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With the rise of the digital age, writing as a form of inquiry and reflection is fast becoming a forgotten art. Written by an experienced executive coach and writer, this book is full of information and exercises to build and maintain a regular writing practice for enhancing well-being, as well as set up and maintain a journal. Contents include: Establishing a writing practice; Why writing by hand with pen and paper works; How to write for emotional balance; Using writing to manage difficult feelings and emotions; Therapeutic models and writing practices to challenge your thoughts and beliefs; How to gain new perspectives and solutions to work or personal challenges; Reframing relationships with self and others; Resources, references and glossary.

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Publié par	Step Beach Press Ltd.
Date de parution	28 janvier 2018
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781908779267
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	2 Mo

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49 WAYS TO WRITE
YOURSELF WELL

JACKEE HOLDER

JACKEE HOLDER
First published in Great Britain in 2013 by Step Beach Press Ltd, Brighton
Copyright © Jackee Holder
The right of Jackee Holder to be identified as the author of the work has been
asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a
retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior
written permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of
binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar
condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.
A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library.
ISBN 978 1 908779 07 6
Picture credits
p17 Joe Shlabotnik; p22 Sharron Wallace; p38 Ruthanne Reid; pp35, 43, 63, 124
Jackee Holder; p56, 57 Labyrinthos Photo Library – www.labyrinthos.net; p58
Naomi Sachs, Therapeutic Landscapes Network; p68 D Sharon Pruitt; pp53,
70, 123 Robin Rezende; p76 Beatrice Murch; p82 flickr.com/photosteve101; p97
Kevin Dooley; p105 Surian Soosay; p109 Vladimir Fofanov; p110 Stephanie Dale;
p114 Tax credits; p124 Holly Kuchera; p127 Mihai Tamasila; p142 Jen Morgan
Series editor Jan Alcoe
Edited by Grace Fairley
Typeset in Brighton, UK by Keren Turner at Katch Creative
Cover design by Keren Turner at Katch Creative
Printed and bound by Star Standard Industries, Singapore
Step Beach Press Ltd, 28 Osborne Villas, Hove, East Sussex BN3 2RE
www.stepbeachpress.co.uk
For all my paper mentors from the
early years to 2012 – thank you.
Acknowledgements

This is a thank you to those individuals in my life who have
knowingly and unknowingly, positively contributed to
me getting this book written. I am deeply grateful.
Jan Alcoe
Aida Campbell Holder
Sharron Wallace
Suzette Clough
Nina Grunfeld
Martha Holder
Eric Maisel
John McConnel
Sandra Parris
Jo Hathaway
Grace Fairley
Keren Turner
49 Ways to Well-being Series

If you have selected this book, you may be
looking for practical ways of improving your
well-being. If you are a health and well-being
practitioner or therapist, you may be helping
your clients to improve theirs by encouraging
them to practise some of the approaches it
is based on. Well-being is a subjective state
of ‘feeling good’ which has physical, mental,
emotional and even spiritual dimensions.
Because these dimensions overlap and
interact, it is possible to improve well-being
by making positive changes in any one of
them. For example, taking up regular exercise
(a focus on physical well-being) may improve
concentration (mental well-being), happiness
(emotional well-being) and sense of purpose
(spiritual well-being). This series of well-being
books is designed to provide a variety of
routes to recovering, sustaining, protecting
and enhancing well-being, depending on
your interests and motivations. While some
emphasise psychological techniques, others
are based on physical movement, nutrition,
journaling and many other approaches.
Each book in the series provides 49 practical
ways of improving well-being, based on a
particular therapeutic approach and written by
an expert in that field. Based on tried and

tested approaches, each
title offers the user a rich source of tools
for well-being. Some of these can be used
effectively for improving general resilience;
others are particularly helpful for specific
problems or issues you may be dealing
with, for example, recovering from illness,
improving relaxation and sleep, or boosting
motivation and self-confidence.
Enjoy dipping into any 49 Ways book and
selecting ones which catch your interest or
help you to meet a need at a particular time.
We have deliberately included many different
ideas for practice, knowing that some will be
more appropriate at different times, in different
situations and with different individuals. You
may find certain approaches so helpful or
enjoyable that you build them into everyday
living, as part of your own well-being strategy.
Having explored one book, you may be
interested in using some of the other titles to
add to your well-being ‘toolbox’, learning how
to approach your well-being via a number of
different therapeutic routes.
For more information about the series,
including current and forthcoming titles,
visit www.stepbeachpress.co.uk/well-being

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CONTENTS

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Introduction
Chapter 1: Getting Started:
Establishing a writing practice
19
to write yourself well
20
WAY 1: Journal writing and notebooks
24
WAY 2: First things first
26
WAY 3: Free writing
28
WAY 4: Morning pages
30
WAY 5: Writing spaces
32
WAY 6: Writing habits and rituals
34
WAY 7: Writing prompts
39
WAY 8: Visual writing prompts
40
WAY 9: Inner wise writing self
42
WAY 10: Stilling the mind to write
Chapter 2: Escape the Digital:
Why writing by hand with
45
pen and paper works
46
WAY 11: Why write by hand?
WAY 12: Write it down to make
48
it happen
WAY 13: Writing with your
50
non-dominant hand
WAY 14: Drawing is writing
52
going deeper
54
WAY 15: Writing the labyrinth
58
WAY 16: Finger-walking the labyrinth

Chapter 3: Managing Your
Emotions: How to write
61
for emotional balance
62
WAY 17: The shade of the shadow
64
WAY 18: The light of the shadow
66
WAY 19 : Naming your emotions
68
WAY 20: Capturing your core beliefs
71
WAY 21: Discounting your core beliefs
74
WAY 22: Blocked emotions
WAY 23: A paper ritual for releasing
76
your emotions
78
WAY 24: Intuition – your inner wisdom
Chapter 4: Therapy on the Page:
Therapeutic models to challenge
81
your thoughts and beliefs
82
WAY 25: Challenge your beliefs
84
WAY 26: Word rehab
86
WAY 27: Trading places
88
WAY 28: Parent, child, adult ego states
90
WAY 29: I’m OK and you’re OK
WAY 30: What are your
92
emotional drivers?
WAY 31: A walk around the
94
Karpman Triangle
96
WAY 32: Question time

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Chapter 5: Writing Therapy:
101
Change the script!
102
WAY 33: Rewrite your life script
104
WAY 34: Fact or fiction
106
WAY 35: Forgiveness (part 1)
108
WAY 36: Forgiveness (part 2)
110
WAY 37: The F word
112
WAY 38: Money, money, money
115
WAY 39: Rewrite your money scripts
Chapter 6: Nature Wisdom, Body
117
Wisdom and Writing Wisdom
118
WAY 40: Writing with nature
122
WAY 41: Conversations with trees
126
WAY 42: Walking and writing
128
WAY 43: Poetry medicine
130
WAY 44: Poetry prescription
132
WAY 45: Our bodies, our selves
134
WAY 46: Body stories
136
WAY 47: Gratitude journal
138
WAY 48: A letter to you
140
WAY 49: Writing totem

144
Glossary
146
Useful Resources
148
References

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INTRODUCTION

Welcome to 49 Ways to Write Yourself Well . As you explore this guide, you will
be learning about and using a wide range of ideas and techniques to improve
your well-being, drawn from the broad fields of creativity, contemporary
psychology, psychotherapy, journal and writing therapy, coaching, personal
development, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and sometimes plain
common sense. The practices and content have been sourced from research
into the therapeutic benefits and value of writing and the strong links between
our thinking, emotions and behaviour. By sharing some of the research, science
and kitchen-table wisdom behind the therapeutic benefits of creative writing,
the book shows you how writing can help you gain a deeper and more creative
understanding of yourself and what really matters to you.
This guide will steer you around the pitfalls of negative thinking, managing
difficult emotions and stress-led behaviours that have an impact on your physical,
emotional and mental well-being. You’ll learn how to use writing as your own
self-therapy, offering insights into your inner life. You will draw on your own
creative resources in positive ways to explore your thoughts and feelings, your
relationship with yourself and others, and how writing can help you discover
yourself in simple and significant ways. You’ll discover how writing can help you
find answers and solutions to your own questions and how establishing a regular
writing habit will guide you towards what is real and important to you.

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By the end of the book, you’ll be confident
to take to the page, write wholeheartedly
about your feelings and emotions and use a
range of models and techniques to help you
with any difficulties or challenges you may be
experiencing in your life or at work. Writing is
a journey of discovery and you’ll be surprised
by what is revealed by the imprint of your hand
moving across the page, day after day.
WHO THE BOOK IS AIMED AT
This book is written for health care
practitioners and the people they work
with, and for anyone interested in gaining
a better understanding of themselves using
writing as a tool. If you’re a clinician, therapist,
facilitator or group leader, you will find this a
rich resource for the people you work with and
a reflective and reflexive resource for yourself.
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