#therapeuticjournalling

My non-fiction TBR is always other people's diaries. It's so great. And going over the content, helping people re-author the impact and shift their frame of mind. Just encouraging others to let go of guilt and shame is all really amazing. I love narrative practice. Being able to tell people they are in charge of their life no matter what came before is really beautiful. #authorschallenge2019 #narrativepractice #TherapeuticJournalling https://www.instagram.com/p/B0jiMzogLs3/?igshid=kg2zzhbz0kis

When did I start writing? Post Twenty-One. I was probably three. My mother made sure I knew how to spell my name before school and I was so enamoured with that simple concept I used the letters of my name to write her incompressible love notes (only using the letters I knew) fast forward a few more years and my teachers have managed to introduce the rest of the alphabet. I was given a school diary to write reminders in and pretty soon my teacher gave me a second one to use because I was also writing observations unrelated to my classwork in there. haha. I didn't start seriously writing fiction until my twenties but I have a stack of journals from the time I was eight years old at home which are a precious insight into my youth and how I've been shaped by life and love and heartbreak. #womenwritingfiction #wwfchallenge2019 #diarygirl #writinglife #TherapeuticJournalling #TheGirlDiariesIsComing #AwkwardHonesty #AmEditing #AmSketching https://www.instagram.com/p/BvPmYNeHkme/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1n03tbo5anuss