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Write Off Your Worries
How to Write for Relief
"Ask most of us to write and we freeze," says Ina Alberts, consultant and seminar leader. In her book Write Your Self Well, Alberts shows how to use a private journal to promote healing. Among her tips:
- Write at least 20 minutes a day on four consecutive days. This practice has worked in clinical trials.
- Focus on what’s been bothering you. Express your deepest thoughts and feelings about the concern, both positive and negative.
- Write continuously, without regard for spelling or grammar. Don’t edit yourself.
- Write about the same issue several times in order to gain more understanding and to view the situation from different perspectives.
- When you stop writing for the day, take time to reflect on what you’ve divulged.
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