Unlocking Creativity: How Journaling Can Transform Lives Behind Bars

In this week's episode, I interview a creative writing instructor who works in a local county prison to instruct inmates on the practice of journaling. 

Tina Welling is a big believer in the therapeutic power of this practice. She's also a big believer in the link between creativity and nature. Those are two themes that she addresses in her recent books. I'm going to cover both in this week's podcast episode.

I was particularly fascinated to catch up with a writing instructor focusing on journaling because journaling is a fantastic practice for anybody, particularly for writers. 

• It helps you get into the habit of writing regularly. 
• You don't have to ask permission from anybody to journal. 
• It enables you to express yourself through the written word.
• And it will give you source material that you could use later on. 

Best of all, you can't get journaling wrong. After all, when you write an entry, usually — unless you decide to do something with it later — it's for you and you alone.

In this week's episode, Tina Welling explains how she teaches prison inmates how to journal. She also talks about the link between journaling and therapy.

Resources:

Tina's website.

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