Psychological research has shown that expressive writing – in particular writing about yourself – can enhance your mood, improve your physical health, and even boost your memory. Writing helps us focus and organize our thoughts around emotional upheavals and health setbacks.
For her Doctorate in Creative Writing, author and former ABC presenter Sian Prior wrote a book called Shy: A Memoir (Text Publishing, 2014) in which she explored the distress of dealing with chronic social anxiety, and the grief she felt following the traumatic end of a long-term relationship. The experience of putting these feelings into words had profoundly therapeutic effects. Her second book, Childless: a story of freedom and longing (short-listed for The Age Book of the Year 2022) involved a similar process of using writing for emotional healing. She is passionate about sharing the knowledge she has gained during this cathartic process.
Sian has been running Writing for Wellbeing workshops for over ten years, both online and in person, for libraries and community groups. Her aim is to encourage participants to develop regular life-writing practices to help them cope with the emotional and physical challenges in their lives. No previous writing experience is required.
For more information: https://www.sianprior.com/short-courses-writing-workshops
Topics:
- The therapeutic benefits of expressive writing
- Finding the ‘story’ behind your ‘situation’
- Writing as catharsis
- Writing the ‘dialogical self’
Duration: 120 minutes
Requirements: Screen for Powerpoint Presentation; whiteboard and whiteboard markers.
Cost: $550 (no GST)
Bookings: https://www.sianprior.com/contact
[Post sponsored by Dr Sian Prior]