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Life Writing
Self-publishing a memoir to industry standard – my story
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Regina Meyer When I finished the first draft of my manuscript, I felt chuffed and excited. ‘My book is just around the corner,’ I thought, swept up in my initial euphoria. Of course, I had heard reports of accomplished authors who had submitted their work to countless publishers before succeeding...
Life Writing
Writing in a journal for 20 minutes a day provides a mentor for myself
9.19am, writing desk: I’ve been sitting here for four minutes, ruminating. Hugging Benji Cat and reflecting on why I did not write an entry in my online journal yesterday. Usually if I miss a day, which is rare, I am either hiding from myself or am outrageously busy, but yesterday...
Finding self-direction through daily writing
By June Alexander Twenty minutes a day is all it takes. Writing in your diary for 20 minutes each day can help you to feel in control of your life. You can write in your diary anywhere, at any time of the day. You can use pen or paper, a...
Life Writing
Lessons from a little boy who cannot speak – yet
Our life is often shaped by challenges that occur beyond our control. How we respond to these challenges determines the outcome. Story-writing is an effective way to promote self-healing and make our life experience count. The catalyst for writing a story can come from unexpected sources. For Loretta, it was...
Life Writing
Writing your way to self-care and self-freedom in 2019
June Alexander Each New Year’s Day for many years I created a list of resolutions. The lead resolution always was: “Eat three meals and three snacks daily”. Sounds good and easy but I always shattered this resolution within hours. Making an annual resolution about food when you have an eating...
Writing today to heal a lost yesterday
We grasp our lives in a narrative. In order to have a sense of who we are, we have to have a notion of how we have become, and of where we are going.” Charles Taylor (1989) June Alexander I am sitting in a coffee shop with an elderly life-writing...
Turning letter-writing into a self-calming conversation
By June Alexander Unconditional love and informed support of family members can speed the pace of self-renewal when recovering from an eating disorder or traumatic experience, but if you are alone or not receiving care from your family in the way you need, persevere, for healing is possible for you,...
Use life writing to reclaim your voice
By June Alexander Knowledge is power in healing from a serious illness or changed life circumstance over which you may or may not have control. But when you lack the capacity to understand the context or implications of changes that have occurred, anxiety may set in, and you might experience...
Life Writing
Chloe adopts a lot of animals – a story by Olivia, age eight
Everyone, at every age, can write a story, and you are never too young or old to start. My granddaughter Olivia, who lives in the city, loves animals and she reads and writes about them at every opportunity. Recently Olivia and her sister accompanied me to a local animal shelter...
Life Writing
Getting ready to write your story
By June Alexander Choosing the time to write your story is the first of many factors, for your impression, today, may differ tomorrow. The writing of a life story or memoir requires preparation and planning, and you will find that benefits come in the process as well as the delivery....
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In this free podcast, Dr June Alexander reads her memoir, written almost entirely from her diaries, which she began writing at the age of 12.
Dear Diary
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The diary, a book in which a daily record of events and personal experiences can be kept, offers a window into life in the past.
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