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Resilience and emotional abuse recovery coach Stacy Brookman

writing statistics, memoirs date back to ancient history

Lifestory and Memoir Facts and Stats

Writing and journaling occur on multiple levels - cognitive, emotional, social, and biological
Writing provides positive consequences such as long-term improvements in mood and health
Writing helps you access the unconscious self and learn new things about yourself
It feels much safer to process words on paper than confront past tough situations
Expressive writing dates back to 10th century Japan
It’s beneficial to tell the tale, through lifestorytelling, and heal from difficult circumstances

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Stacy Brookman is a Resilience and Life Storytelling Expert and interviews fascinating people on the Real Life Resilience podcast. She helps smart, outwardly confident women who secretly have low self-esteem issues due to an emotionally abusive partner take back control and begin to develop the resilience they need to be themselves again. Her free monthly webinar will give you 4 Simple, Proven Methods to Writing the First Chapter of Your Life Story in Just 7 Days. She believes that life is a story…and it’s never too late to start telling yours.

About the Real Life Resilience Podcast

Show Tagline: Stories of recovery from life's most difficult trauma

Show Philosophy: Hearing stories of recovery can inspire us to reflect on our own tough times. It’s the tough times we all go through that spark the need to know our own stories. Really knowing our stories brings about an amazing resilience. Life happens…life storytelling transforms it!

Show Description: The Real Life Resilience podcast mission is to tell stories of recovery from life's most difficult trauma and provide tools for resiliency. People need these stories and tools to get through their trauma, or get beyond their previous tough situations, to live a more joy-filled life. That means Real Life Resilience may spark your curiosity if:

You've been through hell and lived to tell about it,
You’ve got an unbelievable story to share
Your family skeletons are poking out of the closet
You want to move beyond your label
You desire to tell a truth that no one knows
Your wisdom cries out to be heard
You've been told “You should write about that!”
You’re frequently asked to “Tell me about the time when…”
You want to be more resilient

Show Audience: Real Life Resilience listeners are people who like an interesting story, people who may at some point write about their lives whether it’s in a journal, a memoir, or a personal essay...for publishing or not. They are people who are just starting to realize the health and psychological benefits of writing through a stressful time or writing to reflect on past difficulty to become more resilient. They are also genealogists who want to tell their family history, teens and youth who want to discover how and why to write about their life, and others who have an interest in memoir and story in general.

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About Lifestorytelling.com

Lifestorytelling.com is a life story and memoir writing virtual laboratory. Over the course of 12 weeks, we will discover your life theme, start telling your life stories, and transform your life. This isn’t just another writing course. It’s a healing process that employs the very language we use to construct meaning and purpose within our every day lives. With words.

It’s powerful beyond measure because when you truly start to understand how these words and stories affect the way we think and act, you suddenly have the tools to change your life. You become more resilient.

I’ve made it my mission to help people with tough life situations tell their stories. Why? Because I’ve been through tough situations myself…in fact, I was a sociopath’s wife. Lifestory writing helped me get through a very difficult time. Now I help others write through their own difficult times. If you’ve been through hell and lived to tell about it, or your family skeletons are poking out of the closet, you’ll want to check it out.

Lifestorytelling.com consists of a fabulous group of people who are discovering the thrill of telling life stories in a variety of different ways. They are people who have diverse interests and want to dig deeper....whether to heal from tough life situations, tell a family tale, pass down information from generation to generation, or just for fun! Lifestorytelling.com is for people who have no writing experience at all or who have a wealth of experience. We invite you to join this rich community!

Speaking Topics

Real Life Resiliency: The Science Behind Getting Through Trauma. Health and wisdom benefits of writing (real life examples and research-based information)
It's a Tough Life! Writing Yourself into Resilience
The Sociopath's Wife: Tales of Writing and Recovery
How to Write the First Chapter of Your Life Story in Just 7 Days
Lifestory and Memoir Writing - The Key to Unlocking Your Past
"The Skeletons are Coming Out of the Closet!" Passing Down Your Unique (or Shameful) Family History
How and Why You Should Write a Story You Never Want to Publish
4 Steps to Finding the Courage to Tell Your Life Stories
The Best Way for Kids to Write Themselves Into a Better Story
Journaling to Heal
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