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Date: Wednesday 20th Jan
Time: 6:30pm GMT
Online: Zoom link shared ahead of session
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90 mins of creative play. And how to use writing to slow down, untangle your thoughts and notice what’s really going on underneath them
As therapist, I often tell my clients to write their thoughts down, to pick up a pen and jot down whatever pops into their head, raw and unfiltered. But why?
Welllllll, writing is slow. It’s quicker to type, but slow’s the point. Getting thoughts out of our head is like getting a toddler out the house, rushing is counterproductive.
Weirdly, sometimes we don’t really know what we’re thinking, until we see what we’ve written down on the page. Our thoughts are like a kaleidoscope of random, scattered puzzle pieces. The act of writing helps us sort them, and put them into some kind of structure. Sometimes, the picture that emerges, isn’t what we expect. Or like. Sometimes, we have pieces that don’t really fit anywhere. And sometimes, things just look proper weird. Maybe we’ve even got hold of pieces from someone else’s puzzle.
The beauty is that, unlike real puzzles, in time, we can shift the patterns. And create a picture that’s more appealing, more true, more ‘us’.
And all we need is a pen, some paper, a few minutes and a bit of courage.
Join me for Writing as Therapy. A 90-min online workshop where we’ll explore:
how to use writing to slow down, untangle your thoughts and notice what’s really going on underneath them
how to get curious about the stories and patterns that keep showing up
how writing can help you make the unsaid said, and give shape to some of even the most difficult convos that are sat in our hearts
No writing experience needed.
Date: Wednesday 20th Jan
Time: 6:30pm GMT
Online: Zoom link shared ahead of session
—
90 mins of creative play. And how to use writing to slow down, untangle your thoughts and notice what’s really going on underneath them
As therapist, I often tell my clients to write their thoughts down, to pick up a pen and jot down whatever pops into their head, raw and unfiltered. But why?
Welllllll, writing is slow. It’s quicker to type, but slow’s the point. Getting thoughts out of our head is like getting a toddler out the house, rushing is counterproductive.
Weirdly, sometimes we don’t really know what we’re thinking, until we see what we’ve written down on the page. Our thoughts are like a kaleidoscope of random, scattered puzzle pieces. The act of writing helps us sort them, and put them into some kind of structure. Sometimes, the picture that emerges, isn’t what we expect. Or like. Sometimes, we have pieces that don’t really fit anywhere. And sometimes, things just look proper weird. Maybe we’ve even got hold of pieces from someone else’s puzzle.
The beauty is that, unlike real puzzles, in time, we can shift the patterns. And create a picture that’s more appealing, more true, more ‘us’.
And all we need is a pen, some paper, a few minutes and a bit of courage.
Join me for Writing as Therapy. A 90-min online workshop where we’ll explore:
how to use writing to slow down, untangle your thoughts and notice what’s really going on underneath them
how to get curious about the stories and patterns that keep showing up
how writing can help you make the unsaid said, and give shape to some of even the most difficult convos that are sat in our hearts
No writing experience needed.