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Life Writing Writing our way through 2021

Writing our way through 2021

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I hope you have a new diary ready for 2021. I have three. I chose one, and two are gifts. 2021 is shaping up to be my most prolific diary-writing year yet! I look forward to becoming acquainted with these diaries. I know they will each develop into a loyal,...

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Dear Diary Benefits and risks in writing and publicly sharing your eating disorder story

Benefits and risks in writing and publicly sharing your eating disorder story

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Choosing when to write your eating disorder story with a view to sharing it with the world, requires careful consideration. Writing about your experience, with or without a diary, requires threads and themes to be picked up and woven into an account that will appeal to and connect with readers....

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Eating Disorders Through sharing our stories, we can help beat eating disorders

Through sharing our stories, we can help beat eating disorders

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In 2015, I almost lost my life to anorexia, and now I want to be an eating disorder and mental health campaigner. I want to help prevent others from having to go through the same struggle. The day I decided to commit to recovery, I made a promise to myself...

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Eating Disorders Writing allowed me to turn my recovery into an art

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…                  ...

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Eating Disorders Therapeutic writing for disordered eating: Naming the nameless

Therapeutic writing for disordered eating: Naming the nameless

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These women blew me away. The (mainly) women in the inpatient psychotherapy groups for clients recovering from anorexia that I led for several years were strong and fierce, determined, with visions and dreams. After all – anyone who can consistently deprive themselves of the sustenance their body is calling for,...

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Eating Disorders The evolution of a diary into a self-healer

The evolution of a diary into a self-healer

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My first diary was a Christmas gift in 1962, the same year I developed anorexia nervosa. I was 11 years old. The diary and I bonded immediately and diary-writing has been part of my life every day since. The entry for January 1, 1963, is crammed with details of food...

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Life Writing Write 1000 words a day and your book will happen

Write 1000 words a day and your book will happen

By Regina Meyer When I was a little girl, maybe nine years old, I started reading almost obsessively. The library was my personal treasure trove, giving me access to new worlds and ideas that came alive in the books I borrowed. At home, I would sit and calculate the time until...

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Dear Diary ‘What can I do?’ the COVID-19 pandemic

‘What can I do?’ the COVID-19 pandemic

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Our world is facing a health challenge unprecedented in most of our lifetimes. COVID-19, which developed late last year in China, is now reaching all corners of the world with far reaching impact, and scientists and researchers are scrambling to understand this new form of coronavirus and create a vaccine...

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Life Writing ‘What can I do?’ the COVID-19 pandemic

‘What can I do?’ the COVID-19 pandemic

By June Alexander Our world is facing a health challenge unprecedented in most of our lifetimes. COVID-19, which developed late last year in China, is now reaching all corners of the world with far reaching impact, and scientists and researchers are scrambling to understand this new form of coronavirus and...

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Life Writing Finding your inner poet

Finding your inner poet

By Karyn Braveheart Words without a tune, paper without a picture  Nights without the moon, lessons without a Lecture Love without a heart, years without a season Hold onto your poetry, it’s within you for a reason…  l encourage everyone to share their own inner poet. Poetry is a way...

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