Get the pen and paper ready! Trauma therapist, Heather Pierce, MSEd, LCPC, and I are sharing about the oft-begroaned healing tool of WRITING today! Not about grammar, or outlines, but about how WRITING can help you better understand your inner and outer landscapes.
Heidi shares her story about Cars and Bad Poetry, and Heather shares her, stories, wisdom, and gifts from years using and teaching this powerful Healing Tool!
HELPFUL TIPS + GROUPS for anyone who wants to start a writing practice, from Heather!
- “Morning pages” based on The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
- Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
- For trauma survivors in particular, there is Writing Ourselves Whole by Jen Cross
- Steadfast Center is offering a writing group based on Jen's book in the Fall.
- OR... try the Instagram account @Inspiredtowrite – encourages anyone with a desire to write to call themselves a writer
AND, here are the top books I use(d) to overcome writer's resistance
1) Jeff Goins, You are a Writer
2) Steven Pressfield's The War of Art
Who is Heather? Read more about this wise and divine human here!
And connect with her Here: https://www.steadfastcenter.com/
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