I had a remarkable radio interview tonight with Kate Loving Shenk. We explored my healing journey, and my upcoming book Healing The Writer. Listen at the end, when Kate gives me a direction that had been sitting there in front of me, but I hadn’t seen it yet. Helping other people with creative blocks, based [...]
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My Healing Journey, and Overcoming Creative Blocks
Posted in asylum, Boxing, Business plan, child abuse, Danger, Disassociation, Fathers and Sons, Fear, Flashbacks, Freedom's Just Another Word, gestalt, Hypervigilance, Inner Child, Janis Joplin, Locked up, memoir, Nothing Left to Lose, Publishing, Sleep Disorder, Terror, Wheat harvest, Writers block, tagged 12 step, asylum, Boxing, business plan, child abuse, Creativity, Fathers and Sons, Fear, Flashbacks, Freedom's Just Another Word, Hypervigilance, Inner Child, insomnia, kate loving shenk, memoir, Nothing Left to Lose, Rage, Sleep Disorder, terror, Wheat harvest, writers block on Tuesday, December 27, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Confronting The Fear – A Writer Prepares to Publish
Posted in asylum, Courage, Fear, Flashbacks, Hypervigilance, insomnia, Locked up, memoir, nightmares, Publishing, Sleep Disorder, Writers block, writers conference, Writing, tagged acupuncture, asylum, Courage, Fear, Flashbacks, Hypervigilance, insomnia, locked up, memoir, nightmares, publication, writers block, writers conference, Writing on Friday, August 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Confronting The Fear – A Writer Prepares to Publish.” A writer takes steps to publish a memoir he has written, knowing that moving forward with his book will help him release the fears he has harbored since childhood. Published in Life As A Human. Photo Credit: “Sleep Deprivation” S.MASH @ Flickr.com. Creative Commons. Some Rights [...]
Insomnia: A Writer’s Night Journey
Posted in Farmington, Fear, Freedom's Just Another Word, Healing, insomnia, print on demand, PTSD, Publishing, Recovery, Safety, Sleep Disorder, Terror, Writers block, tagged farmington, Fear, Freedom's Just Another Word, Healing, insomnia, print on demand, PTSD, Publishing, Recovery, safety, Sleep Disorder, terror, writers block on Wednesday, May 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Insomnia: A Writer’s Night Journey.” Accessing old memories leads a writer into nights of insomnia and fear, and brings him closer to publication. Published in Life As A Human. Photo Credit: “Eminem at 3 a.m.”
How My Writing Got Locked Up
Posted in Abandonment, Betrayal, child abuse, Fear, grandmother, Healing, Inner Child, Locked up, nightmares, Safety, Sleep Disorder, Writers block, Writing, tagged Abandonment, Betrayal, child abuse, Fear, gestalt, grandmother, Healing, Inner Child, locked up, nightmares, safety, Sleep Disorder, writers block, Writing on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 | 2 Comments »
“How My Writing Got Locked Up.” An author writes an inner child exercise, and discovers a horrible incident with his grandmother when he was eight years old that locked up his writing for many years. Published in Life As A Human. Photo Credit: “Locked Up” Derekskey @ flickr.com. Creative Commons. Some Rights Reserved.
The Fearful Writer – Monsters in the Closet
Posted in Fear, Flashbacks, gestalt, grandmother, Healing, Inner Child, Locked up, nightmares, Sleep Disorder, Terror, Writers block, tagged Fear, Flashbacks, gestalt, grandmother, Healing, Inner Child, locked up, nightmares, Sleep Disorder, terror, writers block on Thursday, April 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“The Fearful Writer – Monsters in the Closet.” As he purges intense fear, a writer comes closer to facing some deep abuse issues, and he prepares to face the “monsters in the closet.” Published in Life As A Human. Photo Credit: “Scary_04″ Aliwest44 @ Flickr.com. Creative Commons. Some Rights Reserved.
The Fear And The Light
Posted in Acupuncture, child abuse, Fear, Freedom's Just Another Word, Healing, Inner Child, Letting Go, nightmares, Sleep Disorder, Terror, Writers block, tagged acupuncture, child abuse, Fear, Freedom's Just Another Word, Healing, Inner Child, Letting Go, nightmares, Sleep Disorder, terror, writers block on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 | 2 Comments »
“The Fear And The Light.” A writer struggles to uncover and release deep childhood fears that are hampering his ability to write and publish. Published in Life As A Human. Photo Credit: “Deprivation” Jeremy @ Flickr.com Creative Commons. Some Rights Reserved.
Scared To Put It In The Mail
Posted in Creativity, Danger, Healing, Inspiration, Publishing, Sleep Disorder, Terror, tagged Creativity, Danger, Healing, Inspiration, Publishing, Sleep Disorder, terror on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »
“Scared To Put It In The Mail.” An author is ready to send his manuscript information to publishers, but hesitates. He uncovers a terrible resistance — a paralyzing fear — and he’s not sure why. Published in Life As A Human. Photo credit: “Attack of the Lunesta Moth (cropped)”; original by Maxintosh @ Flickr.com. Creative [...]
If I Should Die Before I Wake
Posted in Abandonment, Danger, Fear, Inner Child, Sleep Disorder, tagged Abandonment, Danger, Fear, Inner Child, Sleep Disorder on Saturday, August 21, 2010 | 13 Comments »
“Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.” Wait – what’s this about dying? Am I going to die? Who said anything about that? That sounds really scary! —– Who would say this [...]
PTSD – And Didn’t Know It!
Posted in Anger, Disassociation, Flashbacks, PTSD, Sleep Disorder, tagged Anger, Disassociation, Flashbacks, PTSD, Sleep Disorder on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 | 10 Comments »
I spent a lot of time walking around Houston in the middle ’80s with many of the symptoms of PTSD, and didn’t know it. I was having flashbacks – of occurrences I didn’t remember. I felt like the man in the Bourne Identity with amnesia, who was getting glimpses of his past – a past [...]
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