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.
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Merle R. Saferstein, Author Jenny Menzel, Graphic designer Pipe Yanguas, Photographer Sandra Coiffman, Founder
Legacy Classes
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
Living and Leaving My Legacy®
At one time or another, most of us have asked ourselves these questions: What life lessons have I learned? What do I want to pass along? What do I want people to remember about me? What gives my life meaning? Together, we will explore the answers to these questions and many more.
The premise of this legacy work is to examine your life as you live it and determine what matters most and what you hope to leave behind for your loved ones. By the end of this interactive class, you will be on your way to creating your priceless legacy in the form of an ethical will, a journal, a legacy letter, a memoir, an oral history, and more.
For more information, please contact Merle at the links below.
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.
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Writing and Journaling Workshops
Journaling Circles
I facilitate a journaling circle at Gilda’s Club, a cancer support community. The class, which meets on the second Monday of every month at 3:00 EST, is open to members of Gilda’s Club of South Florida. If you are interested, please call 954-763-6776 for more information.
I also 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
The Women’s Writing Connection, a group which I began in August 2013, is for women who have been impacted by cancer. The group is currently closed, but if you are interested, contact Merle at Contact.