Journaling: Writing to Heal

North of Boston Cancer Resource

Discover how the transformative power of journaling can lead to healing and personal growth.

In this informative and supportive creative writing workshop, author and educator Ellen Szabo explores journaling as a gentle, creative practice of reflection, expression, and self-care. Designed to inspire, expand, and support your journaling practice, Ellen uses writing prompts and guided discussion to share how journaling can be an avenue for exploration, transformation, and discovery.With an emphasis on creativity and healing, the workshop explores the many forms that journaling can take and the many places it can take us. No previous writing experience is necessary. No one will be required to speak or share; you can participate as a listener in a confidential environment.Participants affected by cancer living in the North of Boston area are eligible to receive a gift certificate that may be redeemed for services like massage, acupuncture, reiki, yoga therapy, nutrition counseling, health coaching, and more! <h3>Our Presenter: Ellen Szabo</h3>

Ellen Szabo holds a B.A. in English and American Literature from Harvard College and a M.Ed. in Counseling Psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University. She has dedicated her career to helping others heal and grow through storytelling.Szabo has served as a college counselor, directed organizations providing domestic violence and sexual assault support services, and taught Creative Writing for Social Work at University of Iowa—the only seminar of its kind. She facilitates writing groups, classes, and workshops, and provides coaching and editing services for individual clients. Her specialized workshops include Journaling, Writing to Heal; Rebel Poetry; Writing Memoir, A Transformative Art; Changing the World One Word at a Time, Writing Cli-Fi; and Happiness is Complicated, Writing to Feel Better. Most recently, she was selected to participate in Kripalu Center for Yoga &amp; Health’s Activist &amp; Artist in Residence program.Her published books include Love and Apocalypse, Externalizing Your Inner Apocalypse with Creative Writing, and Saving the World One Word at a Time, and Writing Cli-Fi. She is currently writing a memoir titled Ghost Stories, Writing to Heal, and publishing in serial form Apocalypse Rodeo, a novel she wrote to externalize her inner apocalypse.

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