Writing Practice Prescription

I just attended a conference where one of the workshop leaders suggested we take titles of our articles and enter them into Google Alerts to see if anyone else had referenced or used our work. One of my past posts was titled “Writing as Therapy.” Today, Google Alerts notified me that a post with the [...]

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The melting pot of the writer’s mind calls forth childhood hurts to rise and haunt us in our troubled adult lives. The good news is that these childhood hurts may improve your story writing. After all, who wants to read about happy people with no ills or obstacles sailing through a golden life? No conflict, [...]

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Here is the handout used for a recent 1.5 hour workshop:
Learn to write your story for healing and helping
Handout for January 31, 2008 workshop
by
Ellen Taliaferro, MD
Overview

The stories you hear and observe each day weave the rich fabric of your work and personal life. No wonder that at least one friend or relative has no [...]

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Seeking the keyboard when everything else calls you away from your computer may be easier with these words from Sara Davidson in her Newsweek Jan 22nd, 2007 article, The First Day of the Rest of My Life:
“That’s the real reason to continue writing now: for the periods when your mind is humming and the narrative [...]

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Wanting to write, writing, and living a worthwhile life can prove to be a challenge. Grit, determination, and a strong will help.
At age 30, best-selling author Sue Monk Kidd decided to become a writer. “But Mama, you’re already a nurse,” responded her son. She assured him that she could do both things–plus all the other [...]

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It may not be a surprise to you at all to know that writing your own life story can be healing and helpful to you. But did you know that writing your story can help others?
Dr. Robert Sommer, in his 2003 article, The Use of Autobiography in Psychotherapy, notes that a recent explosion of published [...]

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