{"product_id":"9781504336635","title":"The Life Writing Workbook: How to Work through Your Life's Unresolved Emotional Experiences","description":"I stumbled upon life writing at age?twenty-nine. I was?at?that moment in?a divorce?when you know it’s over, and it’s time to move on. I?realized how little?I?understood my life and that?I had no real sense of?how to make a life.?I wanted a life.?I wanted?a certain kind of?satisfaction?from life?that I knew existed; yet here I was, very clear that?this?marriage?wasn’t going to work out, and faced with raising?a?lovely?child?alone?as I?made?my way?toward this certain something I couldn’t even name.   I moved in with my best friend’s parents, who were very kind to me. To?try to get a handle on things, I?secluded?myself?in their?basement for many evenings to dissect?my?life story.?It was just instinct.?Starting with?my?earliest memory, I?started the?walk?forward, sifting carefully through each?experience I could?recall. I would approach?certain memories?in the writing, and my body would tighten.?At first I just kept going, but those particular memories called me back. So I went back, slowed down, and?sifted more carefully—looking at the?scene, the?circumstances, the?people involved, and?at?myself, my emotions, my perceptions, and my?fears.   At the end?of this?rather intense?process,?there was no doubt that something?in me?had shifted. I?felt?a new?sense of self-possession. I felt aware of myself in a way I wasn’t before.?I can see this same new presence and power arise in the faces of?others as they complete the life-writing process. The Life Writing Workbook guides you step-by-step through eight sessions of deeply engaging, private, and transformative writing through your life story.?","brand":"Balboa Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47136998424816,"sku":"9781504336635","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504336635_p0.jpg?v=1763711238","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504336635","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}