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

Knowing the questions helps you better understand what you’re writing about.

Writing is a beautiful and tender invitation to stay with the story. To reimagine the ending. To play a role in shaping it.

Feelings: How do I feel about what happened and about the story I’m telling myself? A great way to name a feeling is to talk about where you feel it in your body.

Writing down the elements of your life as if they are a story—and thinking of yourself as the hero of that story—gives you greater perspective.

We don’t see the connections that set us free until we take the time to write them down.

Writing is communication, self-discovery, creativity, spirituality, and self-expression.

Trying to tell the truth about someone else is challenging and, in the end, uninteresting. The most interesting writing, the most interesting questions, the most interesting life comes when we’re able to tell the truth about ourselves.

writing is diagnostic.