People of Note - Dawn Garisch

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Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is DAWN GARISCH who has facilitated the organisation called The Life Righting Collective which offers courses for anyone who wants to learn to write about their own experiences and which promotes self-discovery, self-recovery and more effective communication. A book has just been published called “This Is How It Is” and includes a number of such stories by a range of people. Dawn is a practising medical doctor but has devoted a huge amount of time to this project.
12 Aug 2018 English South Africa TV & Film

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