I began writing as a young storyteller before the age of seven, experiencing the benefits of cathartic writing only later at the age of eleven. Writing out my pain was a relief. It took off the top layer of the ouch. I could write till tears streamed down my cheeks to...
Someone once threatened to bash my face in. It scared the hell out of me. I knew in my heart that wouldn’t happen, but it kept me awake at night. It had me looking over my shoulder in the stores where I could run into this person. It was the background chatter in my...
Anyone can journal and write and it’s easier than you think. The empty page is like God. It can hear anything, it can take anything, and it can handle anything. The blank page is a safe place to dump the trash so you don’t carry it around in your head, heart, body,...
Letter writing is a powerful tool to articulate and express that which has never been expressed before. You can write a letter to yourself or to an aspect of yourself. You can write a letter to your grief, to your stresses, your anger or disappointments. You can even...
Grief needs a witness. What that means is that you need to find someone or something that deeply hears you. That accepts you and sees you in your grief, with unconditional with love and acceptance. Having a witness helps you not feel so alone. It provides an avenue to...
Give sorrow words The grief that does not speak whispers the o’er fraught heart and bids it break ~ William Shakespeare ~ Writing is cathartic. It relieves stress. It lifts you in times of grief, and unburdens you from your woes. It helps release what no longer...
