{"id":497,"date":"2020-04-13T14:19:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T19:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/?p=497"},"modified":"2020-04-13T14:19:45","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T19:19:45","slug":"writing-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/?p=497","title":{"rendered":"Writing therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">published in the Republican April 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fifteen years ago, I began writing my column, sharing my personal experiences while giving insight into disability issues.&nbsp; My hope is to empower and inspire people to live their best lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have always believed in the power of writing therapy ever since I was a young girl.&nbsp; I always kept a journal writing down my wishes and frustrations.&nbsp; It was a way to destress while turning the page to start fresh every day.&nbsp; Writing therapy has been proven to improve memory.&nbsp; It can also be very healing for people who experience a traumatic event to write about what happened and how they felt.&nbsp; Writing therapy has been shown to help people with anxiety, depression, grief, chronic illnesses, substance abuse, eating disorders, communication skills and low self esteem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting a journal can be done with pen and paper or at a computer.&nbsp; I prefer to use my iPad.&nbsp; Each week you should set a goal when you want to write.&nbsp; I always like to do it at the end of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are five steps to keep in mind while writing.&nbsp; The first and second steps are to decide what you want to write about and review.&nbsp; The third step is to investigate your thoughts and feelings.&nbsp; The next step is to set a time limit, which is very helpful when you want to relieve stress and let things go.&nbsp; The final step is to reread what you wrote and be refreshed for the next day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>published in the Republican April 2020 Fifteen years ago, I began writing my column, sharing my personal experiences while giving insight into disability issues.&nbsp; My hope is to empower and inspire people to live their best lives. I have always believed in the power of writing therapy ever since I was a young girl.&nbsp; I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":498,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497\/revisions\/498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}