We’re 3 years old!
Wow, we did a lot together! The Writing Shed is 3 years old. It is good to savor this moment. 👏 🖊️
Blog – Grid3
Come eat your cake!
Dear friends,Does your cake recipe include: A sprinkle of growing up? A dash of soul-searching? Toppings both sweet and sour? Space for a surprise center? Layers more than the sum of their weight in chocolate grams?My teacher, Deborah Ross, at the Center for Journal Therapy shared with me that if you are just writing down […]
Journaling tool share: Motivational quotes
Ready to stay calm and journal on? Let’s try some more journaling together! Write an affirmation/quote/saying your parent or grandparent always said to you that felt inspiring. It could also be a line of poetry, verse from a spiritual text, or a saying from a group, like AA, that motivates you. Brain Fact: “Motivational quotes […]
The science behind emotional expression + . . .
For a trauma survivor such as myself, I have noticed that I continue to retell my story (to therapists, coaches, my partner) and retell it with different journaling tools (e.g., the dialogue tool to talk to my grandmother; the clustering tool to install positive memories about family). It feels like I am putting the pieces […]
Health benefits of storytelling
Did you know that the act of constructing your story has positive health benefits?Simple things like . . .having a beginning, middle, and an end orcreating characters that show a relationship with one another orincluding back story. . . are connected to gains in health. This is because these elements of structure help us make […]
Shedding old stories
What stories do you tell yourself? Do they serve you in some positive way?Before I transformed self hate into self love, I told myself a story that I wasn’t beautiful. This message eventually rang false, and I let go of that story.Before I knew my parents were doing the best they could, I told myself […]