Write for Life, Revised and Updated Edition: Healing Body, Mind & Spirit Through Journal Writing - Softcover

Kominars, Sheppard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1607144263 ISBN 13: 9781607144267

Publisher: Kaplan Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

A simple, sure-fire method to improve health and well-being

Can writing help to heal the sick? Will it cure not just emotional wounds, but physical ones as well? Yes, says Dr. Sheppard Kominars emphatically. For anyone suffering from hypertension, chronic pain, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, and even cancer, writing can reduce the physical symptoms of many diseases. For those who have endured psychological trauma in their lives, writing can improve their overall well-being, lower their blood pressure, and improve their immune function.

In Write for Life, Dr. Kominars reveals a host of powerful insights and journaling techniques that can improve health. It could not be simpler: pick up a pen and embark on a lifelong adventure to healthier and happier living. Written with specific instructions on how to use journal writing to deal with medical crises and healing, Write for Life is a valuable and useful tool for people with serious or chronic illnesses, as well as for the doctors and nurses who treat them. The pen just might be mightier than the scalpel!

About this title

About the Authors

Sheppard B. Kominars, PhD, began teaching writing in 1956 at Washington College and has enjoyed a long career in higher education, consulting in health and education, and counseling. He has presented workshops at locations that include University of California at San Francisco Medical Center, Kenyon College, Stanford University Complementary Care Center, Kaiser Permanente, Cancer Center of the Desert, Kenyon College, Dignity International, Fifty-Plus for Seniors, Golden Gate Senior Center, The Heritage in S.F., Sequoias Senior Center, All Saints Church, and more.

A graduate of Kenyon College, Columbia University, and Boston University, Dr. Kominars has been a journal writer for more than fifty years and has written a previous book on recovery. More information about journaling for health can be found on his website at www.journaldoctor.com.

Frank McCourt (1930-2009) was born in in Brooklyn, New York, to Irish immigrant parents, grew up in Limerick, Ireland, and returned to America in 1949. For thirty years he taught in New York City high schools. His first book, Angela's Ashes, won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the L.A. Times Book Award. In 2006, he won the prestigious Ellis Island Family Heritage Award for Exemplary Service in the Field of the Arts and the United Federation of Teachers John Dewey Award for Excellence in Education.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1607144263
• ISBN 13: 9781607144267
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304