What is Guided Autobiography (GAB)?
GAB is a process of documenting your life stories with the assistance of a trained facilitator using thematic focus and priming questions to evoke memories of events that might have been kept in the
background or even forgotten over time.
The GAB process has been well studied and shown to have the following benefits to participants:
Director of Age Matters, an agecare consultancy and training agency. Normala is a master trainer in GAB who believes firmly in the power and possibilities of our later lives. She has been involved in social development for more than three decades, particularly in the health and agecare industries. As an age care pioneer in Singapore, she had been involved in building new care models, developing infrastructure for care integration, setting service standards and rolling out competency roadmaps for the sector.
✓ Leave a legacy for your loved ones
✓ Assist to facilitate life transitions
✓ Enhance personal growth and development
✓ Build a sense of community
✓ Contribute to history making
✓ Enjoy the thrill of self-discovery
Through a guided process – you will have the opportunity to start writing on some of life’s major themes. You will also have the opportunity to share these stories with receptive fellow participants who share the same interests.
Dates:11, 18, 25 October 1 & 8 November
Time: 2pm - 6pm
Venue: SAMH Space2Connect
Blk 1 Maude Rd #03-30
Singapore 200001
*Come up via lift lobby B (it’s on the left)