Responses to The Life Worth Living Workshop:
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"When I started Carol's workshop, I was an actor on the verge of throwing in the towel. I was stuck in a draining 9-5 office job, was plagued with low self-esteem, and was doubting the validity and sanity of pursuing an artistic career. The "Three Paths" exercise forced me to explore my career options, not through vague daydreams, but in vivid, practical detail. As a result I was able to see that I was indeed pursuing the path that was right for me but that the structure of my daily life was not conducive to achieving my goals. A year later, I had traded my dull day job for a more flexible freelance copy editing business, was making a sizable income from voice overs and commercials, and had the time and energy to pursue more fulfilling work in the theatre. The Life Worth Living process works because it is active. It is not simply musings on the trials and tribulations of the artist's life; rather, it puts theory into practice by helping you recognize the building blocks of your dreams."
-- Rebecca Wink,
actress
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"I went into A Life Worth Living with some skepticism; I've read and tried a number of "right livelihood" self-help programs, but their rigid methods, ideologies, and narrow definitions of success limited their effectiveness. A Life Worth Living had what I was looking for. The tools Carol uses are driven by the individual's unique qualities, unlike others which try to fit those qualities into a preset pattern. I don't think it would be possible to go through the workshop without coming to terms with what you really want in life. By putting those priorities first, then providing the tools to help create a life that supports them, A Life Worth Living succeeds in doing exactly what its name implies."
-- Brook Hinton,
filmmaker / media artist
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"Carol Lloyd's Life Worth Living helped me to identify what I want to achieve and the obstacles I had to overcome. Carol's intellectual acuity and emotional maturity made the exercises she devised particularly effective and memorable."
- Lisa Wedeen,
Professor of Political Theory,
University of Chicago
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"A Life Worth Living was the first comprehensive program that helped me connect the thousands of dots between my personal history, my creativity, my values, and that longstanding bugaboo, the need to make a decent living. I wove together my performance skills, my intellectual interests, and political convictions to launch a career as a journalist in public radio. I have an undying gratitude to Carol Lloyd. Finally, finally, finally--there was a program that dealt with the nuts and bolt of getting a profession and a creative life."
- Fuf Vollmeyer,
Pacifica Radio
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"Before A Life Worth Living, I walked around with a gnawing feeling of dissatisfaction and hunger. Out of the workshop, I developed what I thought was an impossibly long wish list: to work on a famous feature movie, have two new shows of my visual art, work as a consultant at the local Museum of Modern Art, produce and perform in a radio drama, get the new art director position at work, and create and finish a trailer for a full-length documentary. Applying Life Worth Living ideas, everything on my wish list has come true within a year. I could never have dreamed all these things could happen so quickly."
- Hope Windle,
artist / filmmaker / art director
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"A Life Worth Living is designed for today's career struggles. The outdated work ethic and "do-what-you-love-and-the-money-will-follow" theory needs revision. Carol's process incorporates getting serious about our career plans and learning to enjoy our creative process. This is a wonderful guidebook to help us heal and to remind us that loving our work feeds our spirit."
- Adriana Marchione
bodyworker / photographer
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"What most impressed me about the Life Worth Living course and Carol Lloyd was the fusion of artistic intuition and practical wherewithal. We were inspired to explore our wildest dreams and then provided with the tools to follow them. Each class awakened insights and challenged that were resolved the following week. By the end of the class, strangers had become friends, and dreams had become achievable goals."
- Laura Nilson,
writer / chef
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"Life Worth Living served as an incredible catalyst for me. Those visions dancing in my mind were no longer just dreams. Through Carol's process, I learned to manifest these ideas at a pace that was not overwhelming. I took action and things started to happen. No longer feeling obliged to take low-paying odd jobs, I pursued a career of interest. Leaving my nanny position and job at Macy's behind, I entered the world of film and photography. The over-all quality of my life changed, too. I was sad when it was over as if it were a great book that I didn't want to end."
- Wendy Stephanelli,
designer / art director
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"If it wasn't for your class, I probably wouldn't be pursuing this dream to be a writer! Thanks. It's working!"
- Carolyn Peter,
museum curator & writer |
"That class saved my life and motivated me to make the changes I had been dreaming of."
- Corinne Cobabe,
photographer |
"I wanted to thank you for teaching the workshop. I spent the last six months living in limbo, and was having trouble making a decision. The class really helped me figure out what is important to me."
- Nessa Roffredo,
musician |
"Life is about to get exciting again!"
- Greg Rodehau,
marketing manager |
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"Thank you for helping me focus my goals beyond, 'I want to write something, someday, for some purpose.' Also, for moving me from, 'I can't,' to 'I can, I will, and this is how.' I have, and will continue to recommend your class to anyone interested in such a rewarding journey."
- Marguerite Salmon,
psychotherapist & writer
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