The Life Writing Workbook

I stumbled upon life writing at age'twenty-nine. I was'at'that moment in'a divorce'when you know it's over'and it's time to move on. I'realized how little?I'understood my life and that?I had no real sense of'how to make a life.'I wanted a life.'I wanted'a certain kind of'satisfaction'from life'that I knew existed; yet here I was, very clear that'this'marriage'wasn't going to work out'and faced with raising'a'lovely'child'alone'as I'made'my way'toward this certain something I couldn't...
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I stumbled upon life writing at age'twenty-nine. I was'at'that moment in'a divorce'when you know it's over'and it's time to move on. I'realized how little?I'understood my life and that?I had no real sense of'how to make a life.'I wanted a life.'I wanted'a certain kind of'satisfaction'from life'that I knew existed; yet here I was, very clear that'this'marriage'wasn't going to work out'and faced with raising'a'lovely'child'alone'as I'made'my way'toward this certain something I couldn't even name. I moved in with my best friend's parents, who were very kind to me. To'try to get a handle on things, I'secluded'myself'in their'basement for many evenings to dissect'my'life story.'It was just instinct.'Starting with'my'earliest memory, I'started the'walk'forward, sifting carefully through each'experience I could'recall. I would approach'certain memories'in the writing, and my body would tighten.'At first I just kept going, but those particular memories called me back. So I went back, slowed down, and'sifted more carefully--looking at the'scene, the'circumstances, the'people involved, and'at'myself, my emotions, my perceptions, and my'fears. At the end'of this'rather intense'process,?there was no doubt that something'in me'had shifted. I'felt'a new'sense of self-possession. I felt aware of myself in a way I wasn't before.'I can see this same new presence and power arise in the faces of'others as they complete the life-writing process. The Life Writing Workbook guides you step-by-step through eight sessions of deeply engaging, private, and transformative writing through your life story.'