Writing Practice Prescription

 
When I listen to successful writers, I often hear them refer to outlining as the “O” word. Once they introduce the concept of outlining, different writing styles emerge. Some writers outline in great detail, others start to outline and faint along the way, and others just plunge in with no outline. Each approach provides advantages [...]

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by
Ellen Taliaferro, MD
In a previous post, What Is Your ACE Score, I noted that the founders of the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study reported 10 adverse childhood experiences that impact your current state of health. That post also provided a link to a site that will let you determine what your ACE score is. (You [...]

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I have coined the term WellWriting® to name an ongoing writing practice. WellWriting is a form of therapeutic, expressive, and focused autobiographical writing that has been shown to improve numerous health conditions. This form of writing is easy to do, inexpensive, and requires no research other than self-exploration.
WellWriting has helped many people recovering from traumatic [...]

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After the Diagnosis by Donna L. Pikula, D.D.S., M.S., lives up to its subtitle: How to Look Out for Yourself or a Loved One. This 275-page book may be one of the best self-help books available for the lay reader receiving a new diagnosis of life-altering concern.
Most self-help books in the health area come from [...]

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By
Ellen Taliaferro, MD
Can the woes and traumas of your yesterdays take a toll on your state of health today? Indeed they can and do. At least that’s what our grandmothers always seemed to know.
Now, thanks in large part to the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study, medical research validates this concept. Dr. Vincent Felitti, [...]

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The stories of our life drive us. And yet, so many of us don’t even know what our stories are. Long forgotten trauma may be the story denied that we live with. Sometimes the stories are so painful and remarkable that they are far from hidden. There’s no need to explore your inner universe to [...]

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Welcome to the reconstructed website for the Writing Practice Prescription. This site is dedicated to developing an ongoing writing practice for healing and helping. All comments and suggestions are welcome.
If you have come here looking for a previous post or article, many apologies. Most of the files belonging to the original website along with backups [...]

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It’s time to think outside the pill box.
Sir William Osler , deceased Canadian physician, had a lot to say about this:

“One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.”
“Man has an inborn craving for medicine. Heroic dosing for several generations has given his tissues a thirst for [...]

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