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The Write Spot: Writing as a Path to Healing
Read more: The Write Spot: Writing as a Path to HealingThe Write Spot: Writing as a Path to Healing is a collection of a wide variety of stories and includes an extensive resource section with information on how to write about difficult topics without add trauma. Shavasana by Karen Handyside Ely (excerpt) I lie flat on my back. Dewy in yoga sweat. Flushed and giddy after…
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Stressed? Sensory Awareness might be the answer for healing.
Read more: Stressed? Sensory Awareness might be the answer for healing.Today’s Guest Blogger Jean Grant Sutton writes about why we are stressed. The Great ‘Post Covid’ Unwinding It has become so very clear to me of the havoc that has been wreaked on our world from the Covid Pandemic. Of course, for most of us the disruption to our financial stability is still having ripple…
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Healing Starts When You . . .
Read more: Healing Starts When You . . .“Healing starts when you write about what happened and how you felt about it then, and how you feel about it now. And in order for our writing to be a healing experience, we need to honor our pain, loss and grief.” — “Opening Up By Writing It Down” by James Pennebaker “The Write Spot:…
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Healing. Prompt #565
Read more: Healing. Prompt #565Write about a time you experienced a healing—physically, spiritually, or emotionally. Or, if you are in the process of pursuing healing . . . write about what you are doing. Or, what healing methods do you want to pursue? Let me count the ways . . . Aromatherapy, autogenic relaxation, art, biofeedback, deep breathing, exercise,…
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The Healing Power of Images Prompt #139
Read more: The Healing Power of Images Prompt #139Today’s prompt is inspired from Poetic Medicine by John Fox, “The Healing Power of Images.” “A morning glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books” — Walt Whitman “Images are drawn from sensory experience and help us to feel what the writer or speaker is communicating. Whitman is more satisfied by…
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Write & Collage Workshop
Read more: Write & Collage WorkshopWrite & Collage Workshop with Marlene Cullen Date: Sunday, September 27, 2026 Time: 1 pm to 3 pm Location: Slough City Studios, 409 Petaluma Blvd, Suite C Cost: $40 includes a copy of a Write Spot book Registration: Email Marlene Cullen: mcullen – at -sonic.net The first part of this workshop invites exploration of memorable…
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Petaluma June
Read more: Petaluma JuneBy Karen Handyside Ely Petaluma summer morning. Cool, brisk, velvet fog blankets Sonoma Mountain shoulders, Leaving only the soft domed tops revealed, Rising in the mist. Motivating chill in the air. Bare feet pad across icy bathroom tile Happy to be encased in wooly Ugg boots Sweatshirts pile on easily, welcome companions Urging…
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Calculus
Read more: CalculusCalculus By Deb Fenwick I show up at dawn, stepping into the murky slipstream of a new day, considering whether a patch of sunrise or a bruise of blasphemy will win. Every day there’s some calculus to work out. Read the breaking news or not. Watch the video or not. Tie myself in knots. Or…
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The Write Spot to Jumpstart Your Writing: Connections
Read more: The Write Spot to Jumpstart Your Writing: ConnectionsWhile I was finishing up with the first book in The Write Spot Series, The Write Spot to Jumpstart Your Writing: Discoveries, the idea of a book with writing in it from a mother and her adult children came to me. It hung around, like a toddler at my feet and wouldn’t let go. As I…