recovery, and the ability to continue moving forward.

🔹 Month 6 - Confidence

Exploring self-worth, identity, personal voice, courage, and believing in yourself despite hardship.

Each workshop may include:

🎤 Spoken word performances

✍️ Guided creative writing exercises

💬 Reflective discussion and conversation

🤝 Optional sharing opportunities

🧠 Mental wellness discussion through creativity

🌱 Honest exploration of personal growth and healing

Participants are encouraged to engage at their own comfort level in a safe, supportive, and nonjudgmental environment.

This workshop is designed to demonstrate how creative expression and honest communication can help people process difficult emotions, better understand themselves, and strengthen connection with others.

This is not therapy.

This is community.

This is conversation.

This is learning how to speak through the darkness instead of suffering silently inside it.

No writing experience is necessary.

No pressure to share.

Just an opportunity to reflect, connect, express yourself, and heal forward together.

Workshop themes may include:

• Mental wellness and emotional awareness

• Anger, stress, and emotional regulation

• Suicide awareness and emotional survival

• Parenting and relationship struggles

• Self-worth, resilience, and confidence

• Communication and emotional honesty

• Healing, accountability, and personal growth

Optional workshop upgrades available:

📘 Handout Packet Upgrade — +$5

📓 Writing Journal + Handouts — +$10

“Sometimes the darkest conversations are the ones that save lives.”

Hosted by Mental Health Through Art, LLC

www.mentalhealththroughart.com

Led by Thomas Walk, Veteran Poet

@Thomas “T.A.” Walk, Veteran Poet (FB, Insta, YT, TikTok)

Facilitated at Karma House Community Wellness Center

www.karmahouse.org

Write. Share. Heal. Build Community.

A 4-Week Creative Writing & Discussion Workshop

Hosted by Mental Health Through Art, LLC

📍 Karma House Community Wellness Center, 72 North Ave., Battle Creek, MI 49017

🕘 Thursdays | 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

💲 Weeks 1–3: $10 per week to attend

💙 Week 4: $5 donation recommended

✍️ Basic writing materials provided

What we do doesn’t just affect us… it leaves something behind.

“Those We Leave Behind” is more than a writing workshop, it is a guided journey through addiction, isolation, emotional struggle, accountability, healing, and recovery using poetry, conversation, storytelling, and creative reflection.

Created and facilitated by Thomas Walk, U.S. Army veteran, Telly Award winner, nine-time national award-winning poet and spoken word artist, Emmy-nominated creative professional, and founder of Mental Health Through Art, LLC, this workshop creates space for honest conversations surrounding trauma, self-destruction, grief, emotional isolation, suicide awareness, resilience, and personal growth.

Each week explores a different stage of the emotional and recovery journey:

🔹 Week 1 - Addiction / Self-Destruction

“What am I using to escape what hurts?”

🔹 Week 2 - Isolation / Suicide

“What happens when pain is carried alone?”

🔹 Week 3 - Redemption / Healing

“What can recovery and healing begin to look like?”

🔹 Week 4 - Open Sharing / Social Networking

“How do we move forward while supporting one another?”

Through spoken word performances, guided discussion, reflective writing prompts, and optional community collaboration and sharing opportunities where time permits, participants are encouraged to explore their experiences at their own comfort level in a supportive, nonjudgmental environment.

This workshop goes deeper into the emotional impact our choices, struggles, silence, and survival can leave on ourselves and the people around us.

This is not therapy.

This is community.

This is accountability.

This is learning how to use words to confront what hurts instead of hiding from it alone.

No writing experience is necessary.

No pressure to share.

Just an opportunity to connect, reflect, write, and heal forward together.

Workshop themes may include:

• Addiction and unhealthy coping patterns

• Emotional isolation and suicidal ideation awareness

• Trauma, grief, and identity struggles

• Accountability and self-reflection

• Recovery, resilience, and healing

• Communication and emotional honesty

• Peer support and community connection

Optional workshop upgrades available:

📘 Handout Packet Upgrade — +$5

📓 Writing Journal + Handouts — +$10

“We still have the time and the ability to change what we leave behind.”

Hosted by Mental Health Through Art, LLC

www.mentalhealththroughart.com

Led by Thomas Walk, Veteran Poet

@Thomas “T.A.” Walk, Veteran Poet (FB, Insta, YT, TikTok)

Facilitated at Karma House Community Wellness Center

www.karmahouse.org

Write. Share. Heal. Build Community.

A Community Building Group

Hosted by Mental Health Through Art, LLC

📍 Karma House Community Wellness Center, 72 North Ave., Battle Creek, MI 49017

🕒 Thursdays | 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

💙 $5 donation per week recommended

🎨 Creativity looks different for everyone.

So does healing, connection, and community.

Creative Community Activities is an open community group designed to bring people together through creativity, collaboration, conversation, and fun interactive experiences.

This is not a workshop.

There are no grades.

No pressure.

No expectations to perform.

Just opportunities to connect, create, laugh, express yourself, and build meaningful community with others.

Led by Thomas Walk, U.S. Army veteran, Telly Award winner, nine-time national award-winning poet and spoken word artist, Emmy-nominated creative professional, and founder of Mental Health Through Art, LLC, this group encourages positive social interaction and creative exploration through rotating weekly activities designed to help people connect in relaxed and welcoming ways.

Weekly activities include:

📸 Week 1 - Walking Photography

A community walk beginning at Karma House where participants take photos, explore creativity through perspective and observation, then return to share and discuss the inspiration behind their images.

✍️🎵 Week 2 - Short Story / Poetry / AI Music Collaboration

A collaborative creative session where participants work together to create poetry, stories, lyrics, spoken word pieces, or AI-assisted music projects in a supportive and imaginative environment.

🎲 Week 3 - Board Games / Card Games

A relaxed social connection space featuring a variety of games based on group interest, encouraging teamwork, conversation, laughter, and community interaction.

🎤 Week 4 - Open Mic

A safe and supportive sharing space for poetry, storytelling, music, thoughts, experiences, comedy, creative expression, or simply listening and supporting others.

🏆 Week 5 - Mini Talent Competition

A fun, low-pressure creative showcase where participants can voluntarily share their talents in a positive and encouraging environment. Themes and activities will rotate monthly. Beginning July 2026 Poetry & Spoken Word competition will award 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place mini trophies.

This group is designed to encourage:

• Creative expression

• Positive social interaction

• Collaboration and teamwork

• Community networking

• Confidence and self-expression

• Friendship and belonging

• Emotional wellness through creativity and connection

No artistic experience is necessary.

No commitment required.

No pressure to participate beyond your comfort level.

Some people come to create.

Some come to meet people.

Some come to share.

Some come because they simply need community.

All are welcome.

This is not therapy.

This is community.

This is creativity.

This is a place to connect, collaborate, and be yourself.

Hosted by Mental Health Through Art, LLC

www.mentalhealththroughart.com

Led by Thomas Walk, Veteran Poet

@Thomas “T.A.” Walk, Veteran Poet (FB, Insta, YT, TikTok)

Facilitated at Karma House Community Wellness Center

www.karmahouse.org

"Bring your creativity. Leave a little brighter."

Write. Share. Heal. Build Community.