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Writing Your Resilience: Building Resilience, Embracing Trauma and Healing Through Writing

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Welcome to the last episode of Season 1! This season has been amazing, and I am so grateful for all the listeners who return week after week to learn from my featured guests. After weeks of asking other writers questions, I decided to invite some of the writers I work with onto the podcast to ask me questions!

In this episode, you’ll first meet Sara Pam Neufeld, a yoga teacher and former journalist who’s working to complete the first full draft of her memoir about her quest for balance when life turned upside down. As you listen to our interview, here are some questions to consider: What makes it difficult to tell your story? Is it something internal or is your answer based on something you learned or a way you were trained?

In the second part of this episode, you’ll hear from Lisa Rizzo, author of the award-winning poetry collection, Always a Blue House, and In the Poem An Ocean. Lisa’s putting the finishing touches on her memoir-in-progress. As you listen to her interview, consider these questions: Is there a craft technique you'd like to try, or would you like to push the boundaries of storytelling by trying something new?
Connect with Sara Neufeld:
Website: https://www.sarapamneufeld.com

Resources from Sara Neufeld’s Interview

Your Life as Story by Tristine Rainer

Acetylene Torch Songs by Sue William Silverman

A Few Keys to Alignment

Wake Up With Joint Rotations

Improve Your Back and Hip Tightness

Connect with Lisa Rizzo:

Website: http://lisarizzowriter.com

Resources from Lisa Rizzo’s Interview

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

Stash: My Life in Hiding by Laura Cathcart Robbins

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

Heavy by Kiese Laymon

Safekeeping by Abigail Thomas

The Burning Light of Two Stars by Laura Davis

After the Eclipse by Sarah Perry

Believing Me by Ingrid Clayton

(re)using found forms: the hermit crab essay

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