Write to Rise: The Power of Putting Pen to Paper

Caroline Carey sits down with Libbla Kelly, founder of Right to Rise and Wisdom While You Work, for a conversation about handwriting as a tool for self-awareness, emotional processing and change.Libbla makes the case that reading absorbs you but writing rewires you. Backed by neuroscience, her work uses the physical act of putting pen to paper to slow the brain down, reach past the patterns we hide behind, and process what we would rather push away. Caroline and Libbla go back many years, so this one is personal: two friends on how a notebook became non-negotiable.If you have ever rolled your eyes at "journaling", or tried and not got on with it, or even love it and want to take it a step further - this is the episode that reframes it.In this episode:00:00 Change happens when you want it01:24 Welcome to Eat Nourish Love01:45 Meet Libbla Kelly and Write to Rise03:20 From stationery monitor to a life with the pen05:19 Why handwriting, not a keyboard07:50 Memory is a muscle09:06 Reach out, but also reach in12:05 The method: Stop, Read, Listen, Feel, Write, Rise13:11 Using breathwork to prepare16:36 Sitting with the feeling20:18 Cortisol, scrolling and the quick fix23:34 Over-coping and the weight women carry28:40 Women's wellbeing in the workplace31:02 Inside the Right to Rise book library36:03 Breaking the negative thought loop36:54 When and where to journal41:43 The block, and the light behind it43:41 Three things to take away46:04 Where to find LibblaFind Libbla Kelly:www.WisdomWhileYouWork.comwww.Libbla.comEat Nourish Love is hosted by Caroline Carey. Subscribe for weekly conversations on wellness, business, self-care and personal growth.#EatNourishLove #Journaling #Handwriting #WomensWellbeing #Journaling #PersonalGrowth #CarolineCarey