Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness
I'm a a book-loving, notebook-hoarding reader and writer on a mission to change lives one book and one notebook at a time. On this podcast, we explore the power of restorative reading and writing to make life better. From book-themed episodes to coaching sessions and author conversations, we explore how to grow a restorative reading and writing practice as a tool for personal development, creativity and wellness. This podcast is for you if you believe a life well-read and well-written is a life well-lived.
Episodes
On this episode of Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness, I’m inviting you to give yourself permission for a holiday pause, a bit of time to drop into your restorative reading and writing practice against a backdrop of beautiful, instrumental holiday music.
Come listen as I give a quick hello, offer a few things you might do during this time and invite you to settle in for some restorative rest.
On this episode of Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness, I’m diving deep into epigraphs and why they are an essential element of a restorative reading and writing practice.
Come listen as I share my real-time reading life and the book that sparked this episode, what epigraphs are and why they matter for restorative reading and writing and how you can harness their power in your own reading and writing life
On this episode of Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness, I’m exploring how restorative writing can help us write our way to, through and beyond the holiday season.
Come listen as I share why restorative writing can support you through the holidays with less stress and more joy and provide seven different ways for you to show up on the page based on what your particular holiday season looks and feels like. Remember, the pa...
On this episode of Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness, I’m diving into my favorite personality framework as a tool to help you build and grow your reading life: the Four Tendencies Framework created by Gretchen Rubin.
Come listen as I share why right now is the perfect time of year to dive into this work, provide a quick overview of the Four Tendencies Framework and list ways you can boost your reading habits based on y...
On this episode of Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness, I’m sharing my current favorite gifts to help others grow a restorative reading and writing practice….and my own, too. =)
Come listen as I open with a quick reminder of the elements essential to a restorative practice and link each to a host of gifts you could share this holiday season. Think handmade gifts of time, unexpected notebook delights, aromatherapy that bri...
On this episode of Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness, I’m exploring my newest notebook obsession: creating a restorative recipe notebook. It’s a notebook full of my own personal recipes and the recipes that have been handed down to me. I recently shared my new project with my Get Lit(erate). community in hopes they’d offer suggestions and they did not disappoint.
Come listen as I open the episode with this new idea and ...
On this episode of Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness, I’m exploring a particular reading practice: book annotation and marginalia. It’s something I’ve typically avoided in the past for various reasons, but am now ready to explore with gusto because of my recent book relay.
Come listen as I share the experience that made me change my mind about marginalia, the various ways that you might choose to annotate your book pag...
On this episode of Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness, I’m getting a bit vulnerable and talking about a personal strategy I’m trying for keeping my ducks in a row, my t’s crossed and my i’s dotted and not dropping the glass balls. Don’t worry, it will all make sense once you listen.
Normally, I come to you with tried and true recommendations from my own restorative reading and writing life, but this week, I’m coming to y...
On this episode of Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness, I’m sharing the nuts and bolts behind creating a restorative reading and writing altar for yourself in your home.
Come listen as I explain exactly what a reading and writing altar is, the science behind why you need one, the unexpected altars you might already have and how to create one using four layers of creation and how to harness the power of a simple ritual to...
On this episode of Restorative Reading & Writing for Wellness, I’m talking all about my holiday notebook tradition, how it helps us cultivate the kind of holiday season we want to have and how you can make one, too.
Come listen to how the holiday notebook tradition began, what exactly a holiday notebook is, how you can make one for yourself and what you should put inside and the one thing that needs to happen to make the noteboo...
On this episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, I’m putting my party hat on, cueing the confetti and celebrating 200 episodes of the podcast!
Come listen as I talk about where the podcast started and how it has evolved over the years, the top downloaded episodes you might want to listen to (along with a couple of my favorites), the ways the podcast will grow in the future and a request for help around helping me rename (maybe!) the ...
On this episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, I’m exploring the healing power of books clubs and why they are an underestimated tool in our quest to make life better through books and reading.
Come listen as I talk about the research-backed power of book clubs, how you can create (or join!) a book club with heart, the best kinds of books to promote group healing, the conversations your book club needs to discuss the next time it m...
On this episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, we’re exploring the newest addition to my restorative writing framework: affirmative writing.
Come listen as I explore what affirmative writing is (writing that affirms and uplifts your mindset) and offer 5 ways to try affirmative writing in your notebook:
Affirmations
Gratitude
Manifestation
Joy
Notes of Acknowledgement
All you need is your notebook to start turning around a bad ...
On this episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, we’re exploring how to read our way to wellness in just 90 days.
Come listen as I explore the idea behind a 90 day project, particularly at the end of the year, and why focusing on our reading life could make our actual life better. We’ll talk about the three feel-good steps you need to take and I’ll share how you can work with me along the way, too.
On this episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, we’re diving into how and why your pencil pouch could be the key to changing your life. Really. =)
Today, we’ll explore the unexpected benefits of creating a restorative reading and writing pencil pouch: a little container to hold all the things you need to read and write with an open mind and heart.
Come listen as I give you all the details on why you need one, how you choose one, the...
On this episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, I’m exploring all things restorative list-making. With only a sticky note, a pencil and 5 minutes, you can literally change your mood and physical well-being.
Today, we’ll explore my new one word theme for September and why list-making is central to bringing it to life, why list-making is so restorative to the body, mind and spirit, how you can get started with your own listing practi...
On this episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, I am talking with Jeannine Atkins about the power of writing to heal.
Janine is the author of several books for young readers about courageous women and teaches writing for children and young adults. She's here today to talk about her newest release, KNOCKING ON WINDOWS, a memoir-in-verse about healing from trauma and finding her voice as a writer.
Today, we explore the pivotal rol...
On this episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, I’m coming at you in real time as I expand my definition of restorative reading and bibliotherapy thanks to a recent session creating a book apothecary for a waiting reader.
Today, I am talking about the idea of reading escape: using our reading life as a way to escape our own. We’ll talk about my initial knee-jerk reaction to it, why reading escape is actually a form of bibliotherapy...
On this episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, I’m answering the most asked question that I receive: How and where do I find books for my own bibliotherapy?
Today, we are tackling that question and more. I’ll share a simple framework for choosing a book genre and title that is perfect for you and offer five different sources for finding the right book at the right time.
You’ll find the show notes for the episode with links to all ...
On this episode of the Get Lit(erate). podcast, I’m talking about the six kinds of restorative writing that have the potential to make us feel better based on the season of life we are in and the kind of support we wish for in the moment.
You’ll find the show notes for the episode with links to all of the books and resources mentioned right here: https://www.alitlife.com/2025/08/12/six-kinds-of-restorative-writing/
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