Writing Through Grief

Writing Through Grief

This article was originally posted on www.createwritenow.com Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o’er fraught heart and bids it break.                                                 ~William Shakespeare~ Grief is grief and loss is loss....

Journaling Frees the Mind from Everyday Stress

By Shelley Handley, April 2013 Graphics Editor Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Welles Elizabeth Welles, professional writer and speaker, performance artist and poet and authority on journaling, spoke to group of students in the PVCC Bruxton Library. Elizabeth Welles has...
How To Write With The Voice of Compassion

How To Write With The Voice of Compassion

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...
Writing to Ease Stress for Soldiers and Veterans of War

Writing to Ease Stress for Soldiers and Veterans of War

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...
How to Journal Through Grief – Part III: Letter Writing

How to Journal Through Grief – Part III: Letter Writing

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...