Jul 24, 2025
This week my emotions caught me out, as they often do. It was an ordinary day. I was doing bits of work in my front room because we had a plumber round doing some work in the bathroom. As I sat tapping away at my keyboard, a sound drifted down the stairs that...
Apr 30, 2025
Shaking up perspective in life writing Had anyone else assumed that all memoirs were written from the author’s perspective? Just me? Before reading and studying life writing, it never would have occurred to me that memoirs might be written from any other stand point...
Feb 5, 2025
Writing about your life demands more than therapy. As a writing therapist, I see every day how powerful writing about your life experiences can be. Using writing to unlock deep emotions and long forgotten, or buried memories, can help us understand ourselves better,...