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[Book Reading by Linda Joy Myers] The Power of Memoir at Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore [Book Reading by Linda Joy Myers] The Power of Memoir at Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore

Sunday, February 21, 4:00 p.m. The Power of Memoir—How to Write Your Healing Story Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore Berkeley, CA If you wish to place an order for The Power of Memoir at Mrs. Dalloway’s, you can order books from them by phone (510.704.8222), fax (510.704.8228) or e-mail (ord...@mrsdalloways.com). They offer free delivery in the Elmwood... [Read more]

Stories from the Heart V: Memoir Writing Conference Stories from the Heart V: Memoir Writing Conference

Stories from the Heart V Story Circle Network Fifth National Women’s Memoir Conference When: February 4-7, 2010 Where: Wyndham Hotel, Austin, Texas Linda’s workshop: Structures of Memoir—Weaving the Narrative and Emotional Arc Please visit http://www.storycircle.org/Conference for more details. Stories from the Heart V will bring women from... [Read more]

Saturdays at Berkeley: Healing Memoir and Spiritual Autobiography Workshops Saturdays at Berkeley: Healing Memoir and Spiritual Autobiography Workshops

Linda Joy Myers, Ph.D. Healing Memoir and Spiritual Autobiography with Linda Joy Myers, Ph.D. Schedule: Saturdays, 10am-1pm PDT 8 Sessions starting from January 9 – March 6, 2010. Price: $380.00 As a group, we write about the important moments in our lives–childhood memories, careers, love and family, and spiritual quests. Some writers use... [Read more]

[2010 Winter workshops] Writing a Healing/Spiritual Memoir sessions with Linda Joy Myers [2010 Winter workshops] Writing a Healing/Spiritual Memoir sessions with Linda Joy Myers

Linda Joy Myers, Ph.D. With Linda Joy Myers, Ph.D. Period: Mondays, January 11 to March 15, 2010 In this class each student writes the vignettes that are important to the story that needs to be told. We begin with turning point stories, stories that are most significant on the timeline, and write those first. My suggestion is to go with the “fire... [Read more]

[Nov. 6-8, 2009] Harvesting Our Wisdom: Napa Valley Writing Retreat [Nov. 6-8, 2009] Harvesting Our Wisdom: Napa Valley Writing Retreat

Autumn: the earth releases its fruits into harvest turning toward the silence and reflection of winter darkness. In this silence, we dig deep into our inner selves, and the poetry within. Calistoga: steam arises from ancient pools of mineral water inviting busy urban souls to relax into healing waters, to find silence in nature, to spend time with the... [Read more]

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[Book Reading by Linda Joy Myers] The Power of Memoir at Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore

Sunday, February 21, 4:00 p.m. The Power of Memoir—How to Write Your Healing Story Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore Berkeley, CA If you wish to place an order for The Power of Memoir at Mrs. Dalloway’s, you can order books from them by phone (510.704.8222),... [Read more]

The Power of Memoir Writing

The title of my newly released book The Power of Memoir feels muscular and, well, powerful to me.  I find myself thinking about what this power is, the power of memoir writing, and then I’m floating back in my mind to all the workshops I have taught,... [Read more]

Stories from the Heart V: Memoir Writing Conference

Stories from the Heart V Story Circle Network Fifth National Women’s Memoir Conference When: February 4-7, 2010 Where: Wyndham Hotel, Austin, Texas Linda’s workshop: Structures of Memoir—Weaving the Narrative and Emotional Arc Please visit... [Read more]

13 Reasons to Write a Healing Memoir

We all know that writing our personal stories is a challenge–of heart, mind, and body. To wrestle with truth, history, and memory requires us to be brave as we dare to speak out after years of silence. For some, there is the sound of trumpets as... [Read more]

The Power of Memoir is on Kindle!

Surprise, surprise. I just discovered that Kindle already has my new book. No yet officially released, it’s available already on Kindle! The wonders of the digital world! So now people are buying it, downloading it and writing me–this is... [Read more]

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Writing a Memoir as a Healing Process

Linda Joy Myers, Ph. D. Memoir Coach and MFT Therapist linda@memoriesandmemoirs.com Writing stories heals body and soul, and is a powerful way to integrate and change our perspective about the past. Feelings long suppressed can be released by writing both painful and happy stories. Research published in the Journal of the American Medicine Association... [Read more]

Connecting the Past and the Present: Healing Abandonment and Abuse through Awareness

Linda Joy Myers, PhD. Many people I work with in therapy or in my writing-as-healing classes discover stories that surprise them—stories about the mistakes they felt their parents made, power imbalances in the family, or stories about physical or sexual abuse. The darker stories are often a surprise: when writers sat down to write, those issues were... [Read more]

Writing Healing Stories

Linda Joy Myers, Ph.D. “This works even better than therapy,” says Kara, a bright-eyed middle-aged woman, her lined notebook lying on her lap. “I’ve talked about the stuff that happened to me over and over again with lots of therapists. I’ve done all kinds of therapy, but it wasn’t until I wrote it down and told the whole story many times... [Read more]

Ghost Mothers: How to Heal Abandonment and Neglect, and Find Forgiveness

So many women talk about their relationships with their mothers—no matter how old they are. For some, their mother, from whom they have supposedly separated long ago, still occupies a central place in the psyche. She’s too close, she’s too much. She has advice, is nosy, and interferes. The daughter wants time away, she wants boundaries, and fights... [Read more]

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