by Marilyn | May 27, 2015 | Memoir, Memoir Writing, Self Discovery, Uncategorized, Women's Memoir, writing process
One of the hallmarks of writing memoir is making sense of your life experiences. The very act of looking back and seeing how seemingly disparate events are connected by deeper themes leads not only to insight and wisdom but also to self-compassion. Writing...
by Marilyn | May 20, 2015 | Guest Blogs, Uncategorized, writer's block, Writing Ritual, Writing Truth
This week’s guest blogger, Lisa O’Neil, is a student in Writing Women’s Lives™ Transform Your Writing/Transform Your Life™ Mentoring Program, where she and her mother— Lorain Fox Davis, Native American Elder, teacher, and singer— are working together on...
by Marilyn | May 13, 2015 | Uncategorized, Writing Space
I am honored to be this week’s guest writer-in–virtual-residence at Maia Toll’s seasonal Witch Camp, which explores the creativity and fertility of Spring through writing and ritual. This week’s Witch Camp lesson is titled “The Sacred Life of Stuff,” and this...
by Marilyn | May 6, 2015 | Emotional Truth, Memoir, Self Discovery, Writing Time
Recently one of my mentoring clients, who is also a yoga instructor, was thinking out loud about the length of time it is taking her to write her memoir, which she began years ago and has recently returned to. “Well,” she said during one of our coaching calls,...