by Deborah Cox | Dec 30, 2017 | Becoming More of Your True Self, Coaching For the Therapist, Connect, Therapy, Write and Heal
MORE I need to write, but haven’t in a while. I got a little bogged down trying to create neat, unoffensive packages of psychotherapy. I sort of lost myself, and writing became a chore. But I’m writing my way back home, thanks to a little rest and time...
by Deborah Cox | Jul 18, 2016 | Mood
I have shunned and been shunned. What leads me to turn my back? Repeated bullying or toxic behavior that takes a mental or physical toll. Abuse toward me or others, without acknowledgement of impact. It makes me sad, but out of self-preservation, I’ve sometimes...
by MoLynnie | Jun 17, 2016 | Books & Short Stories, Women, Write and Heal
Some in the 70s missed ERA and the end of Vietnam. Among them was Elizabeth Campbell, the heroine of Wife Material: A Novel of Misbehavior and Freedom. Cocooned from the larger world of feminism and anti-government rallies, Elizabeth was well-prepared for domestic...
by Deborah Cox | May 27, 2016 | Mood
I Write to Grow Up I struggle to differentiate, as we all do. Leaving home is a lifelong process, as described by Murray Bowen, the father of family systems theory. But writing my novel, Wife Material, about the process of leaving home, catapulted me forward. That’s...
by Deborah Cox | May 27, 2016 | Becoming More of Your True Self, Create Art, Mood, Write and Heal
Julia Cameron says we all have the right to write, even if someone has told us we’re no good at it. Writing is a birthright that cannot be denied. It brings what’s inside to the outside, a very basic human need. I’m working on a sequel to Wife Material, the novel I...
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