Martha’s Writing Workshop provides a safe, nurturing environment where participants are given the opportunity to express themselves honestly through the written word.

Through her own experiences and observations during group and private therapy sessions, Martha concluded that putting things down on paper helps us to gain perspective. Moreover, the process of writing allows participants to transform the unresolved stresses and traumas disturbing them into coherent stories. It is this process of putting order and structure to our feelings about these situations or incidents that relieves the stress that contributes to illness.

Writing about traumatic events on a regular basis has been documented to relieve tension and boost immune function. More importantly, writing about stressful experiences can alleviate the physical symptoms of disease because it influences both endocrine and immune functions, the production of stress hormones and the immune system’s response to challenges.

Martha understands that writing allows us to transform fears, misgivings and worries cluttering our minds into coherent stories. Venting our emotions verbally fails to produce the same benefits that this writing task does. That’s because, as we generate descriptions of traumatic or stressful experiences and put these down on paper, we form them into orderly narratives and they become manageable. The process of writing about these events on a regular basis helps to relieve tension and diminish mental anguish and physical discomfort.

Although Martha did not design this workshop to enhance participants’ literary creative writing techniques, it has proven very effective for writers and other artists. By undergoing this workshop artists are better able to access their inner truths and originality. With less anxiety impeding their creativity, their writing flows more freely and has more integrity and joy.

Martha conducts her Writing Workshop at retreats, spas, health facilities, colleges and community centers. To find out more about this workshop, or any of Martha’s other workshops, or to determine her availability, please use the online form or email Martha directly.

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