So, today's discussion is a little bit about you; but mostly, it has a lot to do about me. Ugghh! Sorry to sound so selfish here, but I'm currently on hold in the Valley of Indecision and it's a frustrating place to be. I've been in the valley before, but NOT THIS DEEP. It's the … Continue reading Indecision is a Progress Killer: A Writing Therapy Reflection
"DEAR DIARY . . . Today was a bad day! I saw so-and-so in the cafeteria line during lunchtime and she didn't even speak to me. Next time I see her, I'm not going to talk to her either, so she can see what being ignored feels like. I don't think we're going to be … Continue reading Fast-tracking the Journaling of Your Moods and Behaviors
Couldn't help myself. Couldn't help myself. I just had to take a moment and push pause on my own words to make room for someone else's. As I mentioned in our last visit with one another, I plan on taking journaling for a multi-part blogging experience, here at Degrees of Maternity. And from what I'm … Continue reading A Crash Course on Journaling from Someone Else
Have you heard of Write What's on Your Heart Day? And, did you know that it's today? I'm guessing your answers are "No" and "No." And that would make perfect sense, because I actually just made it up. Hee. Hee. (Well, at least I think I made it up. You never know these days. It … Continue reading “Write What’s on Your Heart” Day
Please note that the prior blog post, entitled What’s Next with the Steps: A Writing Therapy Reflection, included a whole worker bee analogy that I wanted to make as smooth as honey when describing how we should proceed through the process of claiming our truest identity. And don't think we're dropping the writing off while we … Continue reading The Bee-Attitudes of Closing the Gap
Knowledge is powerful, right? But knowledge with proper application is down-right transformational. Let me break it down another way. It's one thing to have power at your fingertips; but it's a whole other level to take those fingers and work that power so it activates some life-changing reaction that moves and shakes your world as … Continue reading What’s Next with the Steps: A Writing Therapy Reflection?
First, I want to start out by apologizing for missing you yesterday. I was supposed to be on board with a blog post on Tuesday, but I've had some family priorities that have taken precedence and was extremely preoccupied with attending to those personal tasks. Therefore, I thought I'd distribute this post smack dab in … Continue reading 10 Questions to Consider When Writing Your Identity Needs
Identity. Identity. What's my identity? If you tuned in to my blog post, entitled Identity Placement in Writing Therapy, then you know I gave you free rein to identify that "where you want to be" embodiment of yourself. Basically, I wanted you to start articulating (in writing) what would make you feel comfortably at home … Continue reading How Do You Write Your Success Story?
Okay, folks. The case study. What could it be? What could it be? Well, you know . . . it's gotta be about me, unfortunately. I'm about to tell on myself, namely because I want to correct something I mistakenly did on this blog recently. And partly, because I thought it would help bring some … Continue reading Deception in Perception: A Therapeutic Writing Case Study
Your relationship with therapeutic writing can be quite intimate if you allow it to naturally function as it should. It's relationship-like. Writing for personal healing is no new thing, because human beings are no new thing. We've been around for a while, and we've seen therapeutic writing used in various forms but probably never recognized … Continue reading Uncovering Identity in Personal Writing
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