mental health and writing Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/tag/mental-health-and-writing/ Wed, 30 Dec 2015 23:04:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Mental Health and Writing http://booksbywomen.org/mental-health-and-writing/ http://booksbywomen.org/mental-health-and-writing/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2015 08:27:27 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14475 Last night I watched, ‘Amy’, a poignant biopic of the young, troubled jazz singer who died at 27. As I watched I found myself becoming angry with her parents who saw the signs so early of her mental distress and chose to ignore it. And then I remembered that my parents had done something very […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/mental-health-and-writing/feed/ 1 14475 Harnessing The Muse – How To Stay Inspired http://booksbywomen.org/harnessing-the-muse-how-to-stay-inspired-by-shaheen-hashmat/ http://booksbywomen.org/harnessing-the-muse-how-to-stay-inspired-by-shaheen-hashmat/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 17:20:49 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=4297 Art is anything and everything that stirs the emotions. To create art requires an understanding of emotion; a clear sense of how lived experience impacts and expresses our inner world. We writers, like every other type of artist, gain inspiration from the world around us and from our own experiences. A lot of people believe […]

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