Opening Up by Writing It Down, Third Edition
Opening Up by Writing It Down, Third Edition

Author: James W. Pennebaker

Publisher: Guilford Publications

Published: 2016-07-15

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1462524923

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"Expressing painful emotions is hard--yet it can actually improve our mental and physical health. Distinguished psychologist James W. Pennebaker has spent decades studying what happens when people take just a few minutes to write about deeply felt personal experiences or problems. This lucid, compassionate book has introduced tens of thousands of readers to an easy to use self help technique that has been proven to heal old emotional wounds, promote a sense of well being, decrease stress, improve relationships, and boost the immune system. Updated with findings from hundreds of new studies, the significantly revised second edition now contains practical exercises to help readers try out expressive writing. It features extensive new information on specific health benefits, as well as when the approach may not be helpful"--

Opening Up by Writing It Down
Opening Up by Writing It Down

Author: James W. Pennebaker

Publisher: Guilford Publications

Published: 2016-06-29

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1462526632

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Expressing painful emotions is hard--yet it can actually improve our mental and physical health. This lucid, compassionate book has introduced tens of thousands of readers to expressive writing, a simple yet powerful self-help technique grounded in scientific research. Leading experts James W. Pennebaker and Joshua M. Smyth describe how taking just a few minutes to write about deeply felt personal experiences or problems may help you: *Heal old emotional wounds *Feel a greater sense of well-being *Decrease stress *Improve relationships *Boost your immune system Vivid stories and examples yield compelling insights into secrets, self-disclosure, and the hidden price of silence. The third edition incorporates findings from hundreds of recent studies and includes practical exercises to help you try expressive writing for yourself. It features extensive new information on specific health benefits, as well as when the approach may not be helpful.

Listening Up, Writing Down, and Looking Beyond
Listening Up, Writing Down, and Looking Beyond

Author: Susan Gingell

Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

Published: 2012-08-01

Total Pages: 586

ISBN-13: 1554583934

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Listening Up, Writing Down, and Looking Beyond is an interdisciplinary collection that gathers the work of scholars and performance practitioners who together explore questions about the oral, written, and visual. The book includes the voices of oral performance practitioners, while the scholarship of many of the academic contributors is informed by their participation in oral storytelling, whether as poets, singers, or visual artists. Its contributions address the politics and ethics of the utterance and text: textualizing orature and orality, simulations of the oral, the poetics of performance, and reconstructions of the oral.

Writing Down Your Soul
Writing Down Your Soul

Author: Janet Conner

Publisher: Conari Press

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1573243566

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Invites readers to forge a greater connection to God and a better understanding of one's faith through writing exercises, sharing the story of the author's recovery from an abusive relationship and the divine connection and clarity she experienced while writing.