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Sez Kristiansen on the Power of the Spoken (and Written) Word
What role does writing play in your journey? In this episode of Woman Worriers, host Elizabeth Cush welcomes Sez Kristiansen, an author and spoken word performer, who talks about how poetry and journaling have helped her heal.
“There’s a cathartic process of taking some sort of pain within yourself and manifesting it into something.”
Show Notes:
Sometimes our worlds don’t make sense. We struggle with anxiety, trauma and emotional pain. We can’t see a way out, even when it’s all around us. In this episode of the Woman Worriers podcast host Elizabeth Cush, LCPC, a licensed professional therapist, founder of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., and a mid-life women’s life coach, welcomes Sez Kristiansen, poet and author of Healing HER, Story Medicine, The Daily Heal Journal and other titles, for a conversation about connecting with the healing power of the natural world and using poetry, journaling and other creative writing to create space for your feelings and start to make sense of your experiences, ease your anxiety and heal your pain. They also talk about the journey of getting back to yourself and the critical importance of self-compassion in the process.
Listen and learn:
How one writer used poetry as a tool to make sense of a contradictory world
What we can learn from nature
How journaling can help point the way
The power we can discover when we stop trying to “fix” our anxiety—and the tools to use instead
Why we need to turn inward in order to turn outward
How we can learn to give to others from a place of fullness—and the benefits we gain from doing so
How writing can bring you back to wholeness
The value of allowing yourself to be vulnerable
The role of self-compassion—and how we should be talking to ourselves
The surprising shifts that happen when we stop criticizing ourselves for making mistakes
A journaling technique that could change your perspective and offer deeper insights—even if you don’t journal regularly
Why you don’t need to change what you might think you need to change—and what to change instead
Learn More:
> Sez Kristiansen’s website
> Sez Kristiansen on Instagram
>Healing Her, by Sez Kristainsen
> Elizabeth’s coaching website
>Three Invitations to Come Home to You
> Sign up for Elizabeth’s newsletter
> Guided meditations from Progression Counseling
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>Try Journaling for Insights and Stress Relief
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