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Happy Pride Month, day 22, articles
22. I'm proud of writing articles about healing from trauma every month for 14 years. I included this with being proud of my books, but it's a separate pride, the discipline of doing something difficult over and over, making time for it when my practice was part-time and when it was full-time and when I had a part-time programming job along with it.
Writing an article always took at least one full day, usually more like two or three. Sometimes I read books to research an article, and sometimes I wrote about a book I was already reading or a class I was taking. Sometimes there was a theme in what clients brought in that month, or something I was working through myself, so I wrote about that.
The next topic always bubbled up eventually, and I struggled through to a title and a shape for it and deciding what to include in what order. I carefully held in mind the people reading, trying to be as inclusive as possible.
It was the primary marketing for my business, and it was also a gift for everyone out there who can't afford bodywork or therapy, but still needs trauma healing. I learned that I knew a lot more than I thought, and that I can write good advice that I also need to read sometimes.
Writing an article always took at least one full day, usually more like two or three. Sometimes I read books to research an article, and sometimes I wrote about a book I was already reading or a class I was taking. Sometimes there was a theme in what clients brought in that month, or something I was working through myself, so I wrote about that.
The next topic always bubbled up eventually, and I struggled through to a title and a shape for it and deciding what to include in what order. I carefully held in mind the people reading, trying to be as inclusive as possible.
It was the primary marketing for my business, and it was also a gift for everyone out there who can't afford bodywork or therapy, but still needs trauma healing. I learned that I knew a lot more than I thought, and that I can write good advice that I also need to read sometimes.