Poetry Therapy at The Carleton Place Collective

“Only when I began writing did I start living” Writing can free you from what has been holding you back. It offers reflection and release, an opportunity to process emotions and finally give them a home outside of you, on the page. When our messy stories...

Writing For Fun. Writing For Me.

Sometimes we speak truths that we only know once we hear the words leave our lips. It was one of those moments. The other day, on the back couch in the late afternoon sun. A warm support on the other end of the phone. “I want to blog and I want it to be fun!” Woomph....

The Thing About Writing a Memoir…

The thing about writing a memoir is it’s intense in a way that other writing isn’t (though all writing can be, and often is intense) but with a memoir you’re re-living everything important in your life – your old pains, hopes, relationships… The drama. The...

Showing Up, Fear By My Side

I know this will get easier. Once I’m in the flow of writing with my soul leading the way, once I find our rhythm together (because blogging is never just about the writer). Once this happens it will be easier. I will write with confidence. With curiosity. But today,...

How to Prepare to Write in 61 Excruciating Steps

Because we ALL have days like this… Sit down at your desk 2. Check your calendar and confirm it’s time to write 3. Open a blank document 4. Look at the blank page 5. Review your writing plan (if you have one) 6. Decide your writing plan is dumb OR Feel certain...

How to Keep Writing When Life Gets in The Way

We’ve all been there. We’re rocking away on our goals, aspirations, intentions…. and then life…. happens. We get off track, lose our way, and find ourselves some hours, days, weeks or months later, just trying to get back to the place where it all made sense,...