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Writer Wellness: A Writer's Path to Health and Creativity

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Being a professional author is an exercise in multitasking to the extreme without losing our mind. Joy's book is a must-have for any person who wants to do this job for a living. In order for creativity to flow, we writers need to relax. The single greatest enemy of a writer is stress. Stress can crater our confidence, wreck our ability to focus, and give us writer's block that dynamite can't bust. Joy gives some great ways to decompress and be a happier, healthier and more productive writer. Love this book.

We never really discuss the health of the author when we talk about writing. But it's a key component. This book gives you ways to relax, to stay fit, and use all of that to enhance creativity. I found it a very worthwhile Kindle read.

Joy Held must be a great coach, presenter, and role model because this book is a great substitute for one of her month-long workshops, especially good for writers with a busy family life. With a 28 day plan many small changes can be made that add up to better stress management. Her chatty non-intimidating tone feels like a concerned friend talking to you, and the photos which illustrate the stretches are excellent.

Held's `Writer Wellness' advises those "creative" types how to embrace creativity that can flourish through a healthy, strategic lifestyle. Everyone is busy. This book is perfect at establishing the importance of balance through journaling, relaxation, exercise and nutrition.
Held does a great job of getting writers, and really all creative types, to understand and use the different aspects of their lives. When in balance, they can create a better writing career and overall better health.
`Writer Wellness' is best read while following the helpful exercises. This book doesn't just instruct, but instills a sense of change that will make anyone in a creative driven industry a more effective professional and person. I thought that it was a beneficial read that not only informs you of writer wellness but also gives you the tool to make wellness happen in your life.

I've been a professional writer for more than 20 years. Joy Held's book offers practical advice, stress-busting exercises, and creativity-sparking ideas for the writer. Actually, any creative person benefits from the information in this book, whether you're just beginning as an artist or have long traveled the artist's journey.

Journaling, gentle exercise, yoga, solid nutrition tips, and timely hints help ensure your creative life achieves successful goals. I wish this book had been around when I began my writer's journey--it would have saved me much head-banging (not to mention plaster repair expenses) over the years.

Amy Shojai, CABC, author of 23 nonfiction pet care titles
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"Writer Wellness" helped me look at the writer's life from a new perspective. As much as I love being a writer, it sometimes becomes all-consuming and - at times - keeps me too much inside my own head. Joy Held's approach to the writing life is holistic and balanced, focusing first on the condition of the writer's mind, body and spirit through physical and mental relaxation, exercise and health. The result is not only better writing, but also better well-being. The idea that writers must be tortured and afflicted souls is cast out the door as Ms. Held's book unfolds, and it's nice to know we all don't have to be Hemingways or Fitzgeralds to be great writers.

This book was required for a literature class I took. It is full of stuff to do "if" you have the time. For people who don't work and do writing for their living, it might be interesting for you.