The Power of Writing It Down: A Simple Habit to Unlock Your Brain and Reimagine Your Life

CBT assumes that there is a natural cause-and-effect relationship between our life stories, our thoughts, and our feelings.

A narrator can notice things that a protagonist cannot. They can notice patterns—the facts, thoughts, and feelings that repeat again and again and again.

pain is not inherently bad. Pain just points us toward what’s wrong.

We cannot heal our wounds until we understand them.

The reason writing is such a powerful tool for change is because it helps us begin to see things more objectively than we’ve been able to see them before.

Result: What was the outcome of my chosen action?

The act of putting words on the page is a metaphor for the way we put our two feet into our lives—meaning

a fabulous way to get unstuck in your life is to get writing.

Since great writing is born from great thinking, it shouldn’t surprise you that good writing always starts with good questions.

The point of this step in the process is to make space in your physical environment, on your calendar, and then just sit and see what the landscape of your interior world looks like.