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Affirmations to Heal the Inner Critic

Affirmations to Heal the Inner Critic

The Inner Critic—everyone is familiar with it. It’s the voice that silences you. It undermines your confidence in facing the blank page, and speaks to your doubts and the part of you that fears writing your stories down, expressing yourself, having your full voice....

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Writing with a Beginner’s Mind

Writing with a Beginner’s Mind

In his book Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, Shunryu Suzuki writes about freeing the mind through meditation, creating the possibility of a fresh and truly open mind, especially when approaching new things. He says that we should look at everything with curiosity and...

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Tips: Writing to Heal, to Become Whole

Tips: Writing to Heal, to Become Whole

Freewrite regularly. Don’t take your pen off the paper and don’t censor. Write your truth for 20 minutes every day. Don’t listen to the critic. Or work with the critic: write down what it says and answer it back. Create a dialogue where your creative voice has the...

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