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Category Archives: Mindful Writing
One hour creative therapeutic writing workshop
This post is based on a handout I produced for a one-hour workshop for Adult Learner’s Week: Workshop exercise 1: Freewriting Freewriting means writing for a timed period without stopping to think, punctuate or correct your writing in any way. … Continue reading
Therapeutic writing workshop
This post is based on a handout I created for a 2-hour workshop on getting started with writing for wellbeing. Research shows that writing can benefit your health and wellbeing, but so far no-one knows how it works. No special … Continue reading
Mindful writing
As you know I am a great believer in mindfulness as a way to help you get well and stay well. A few minutes or even seconds of really being present in the moment, grounding yourself in the real world … Continue reading
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Therapeutic Writing for Managing Stress
For managing stress I recommend you try 5 minutes each per day of mindful descriptive and mindful expressive writing; plus longer, less frequent, writes using other techniques such as positive and perspective shift writing. I think of mindful writing as … Continue reading
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Rear Window
I love the Hitchcock movie Rear Window and one sleepless night in Glasgow when I was gazing out of our high-rise hotel window I was reminded of James Stewart spying on the inhabitants of the building across from his apartment. … Continue reading
How to get started with mindful writing for wellbeing
I’m quite a fan of mindful writing and often use it in my therapeutic writing groups in mental health wards. I encourage you to give it a go – why not try a few minutes mindful writing every morning. Here’s … Continue reading
BBC Radio Cumbria
I read one of my Cumbrian Commute poems (based on mindful writing) on BBC Radio Cumbria this morning. You can listen by clicking here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p015yrwk Once you open the link whizz through to 1 hour 57 minutes to hear me … Continue reading
Branching out
In January and February I attended a 3-day “Read to Lead” training course delivered by The Reader Organisation and aimed at giving attendees the skills to facilitate group sessions that connect group members with literature and, through literature, with each … Continue reading
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Cumbrian Commute – 5
I struggle to concentrate on driving this morning I am enraptured, captured by the glory of a scarlet sky. A sailor’s warning they say. A textured blanket of cloud lit by reds and gold gradually fading out to shades of … Continue reading
Small Stone Day 31
My beautiful Paper Blanks notebook which I wrote about on Day 2 now has a pleasing amount of writing in it and even a couple of sketches. Looking through it I see that I have noticed many things in my … Continue reading