47. Memoirist Mark Matousek Tells Us How to Identify & Write the Truth in Our Life Stories, Avoid False Narratives, & the Healing Power Writing Has Over Body/Mind Health Issues Host Enoe Aracely Brown September 19, 2024 Holistic Edge Radio

Send us Fan Mail An American memoirist and journalist, Mark Matousek will speak about his method called Writing to Awaken which he uses to teach his students how to use self-inquiry as a way to examine personal stories to write authentic, more powerful and truthful accounts of their life. For some it may be through memoir, for others poetry, or a novel. Whichever way writing down traumatic events, or psychiatric episodes, or any life experience starts the process of releasing their negative impact on our psyche, which can slowly be witnessed over the months by how a person's health improves by experiencing less anxiety and depression in their life. He will also speak about his latest book on the philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson called Lessons from an American Stoic: How Emerson Can Change Your Life, who can teach us about optimism, how to learn from hard times, and how to move forward from overwhelming events such as those experienced during Covid, over the past few years.Guest Bio: Mark Matousek graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California, Berkeley in 1979, and received a fellowship to Worcester College, Oxford, after being awarded an M.A. in English Literature from UCLA. He moved to New York, worked in Reuters International, then in Newsweek’s  letter department, before being hired at Andy Warhol’s Interview, where he became the magazine’s first staff writer and senior editor. While there he conducted hundreds of interviews with well-known figures in film, television, books, fine art, politics, design and science. Today Mark Matousek is an award-winning author of severa; books, his first book was an international bestseller called Sex Death Enlightenment: A True Story, his latest title is called Lessons From an American Stoic: How Emerson Can Change Your Life, based on the American Philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including The New Yorker, O: The Oprah Magazine, Good Housekeeping, and Harper’s Bazaar and blogs for Psychology Today. In 2013, he founded The Seekers Forum, a global online community for spiritual dialogue.  Mark is also a teacher, speaker and mentor who teaches a process of self-examination called Writing to Awaken Method, which focuses on expressive writing for personal, professional, creative and spiritual transformation. His workshops take place in the US, Canada, and Europe each year, which have inspired thousands of people around the world. He is also a co-founder of V-Men, the male version of V-Day, Eve Ensler’s movement to end violence against women and girls. Mark lives with his partner, David Moore, in Springs, New York.Guest Contact:Contact:https://markmatousek.com Contact Mark: [email protected] the showHost Contact Information:Enoe Aracely Brown:Email:  holisticedgeradio.gmail.comWebsite:  .