free writing Archives - Heal Write Now for Trauma Survivors & Adults Abused as Children https://healwritenow.com Writing & Inspiration to Heal Trauma Mon, 30 Jan 2017 17:16:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.5 Beach Towel Inspiration or the Free Fun of Free-Writing https://healwritenow.com/beach-towel-inspiration-free-fun-free-writing/ https://healwritenow.com/beach-towel-inspiration-free-fun-free-writing/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2014 14:14:54 +0000 http://healwritenow.com/?p=2043 I’m sharing a slice of a free-write done last week because I love the way free-writing allows me to make new connections. Often, I choose to write heavy to live lighter because secrets burden the body and writing them down gets them out. However, sometimes writing is simple, basic and playful. That too I appreciate. […]

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]]> https://healwritenow.com/beach-towel-inspiration-free-fun-free-writing/feed/ 2 Cross Post: Christine Cissy White Becomes Nancy Slonim-Aronie’s Ass’t https://healwritenow.com/cross-post-christine-cissy-white-becomes-nancy-slonim-aronies-asst/ https://healwritenow.com/cross-post-christine-cissy-white-becomes-nancy-slonim-aronies-asst/#respond Sun, 20 Jul 2014 14:22:13 +0000 http://healwritenow.com/?p=2047 It’s an honor to work, part-time, supporting Nancy and the Chilmark Writing Workshop. She is one of the Mothers of Free-Writing along with Natalie Goldberg and Laura Davis. I’m so grateful I was exposed to her style, wisdom and heart. I was always a free-writer but had never done it in a group setting until […]

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]]> https://healwritenow.com/cross-post-christine-cissy-white-becomes-nancy-slonim-aronies-asst/feed/ 0 Free-Writing Friday: (1) Where You Practice Being Free https://healwritenow.com/free-write-friday-1/ https://healwritenow.com/free-write-friday-1/#comments Fri, 21 Mar 2014 16:27:16 +0000 http://healwritenow.com/?p=1448 It doesn’t cost anything but that’s not what the free means. It’s YOU that gets to be free. Are you ready? Let the spring cleaning begin in your psyche so you have more room for the lusciousness of life. If you don’t free-write but want to try, please see my piece on how. The sample I’m sharing this week is one I got form Nancy […]

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]]> https://healwritenow.com/free-write-friday-1/feed/ 6 Free-Writing Friday: The Thing About My Body Is / Trigger Warning https://healwritenow.com/free-writing-friday-thing-body-trigger-warning/ https://healwritenow.com/free-writing-friday-thing-body-trigger-warning/#respond Wed, 19 Mar 2014 22:14:40 +0000 http://healwritenow.com/?p=1379 This is a free-write assigned in a writing workshop with Nancy Slonim-Aronie and the starting sentence was, “The thing about my body is…” My body says, “Pay attention” and “Look away” using the same volume, tone and pitch. If I listen to one part I’m disobeying the other. We’re still making up from a fight neither one of […]

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