
Announced!
My forthcoming book has been announced in Publisher's Lunch as the "Deal of the Day" on (lucky) December 13th.
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"Art curator and letter midwife Frish Brandt's UNFINISHED BUSINESS: THE FIVE ESSENTIAL LETTERS TO WRITE IN YOUR LIFETIME, a guide to the art of letter writing and advice on how to write the most important missives of our lives: Thank you, I'm sorry, I miss you, I love you, and goodbye."
I am thrilled to be working with Penguin Random House/ Harmony Rodale toward finishing UNFINISHED BUSINESS and putting it to work.
Your Letter Awaits
We all have something we wish to say: Thank you; I’m sorry; Please forgive me; I forgive you; I love you; I need to tell you something. These letters are inside us, waiting to bridge distances, heal relationships, transform lives, and resolve conflicts. Whether facing the end of life or simply daily life, these letters long to be written and long to be shared.
What are we waiting for?
A Lasting Letter is a note written now for later, carrying your voice forward in time and space. People write to their children, their partner, their long- deceased parent, their future self, their ex, the teacher that made a difference, their estranged friend, and more. They write long letters and short letters. What has surprised me, and I think will surprise you, is that while we are focused on the letter’s recipient, it is the letter writer that is served first by the letter.
Each letter is ​unique: each voice, each intention is ​individual. It’s time. Let me help you find your words.​
About Me
My name is Frish Brandt.
I am a 'letter midwife.'
With careful listening, intuitive questions, and heartfelt conversation together we will find the words that form your letter. Listening is as much a part of my practice as writing.
Lasting Letters began as a service provided through hospice and palliative care doctors and quickly grew to include all mortals, anyone who has a letter they wish to write to a loved one. ​ While a diagnosis can be an incentive, living and loving is catalyst enough. ​
Everyone has a letter in them​.


The Process
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Start with an email to me. You only need to know that you wish to write a letter – not necessarily who you are writing to or what you wish to say. We'll find your words together.
2
TALK
We'll find a time to talk. Typically, the first letter-writing conversation will take 60-90 minutes: I'll ask questions; we'll chat; the letter will start to take shape. I will then share a draft of your letter; we'll refine it and continue until we've got the right words and thoughts that make the letter uniquely and truly yours.
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COST
Money should never stand in the way of a letter.
My service is available on a sliding scale: $75-350.
The people who pay for my service make it possible
for me to volunteer it to others. ​
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In addition to working with individuals and leading
workshops, I provide my
services at Stanford Hospital, By the Bay Health,
California Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation, DeYoung Museum, Handwritten
Wines, and more.
Mentions
Tina K
Very few have the capacity for such empathy. Even fewer can translate that into the poetry of the written word.
Dawn G.
Your letter... is a treasure beyond all words... The way you see the world, hear it, imagine it, then craft it so others can step inside and feel your embrace...even when you are not in the room. It is a gift that transcends space and time. It is lasting.
Brenda
While the letter retains my story and voice, it's not something I could have done on my own. Frish listens to the heart speak and then distills all that verbal noise into something essential and pithy and meaningful.
Kyle
I don’t know how to thank you for setting me free from the hidden baggage I had kept locked up.
Dara K.
I'll never forget the aha moments I had with you when writing the letter to my grandma.... I'm much more patient and compassionate with her now, which is a true gift.
William
These kind of stories and processes help push the soft, beautiful edges of hospice into the light of those who otherwise just don’t know!
C. M.
I wish I had you to work with my mom while she still had her voice and thoughts. Though I know she loved me deeply, it would be lovely to have her thoughts.
M. C.
I would give anything to have a last communication from each of my parents.