Writing & Mental Health

Writing &
Mental Health

Finding Your Voice

Every voice matters, and no voice matters more than any other voice. — Greg Paul

Your voice

matters

so much.

You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. -- CS Lewis

Trauma & Story

As I have been reflecting on the link between writing, language, story + trauma, I've been learning from trauma therapist Kobe Campbell, as well as others in the field.

How does language limit? How does language heal?

Read my post here.

Writing For Wellness

Every wonder why you feel better during and after writing? Why you experience healing, and relaxation, and a way to process your thoughts and questions about the world, along with your joy and suffering, connection and loss, and your moments of confusion, clarity and brightness? Overall, we can write towards wellness.

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Writing brings us into the present moment. It allows us to be curious about our world, to pay attention, and to embrace wonder. We can use writing as a place to reflect and be mindful, as journalling or 'field notes' or a place to keep gratitude lists. We can also pursue our love of writing through poems, personal essays, stories, and memoir.

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