Welcome to Litsy!

Yesterday was a sad day for me, fellow littens. Writing as a Way of Healing was a big book for me this year.

The beginning of a self-care and healthy journey.

I don't think I can properly express how much I enjoyed this book and I think any prediction I make of how much this book will influence me in the future will be too conservative.
At first glance, it seems like a book on how to "properly" journal, but it prepares you to write as a memoirist, with color and depth. After years journaling, I've recently started taking my work more seriously and finally pulled this down for a read. Very happy I did.

I don't know if I'd go so far as to say I "become a god," but I do know I don't like myself very much when I'm not taking the time to journal properly.

#amwriting #journal

“These are some of my “shocks”, my shifts in perspective that have come from writing. I‘ve had many wounds to heal, and I‘ve done much writing to heal them, and in the process I‘ve discovered a rich, deeply textured life I hadn‘t before recognized.”
I have just started this book but I had to share this quote from DeSalvo. I feel this way about writing as I do about reading and both are ways I connect with my clients. #najowrimo #mentalhealth

And just like that, my day is planned. I've made the conscious decision to set aside both my novel and my journal for today and read. I've been feeling stuck in my journal writing; like there's an emotional blockage I can't yet identify. In the past, my depression presents as laziness, making it hard for me to relax. I need to know when to just trust myself and slow down. #dogsoflitsy

This book is an insightful examination of how writing can be applied to exploring and healing past trauma, with many supporting quotes and references.