What's Your Story? with Author Nancy Slonim Aronie

from Lucid Cafe · host Wendy Halley

In this episode we explore the magic of writing and the power of telling your story. My guest Nancy Slonim Aronie wants you to know that writing is not an exclusive club, that everyone has a really good story to tell. And usually not just one. In her new book Seven Secrets to the Perfect Personal Essay she writes “Essay writing is personal. Sharing what you think about a certain topic is risky. Especially if what you think is not what everyone else thinks.”Nancy Slonim Aronie is the founder of the Chilmark Writing Workshop on Martha’s Vineyard and the author of Memoir as Medicine and Writing from the Heart. A regular commentator for NPR’s All Things Considered, Aronie has taught at Harvard University and conducted writing workshops and lectures at Kripalu, Omega, Esalen, Rowe Conference Center, Wainwright House, and the Open Center in New York City.In this episode, Nancy discusses:Creativity is its many formsThe healing power of the personal essayThe mystery and magic of writingHow everyone is a writerBeing vulnerableThe importance of feeling safe when writing and sharing your writingWriting workshopsTo learn more about Nancy and her workshops, please visit https://chilmarkwritingworkshop.com/________BECOME YOUR OWN SHAMAN Introductory Online Course Visit Wendy’s website to learn more about the the Harmonic Egg® “Gifts and Tools to Explore and Celebrate the Unseen Worlds” - The Lucid Path BoutiqueLucid Cafe episodes by topic Listen to Lucid Cafe on YouTube ★ Support this podcast ★

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