Welcome
Connection with others has always been most important to me, so I welcome you to my website.
I am delighted that you are here and hope you will find something meaningful that sparks your interest. If you do and would like to talk about it, please contact me.
Before you read on, you might want to check out my media page where you will find podcasts, interviews, and articles introducing you to my latest books, journaling and legacy journaling, legacy classes, my work with Holocaust survivors, and more.
Educator
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I’ve been delighted with the response to the new classes based on six chapters from my two books, Living and Leaving My Legacy, Vols. I and ll. I am currently planning a new series with six different chapters, which will begin in October. For more information, please email me at MerleRSaferstein@gmail.com or contact me here.
Class Feedback
“Both the conversations and my reflections afterward were helpful and meaningful.”
“Merle does a wonderful job of creating a safe space and asking great open-ended questions.”
“I learned something new from each of the six sessions and from every one of the participants. Seeing things through the eyes of others is profoundly illuminating.”
“The breakout room settings were especially interesting as they offered us the opportunity to spend some private time with other participants, creating connections between one another that were both enlightening and intimate.”
“The topics chosen from your Living and Leaving My Legacy books provided the participants with thoughtful stepping stones to great conversation.”
“Under Merle’s expert guidance, carefully considered facilitation, compassion and understanding, this group became a cohesive and productive learning platform.”
“I really enjoyed the group and the important and meaningful conversations Merle led. I will recommend this class to everyone!”
If you’re planning to take Merle Saferstein’s class on how to leave a legacy, don’t expect your assignment to prompt a nostalgic stroll down memory lane. Once the retired educator begins asking pointed questions, the course will feel more like emotional boot camp-in a good sort of way. She’ll demand that you dig into your hidden hopes, examine your most important values and determine if you’re truly putting your effort where your heart is. Ana Veciana-Suarez, Miami Herald
Read the full article Here
Current Classes
Living and Leaving Your Legacy® Advanced Class
This six-week class is underway with students who have been studying with me for several years.
Meaningful Conversations:
Merle is teaching one section of this six-week class on Monday evenings.
Future Classes
Merle will be teaching two new sections of Meaningful Conversations on Tuesday evenings and Thursday mornings beginning in October.
She will also teach a new legacy class beginning in the fall.
Speaking engagements
Since retiring as director of educational outreach at a Holocaust center in 2011, I have been speaking to audiences locally, nationally, and internationally on the topics of legacy, legacy journaling, journaling, death and dying, living a life that matters, and Holocaust-related subjects.
A list of my speaking engagements to date can be found on the following page: “speaking engagements.”
If you are interested in engaging me to speak or in registering for a class, please contact me at info@merlersaferstein.com or fill out the contact form.
Books by Merle
For over forty-eight years, I have kept journals. Over a period of fourteen years, I went back through my journals, read them, and took excerpts from these 359 journals on approximately seventy topics. As a legacy journaling project, I have written Living and Leaving My Legacy, Vols. I and II. Please watch this video which explains why my journals will become my legacy.
The wisdom that comes from living is a gift to share. Unlike journaling we do for ourselves, legacy journaling is written for the benefit of others.
Find out more by clicking below:
Writing and Journaling Workshops
Journaling Circle
I facilitate a journaling circle on Sunday mornings. Currently, it is filled, but if you are interested in participating in a journaling circle, please contact me at info@merlersaferstein.com.
The Women’s Writing Connection
Throughout the year, I facilitate a writing workshop, The Women’s Writing Connection, at Gilda’s Club, a cancer support community, in Ft. Lauderdale. The class takes place bi-weekly on Thursdays. Please call 954-763-6776 for further information.