Writing for Wellbeing groups can bring to mind so many memories. It is like looking at a living image in one’s mind and body. I went to a monthly peer group recently. They are always inspirational and can trigger varying responses depending on the facilitator and the theme. It’s never possible to know ahead of… Continue reading Memories
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Demystifying Writing for Wellbeing events/workshops
I can’t write! I’ve never done any writing! I wouldn’t know what to write! Definitely not for me, I’m hopeless with words! These are some of the statements I have heard from people who would like to write. You can write! Do you write lists, messages to friends, on social media? We listen, we feel,… Continue reading Demystifying Writing for Wellbeing events/workshops
The experience of Writing for Wellbeing workshops
The experience of Writing for Wellbeing workshops offers the opportunity to explore emotions and feelings you want to understand, therefore gaining insight and a deeper understanding. Writing for Wellbeing workshops usually have a theme to work with creatively. In my workshops we start with a breathing exercise or a short movement exercise, for example chi… Continue reading The experience of Writing for Wellbeing workshops
Ways of writing creatively and for wellbeing
Both ways of writing can benefit our wellbeing. Whenever we write we are exploring, consciously or unconsciously, our inner selves. We are bringing to the fore how we feel about certain issues or situations. Our writing can be fictional but despite that a part of us will still reside within it. After all, we take… Continue reading Ways of writing creatively and for wellbeing
My Writing Journey
I can trace the origins of my writing journey back to childhood. When I was a child, like many other children I kept a diary but after a while I became a little bored with that and moved on to writing stories. I loved to dream myself into writing different characters and their adventures. I… Continue reading My Writing Journey