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The Medwin Method / Emotional fitness
We train for almost everything.
We train for almost everything.
Except being human.
I'm Devorah Medwin, a playwright and emotional fitness educator. I create rehearsal spaces for real life—places to explore, experiment, and practice the capacities we use with ourselves and one another.
The practice can be as small as a conversation or as imaginative as a theatrical experience. We build the muscles of humanity by using them.
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Rehearsal for real life
The room can be anywhere.
Emotional fitness: building the muscles of humanity by using them.
Not performance. Practice.
Ways to work together
Different rooms. The same invitation to practice.
We begin with what's actually happening in your life. You don't need a script, an answer, or a polished explanation before you arrive.
Couples sessions
A place to listen, speak, try again, and practice being present in relationship—with the real people and circumstances you bring.
Ask about couples work →Groups & classes
Practice together. Explore everyday human experiences with structure, play, participation, and opportunities to learn from one another.
Ask about a group →Workshops & experiences
Bring a portable rehearsal space to a community, organization, gathering, or event. Each experience can be shaped to suit its setting.
Bring an experience →Online sessions via Zoom; in-person work when possible. Length, fees, and availability are discussed when we connect.
The approach behind the work
The Medwin Method
My background is in playwriting. I work with characters, circumstances, relationships, dialogue, and the possibility that something different can happen in the next scene.
I bring that way of working into real life. Through imagination, conversation, collaboration, and hands-on practice, we create a rehearsal space wherever we are. You participate as yourself; we don't prescribe what you must discover.
We don't have to get it right. We get to practice.
A working rehearsal room for real lifeSome of the invitations you'll encounter
01
Play yourself
You're the person whose experience matters here. There's no character to learn and no part to perform.
02
Find your mark
Notice where you are—in your body, your choices, your circumstances—and return there when you need to.
03
Use your Gentle Detective
Get curious about what you notice in yourself before rushing to judge, explain, or fix someone else.
04
Participate. Try again.
Practice listening, speaking, responding, receiving, asking, and imagining. Small turns count.
These are familiar practices, not a fixed four-step program. The work adapts to the people and circumstances in the room.
A few things I've created over the years
The rehearsal space has never needed four walls.
Sometimes the invitation is a story, a small object, a bundle of materials, or a gathering. Different forms have carried the same instinct to reach people and invite participation.
Blessing Bundles
Small experiences made to carry care, creativity, and connection into everyday and clinical settings.
Wisdom Nuggets
Useful insights and ideas shaped into approachable pieces that can travel with us.
Experience Bundles & Devine Desk Tops
More ways to bring an invitation to engage and practice into spaces beyond a traditional classroom or theatre.
Wooden Nickels
Fictional characters and real-world experts meet around recognizable human circumstances through Mixed Reality Theatre.
And then there's Collaboration Play Labs.
A distinct collaborative theatrical world that brings artists, experts, practitioners, and real-life participation together. My individual practice and the Lab connect—but each has its own identity.
From people I've worked with
In their own words.
Excerpts from testimonials on my existing website. Open any card to read the original statement in full.
Her tools and personal prescription plan were like nothing I’d experienced before – creative, heart-centered, and deeply practical.DB · Healing client
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“Working with Devorah helped me move from feeling overwhelmed, fearful, and hopeless to feeling supported and on a clearer path. Her tools and personal prescription plan were like nothing I’d experienced before – creative, heart-centered, and deeply practical. I call her my Healer because her guidance continues to open doors I never thought possible.”
When connecting with Devorah, she is present and completely engaged in whatever situation for which I am seeking her guidance.AS · Counseling practice client
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“I’ve known Devorah for over a decade. When I have turned to her for counseling, she has offered unparalleled support and valuable insights. She is authentic and selfless in her assistance. When connecting with Devorah, she is present and completely engaged in whatever situation for which I am seeking her guidance. Significantly, she practices what she preaches (not that she actually preaches). Rather, she lives her own life with the integrity which she encourages me to maintain for myself. Having sought counseling in a number of different contexts, I can say unequivocally, that her support is unrivaled.”
Devorah Medwin creates a sacred and special space in which wondrous things do happen!ML · Ceremony practice client
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“Devorah Medwin creates a sacred and special space in which wondrous things do happen! I received a ritual with her for my birthday and mere words can not explain how much of a gift it turned out to be! Through her sweet yet powerful guidance I was supported in receiving messages of gratitude, remembrances of precious past memories and wise suggestions on how I should live my life in order to find my fullest joy and truest expression of my highest self. It was all exactly what I needed to understand. Devorah Medwin is a true gift and a magical sage. I highly recommend the experience!”
A little about me
A playwright's way of reaching people.
I've spent more than two decades working with people around communication, relationships, change, grief, and the complicated business of being alive.
I've also spent those years finding different ways to reach people: Blessing Bundles, Wisdom Nuggets, Experience Bundles, theatrical productions, collaborations, classes, and one-to-one conversations. The Medwin Method is the name for the way I've been working all along, not a new formula imposed on that history.
I'm an educator. I create the circumstances for practice, bring what I've learned, and participate with you. You bring your own life, experience, and choices.
An invitation
Bring what you've got. Play with a purpose.
Whether you're interested in an individual session, coming with a partner, joining a group, or bringing an experience to your community, you're welcome to get in touch. Tell me a little about what brings you here and we'll see what makes sense.
Let's connect.
[email protected] ↗ WhatsApp: +1 858 736 6289 ↗ Netherlands: +31 6 23 31 12 94 ↗Online across time zones via Zoom, and in person when possible. We'll discuss fees, timing, and availability directly.