Writing to Heal the Soul

Faced with her daughter's devastating illness, Susan sank beneath layers of fear, denial, guilt, all combined with an unwavering love. For years, she crammed her life full of activities to avoid confronting the magnitude of her loss. Not until she started writing, working through her conflicting emotions on the page, was she able to move beyond the pain to a place of gratitude and joy.

Writing to Heal the Soul is her gift to others who find themselves facing grief or loss, whether through death, disability, illness, divorce, or other difficulties. It offers clear, simple exercises to focus the writing process, vivid examples from men and women on the same path, and an exploration of the stratagems of journaling, grief work, and creative writing -- all aimed at giving readers the courage to pick up a pen and achieve a new level of understanding and acceptance.