Writing becomes self-healing when it taps into emotions

In our writing workshop it continually happens that people find things out about themselves by writing. We provide a writing topic each month, but we always leave the door open for the subconscious mind to bring up issues that are percolating beneath the surface. The topics we write about are like incentives. We give the mind permission to open up to the hand — and (with a little practice) people find that the heart also gets involved. They uncover wonderful, challenging things that they did not realize before they wrote about them.

People find themselves writing about:

• Something that they are thinking or worrying about too much
• Something that they are dreaming about
• Something that they feel is affecting their lives in an unhealthy way
• Something that they have been avoiding for days, weeks, or years

When this happens, writing becomes self-healing.