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If you suffer from depression you’ll be very familiar with the accompanying emotions: anger, shame, sadness, lethargy, exhaustion, despair. I’ve been there. In 2014 I was diagnosed with clinical...
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You have treasures hidden within you – extraordinary treasures… And bringing those treasures to light takes work and faith and focus and courage and hours of devotion, and the clock is ticking. –...
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If you want to fly on the sky, you need to leave the earth. If you want to move forward, you need to let go the past that drags you down. —Amit Ray _________________________ Writing your story might...
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I started 2016 like any year, with high aspirations and the loftiest of goals. Life was a proverbial blank page; my journal a literal one. My writing life was not immune from my goal-setting fever and...
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“These handwritten words in the pages of my journal confirm that from an early age I have experienced each encounter in my life twice: once in the world, and once again on the page.” ~ Terry Tempest...
View ArticleDo This One Thing To Transform Your Writing
“If something inside of you is real, we will probably find it interesting, and it will probably be universal. So you must risk placing real emotion at the center of your work. Write straight into the...
View ArticleWhat’s The Story You Tell Yourself?
Do you know what makes telling the story of your life so complex? There are a few different versions. There’s the version that happened, the version everyone else thinks happened, and the version you...
View ArticleHow To Use Your Journal To Make Peace With Your Body
I’ve struggled with my body image since the age of 10. Whether I’ve actually been overweight or, in the eyes of the world, “skinny,” my self-perception has always been fat…fat…fat. I think I’ve...
View ArticleThis One Shift In Perspective Will Change Your Life
What today looks like: 5:30 am: Wake up 6:00 am: Wake two very grumpy kids 6:50 am: Drop kids off at their dad’s 7:00 am: Commute for 90 mins into the city 8:30 am: Sit in class for 4 hours 12:30 pm:...
View ArticleWhy It’s Important To Tell Your Real Story
I’ve been telling my story for a while now. The same story, almost word for word. It’s become so familiar that I never question it, or expand upon it. I just accept it as my truth. And yet…those...
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