What started as a free writing challenge quickly transformed into a system for cracking wide open in order to witness fully who I was, and what stories were buried inside me and waiting to be told.

In the summer of 2021, I had just published my memoir "Where the River Flows." After spending a year re-living my eating disorder and divorce, I fell into a depression that almost ended my life. 

Writing is one of the main vehicles for finding myself again when I'm in the darkness. It's how I alchemize the pain, make sense of the nonsensical, and transmute the trudging-through-the-trenches into wisdom that hopefully helps someone who comes after me.

To hold myself accountable, and perhaps help someone else along the way, I made a free writing challenge called Write to Heal, which contained 30 days of prompts that followed the path through those trenches:

• Get clear on why I show up to the trenches in the first place
• Honor any injuries or scrapes that need healing before taking the journey
• Cultivate the necessary tools and collect the required equipment to make the trek
• Embark on the journey forward

This is the path Write to Heal takes you on. 

A 30-day process of sowing seeds, leaving what's heavy behind, and proceeding onward with courage and wisdom to show others the way.This workbook is an extension of that writing challenge, with updated prompts, a clearer structure, and more defined goals and growing points along the way.

My hope is that you find healing, purpose, and growth—and perhaps the wisdom and courage to share what you learn in the end.