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Changing our lives

Writing changes things

by Jan on April 19, 2010

I’ve been reading around the research on the power of writing to bring about real change and its impact on emotional and even physical health.  But even better than reading about it is seeing it in action. Last week I had the power of writing underlined for me by a very dear client with whom [...]

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Writing what we don’t know

by Jan on April 14, 2010

I write what I don’t know. Robert Creeley I was struck by this quote from an interview with the poet, Robert Creeley. Think about it for a minute, even if you’ve read it before, please hold it, just for a few heartbeats. OK, I’m taking it completely out of context (you can read the whole [...]

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Original thinking

by Jan on April 12, 2010

To realize originality one has to have the courage to be an amateur. Marianne Moore Does that quote get you like it got me? Why, oh why did I never read that before, why did I never realise that it’s OK, in fact something to be proud of, to be learning, rather than to be [...]

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Where is my muse?

by Jan on March 23, 2010

Do you sometimes have days when ideas flood in, when the way ahead is obvious, when you’re buzzing and eager? And perhaps other days when you feel utterly stuck, as if there’s a wall in your mind, stopping you from getting at the creative ideas for changing your life which are tantalisingly close, but inaccessible? [...]

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Keep yourself in the picture

by Jan on March 22, 2010

You know that expression ‘getting in your own way’? It’s often used in writing about personal development, referring to the way in which we can sabotage our attempts to change our lives, we can trip ourselves up, cast a shadow over the possibilities. I literally and graphically got in my own way when I was [...]

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