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Write to Transform

Cissy White — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 22:21:18 +0000

People in the same room understand and empathize with each other in a way that isn’t possible on the page or screen.” “It’s as if attentive people create a magnetic force field for stories that tellers themselves didn’t know they had within them.” Gloria Steinem, My Life on the Road This could be the answer to […]

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Sebern Fisher: The Woman Who Gets Developmental Trauma Like No Other!

Cissy White — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 10:10:00 +0000

“You can recover from all that happened to you.” Sebern Fisher, author of Neurofeedback in the Treatment of Developmental Trauma: Calming the Fear-Driven Brain That was the dose of hope I received from Fisher during a telephone call this summer when she took time out of her busy life to speak with a trauma blogger. […]

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Free-Write Friday: Collections, 8/8/2014

Cissy White — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 14:04:13 +0000

“I have a collection of collections,” my daughter said. She didn’t want to be pinned down and commit to one. She still goes through phases and her collections change. It was once Sesame Street character purses now it’s headbands. Or giraffes. Stuffed and as wall decor. I was thinking of things I’ve loved, such as […]

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Free-Write Friday: August 1, 2014

Cissy White — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 18:51:16 +0000

Natalie Goldberg’s Writing Down the Bones is the go-to book on how to free-write, and it, with Bird by Bird and Writing from the Heart are fabulous for encouraging a new or experienced writer. Meeting Nancy Slonim Aronie at Chilmark Writing Workshops taught me writing can be done, and maybe done best, IN community. Writing […]

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Cissy White — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 01:15:24 +0000

Today’s free-write prompt is this: Write a 3-page letter to half-your-age you! What do you want to share with the younger version of yourself? How has the world changed? Remember, all you have to do is write without stopping for 10 to 15 minutes. There’s no wrong way to write as long as your hands are moving across […]

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