by sherryreiter | May 24, 2016 | Poetry Therapy
“I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.” James Michener * * * * “One of the major sources of poetry for me was silence, all that’s not spoken about . . . So the silences in our...
by sherryreiter | May 24, 2016 | Poetry Therapy
Writing Away the Demons: Stories of Creative Coping Through Transformative Writing Resources for the Writer in You Poets and Writers. 90 Broad Street, New York, N.Y. 10004. (212) 226-3586. www.pw.org This site includes literary and small press databases, literary...
by sherryreiter | May 2, 2016 | Poetry Therapy, Therapeutic Writing Exercises
What is Transformative Writing? Transformative Writing is the intentional use of writing for psychological change and well-being. As Shaun McNiff, a leading scholar on the expressive arts, says, “Words become agents of transformation, shamanic horses that carry...
by sherryreiter | May 2, 2016 | Creativity
The Guest House This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your...
by sherryreiter | Sep 24, 2013 | Creativity
What is the function of “the muse”? Is it to amuse, confuse, use, or abuse? Or perhaps to discover what might be true or new? The word muse is implicit in words like “museum” (a house of knowledge), “music” and to “muse” or to ponder. Historically,...
by sherryreiter | Oct 14, 2012 | Creativity
Definition: to cherish the outcome of desire’s good. — The Web’s Brainy Dictionary Can we really define hope? Theologists and poets through the centuries have tried. Perhaps we should accept Emily Dickinson’s enduring abstraction: Hope is the thing with feathers...
by sherryreiter | Apr 12, 2012 | Voice
Dear Friends, Voice is at the heart of our work and relationships. I have created two unique learning opportunities of spoken word for you: Write Your Way to Forgiveness and Peace An online seminar of poems, stories, and writing exercises exploring anger and...
by sherryreiter | Feb 16, 2012 | Emotions
What Perishes Is Not Always Lost Winter As a Time of Survival and Resilience In her book Housekeeping, Marilynn Robinson writes of the life of perished things: I have seen two of the apple trees in my grandmother’s orchard die where they stood. One spring there...
by sherryreiter | Nov 9, 2011 | Emotions, Poetry Therapy, Stories
While some anger is productive and beneficial, other angers are red-hot, insidious and corrosive to mind, spirit, and body. Thunder ‘n Writening is a series of writing exercises to externalize, explore, and exorcise anger, working towards one of the most...
