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Writing our own life canvas
As a diary-writer since age 12 (goodness, that’s 50 years of diary-writing!), I appreciate the importance of narrative – of writing as a survival and coping tool, as a form of self-expression, as a safe place in which to explore who we are and strive to make sense of our...
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...
Eating Disorders
Writing connects caregivers and creates a channel for healing
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A guided workbook for parents and caregivers of loved ones suffering from an eating disorder offers a way to cope through the pandemic and beyond. For the past 10 weeks I have been working from home. I know, through my own experiences, that writing is a way for me...
Writing as therapy for eating disorders: A self-help tool for your child and yourself
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Reflection: “Your daughter may die.” When my daughter’s eating disorder specialist said these words, a sense of hopelessness engulfed me. I felt dizzy. I didn’t want to hear those words, no matter how much compassion was behind them. I wanted to remain in denial about how serious my daughter’s eating...
Eating Disorders
Writing allowed me to turn my recovery into an art
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His voice curled around my waistline And tickled every toe, Breathing out security from his lips and his nose. My knight in shining armor, My king upon his throne. My medicine My beekeeper My lover… ...
Writing a memoir through drawing on personal diaries and other keepsakes
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Fashioning a memoir out of a diary requires threads and themes to be picked up and woven into a story that the writer and publisher believes will appeal to and connect with readers. Many re-writes may occur in selecting raw material, structure and content. Much of the daily repetition and...
Life Writing
Write, when talking is too difficult
Sometimes there is no quick fix in healing from challenges that can occur at any age or stage of life. Tests and trials happen to us all, and to some more than others. Sometimes things are pretty well decided before we are born. We might be genetically vulnerable to developing...
Life Stories Diary
Write your story with self-paced memoir mentoring
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Postscript: I apologise if you have received a “Demo!”newsletter – sigh, I’m still getting used to the new functionality available on this wonderful new website. Writing a memoir is rather like running a marathon. Success requires time, dedication, preparation, planning, and perseverance. Between us, I think that holding your own...
Write and everything will be all right
… i got your book A Girl Called Tim out of the library last week and i literally read the whole thing in one day because i just couldnt put it down … it was the first book i have ever read that describes exactly how i feel its fantastic and...
advocacy
Write and everything will be all right
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… i got your book A Girl Called Tim out of the library and i literally read the whole thing in one day because i just couldnt put it down … it was the first book i have ever read that describes exactly how i feel … i wish that...
Free - 'A Girl Called Tim' Podcast
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.
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