Category: Mentor
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Using two-way written narrative to escape the anorexia prison
DE: What is Anorexia calling out to you at the moment, Helen? What is it saying to you as you struggle towards the Anti-Anorexic side? What is it calling out to you? HW: Punish yourself!..
The story of how a river helps to write about the ebb and flow of life
By June Alexander Water helps me feel good. Besides quenching physical thirst, it comforts my soul, helps me to be resilient and go with the flow, and to be eternally hopeful. In the 1950s, the..
Writing in a journal for 20 minutes a day provides a mentor for myself
9.19am, writing desk: I’ve been sitting here for four minutes, ruminating. Hugging Benji Cat and reflecting on why I did not write an entry in my online journal yesterday. Usually if I miss a day,..
Pets make great life story mentors and this is why
By June Alexander I don’t need to read research papers to know that pets are great mentors for me. For me and many others, animals contribute to feelings of wellbeing. They teach about love and..
Finding self-direction through daily writing
By June Alexander Twenty minutes a day is all it takes. Writing in your diary for 20 minutes each day can help you to feel in control of your life. You can write in your..
Lessons from a little boy who cannot speak – yet
Our life is often shaped by challenges that occur beyond our control. How we respond to these challenges determines the outcome. Story-writing is an effective way to promote self-healing and make our life experience count...
How diary writing helps in moving on
By June Alexander … I am the master of my ship. I am in control. Yet, all too soon, it feels so wrong … … Yet, I can still choose. I grab a hold. [Anne]..
Writing your way to self-care and self-freedom in 2019
June Alexander Each New Year’s Day for many years I created a list of resolutions. The lead resolution always was: “Eat three meals and three snacks daily”. Sounds good and easy but I always shattered..
Using diary records, what kind of story will you write?
By June Alexander Little did I know at age 11 that a small Christmas gift of a diary would shape my life. This diary immediately became a firm friend. A private relationship evolved between the..
Writing today to heal a lost yesterday
We grasp our lives in a narrative. In order to have a sense of who we are, we have to have a notion of how we have become, and of where we are going.” Charles..
Turning letter-writing into a self-calming conversation
By June Alexander Unconditional love and informed support of family members can speed the pace of self-renewal when recovering from an eating disorder or traumatic experience, but if you are alone or not receiving care..
Use life writing to reclaim your voice
By June Alexander Knowledge is power in healing from a serious illness or changed life circumstance over which you may or may not have control. But when you lack the capacity to understand the context..
Chloe adopts a lot of animals – a story by Olivia, age eight
Everyone, at every age, can write a story, and you are never too young or old to start. My granddaughter Olivia, who lives in the city, loves animals and she reads and writes about them..