The Memoir Notes

THE MEMOIR NOTES #13: Breaking Secrets Over Our Knees

The Art of Healing: Writing Our Stories + Kintsugi as Tools for Reclamation and Meaning-Making

Apr 9 •

THE MEMOIR NOTES #12: Why I still haven't bought a desk

How I discovered a family pattern buried in plain view

Mar 12 •

THE MEMOIR NOTES # 11: Why Writers Always Say "Just Keep Writing"

You might be astounded by what you discover

Jan 23 •

THE MEMOIR NOTES # 10: Your Higher Power Is Already Holding Your Book

No matter how much you did or didn't get done this year.

Nov 28, 2023 •

THE MEMOIR NOTES #9: Stepping Into The Story and Walking the Path Within

What does walking the labyrinth have to do with writing and healing our stories?

Sep 19, 2023 •

MEMOIR NOTES #8: Research and Revelations-The Hidden History of My Mother

How a greeting card from two decades ago helped me find one of my mother's best friends from childhood and opened a doorway to stories I had never heard

Sep 5, 2023 •

MEMOIR NOTES #7: No One Really Cares About Your Story

Wait, what? Uncovering The Shadow In Your Healing Writing Process

Aug 22, 2023 •

THE MEMOIR NOTES #6: Memory, Imagination and Small 't" Truth

how do we find our way through the maze?

Jul 11, 2023 •

THE MEMOIR NOTES #5: On The Other Side Of "I Don't Know "

The meandering, bewildering, trustworthy experience of writing your story.

Jun 27, 2023 •

THE MEMOIR NOTES #4: Upstairs/Downstairs/In-Between Life

Living In Multiple Worlds While You Write Your Story + Creating Emotional Capacity To Do This Work

Jun 13, 2023 •

THE MEMOIR NOTES #3: When we become, for a time, them.

Using The Tools of An Actor To Practice Empathy And Compassion

Apr 18, 2023

THE MEMOIR NOTES #2 : A Portal In A Picture

The attempt at a confident slouch of his hips. The childlike way she holds her thumb. The shadows. Clues to a time I desperately want to understand.

Apr 4, 2023 •

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