Join Laurel
Laurel regularly leads online and in-person events for a variety of different audiences– healthcare professionals, grievers, aspiring writers or some combination therein and more. She loves to help people discover what they’re passionate about and develop the skills to share their stories as authentically as possible.
Writing Medicine
Sign up for Laurel's newsletter to find out when the next Writing Medicine workshop is announced.
Writing Medicine is a monthly series of virtual reflective writing workshops for anyone working in healthcare + their loved ones. Workshops involve a craft lesson on an element of writing or the writing life, opportunities to write in response to custom prompts, and an option to share work with other participants. There is always an emphasis on kindness, curiosity, and accessibility. Free or low-cost options are available.
The Stories We Carry
A writing workshop for Humor & Humanity in Medicine community - August 14, 5:00 pm
Humor, Humanity, and Medicine (HHM) is a paid membership community. The cost is $41 per month (a $497 annual payment), or $97 for a one-month check-out to see if it's for you.
Here are the basics: HHM is a curated online space where medical professionals can connect, bond, and talk about all the things that make healthcare, well, human.
I'm so excited to be joining them on August 14 to run a Writing Medicine workshop. It's going to be a really fun event, and I have a feeling we'll come out of it with some serious laughter catharsis. It's for members only, so make sure to join to catch it live!
Click the link below and enter the code LAUREL to get 10% off through August 30.
Cancer Nation Virtual Summit
Friday, September 4, 2026
The Cancer Nation Virtual Summit will focus on what survivors, and their families need to improve their quality of life and fill the gaps in care. Everyone deserves whole person cancer care that addresses the body, the mind, and daily life.
Join us September 4, 2026 for the following sessions:
A deep dive into lifestyle medicine by Cancer Nation Ambassador Sami Mansfield.
Understanding the benefits of sleep and how to improve its quality with Dr. Eric Zhou.
A writing medicine workshop by Dr. Laurel Braitman.
Exploring intimacy and sexual identity with Claire Rumore.
Laurel at the Women Leaders in Medicine Leadership Summit
October 26, 2026
An event for the Baylor Scott & White Healthcare System. More info coming soon.
Writing & Publishing Rx
An interactive virtual discussion series with bestselling fiction and nonfiction authors, award-winning journalists, poets, popular podcasters, medical humanities content creators, and editors– hosted by Laurel and the Stanford School of Medicine’s Medical Humanities and the Arts Program. Audience members will learn practical tips and techniques for improving their work and sharing it with broad public audiences–whether they’re interested in fiction, narrative nonfiction, investigative journalism, poetry, radio/podcasts, content creation, or other forms of storytelling about health, medicine, and beyond. Sessions are recorded for those unable to attend in real time.
Custom Workshops
Laurel leads private communications workshops to improve participants’ writing, speaking, oral-storytelling, advocacy skills and more for a variety of organizations, corporations and academic institutions. These virtual or in-person workshops can be tailored to an audience’s specific needs and might include instruction on creative problem solving, authentic and clear communication, fostering resilience via writing and speaking practice, narrative building, writing for advocacy, and more. Recent workshops have included Atrius Health, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Amgen, National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, and the Children’s Bereavement Center.
Click on the tiles to learn more about each offering or put directly in your cart!
Testimonials
“Laurel Braitman's virtual writing workshops have helped thousands of health care workers make sense of the gut-punches of the pandemic... Gradually, the informal writing group has turned into a lifeline for many. Braitman, with her enthusiasm and earnest laugh, created a place where people could feel safe wrestling with the continuous gut-punches of working the frontlines of a pandemic.”
–STAT News
“This weekly group of writers from around the world who are vulnerable and kind, generous souls who have shared their hearts pull me in every time I login. As a social worker I’m a bleeding heart anyways, but often feel healed and nourished by these fellow travelers.”
– Jenny Kwak, Advanced Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Stanford Health Care
“Thank you for extending a platform for me to tell a story, a personal one, for the first time. And for encouraging everyone in the workshops to bare their hearts and explore their minds. These are opportunities for growth and purpose during a challenging time for all of us.”
— Anthony Carli, Physician Assistant student, Midwestern University, Arizona
“An encouraging space to start writing again.”
— Dr. Rachel Han, Department of Psychiatry, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center– Jenny Kwak, Advanced Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Stanford Health Care
“Sparked a light that I thought was snuffed out. I’d highly recommend Laurel’s workshops to anyone in medicine.”
— Ashley Gilbert, MDCI 2024
Press
