Memoir Body, Healing Story with Janelle Hardy

Jan 29 2024 55 ep. 48 mins
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Join Janelle Hardy, creator of transformational memoir-writing course, The Art of Personal Mythmaking as she talks to published memoirists, people in the middle of writing their memoirs, storytellers and embodied healers. She even tosses in the occasional body-based writing prompt, to give your stories some unexpected sparks. These are honest conversations of depth are good medicine – they’re the antidote to feeling alone with creative and healing challenges.

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139: WRITING PROMPT: sourcing from your hands

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