When Your Heart Speaks, Take Good Notes : The Healing Power of Writing (Paperback)

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Product Description

Scientific research has now proven what writers have always known---that personal writing has the capacity to heal and transform. Susan Borkin shows you in clear, easy-to-understand language more than 70 ways to use writing to heal your mind, body, heart and soul. In this book you will how to:

- Heal from the loss of a loved one
- Create a couples journal
- Dialogue with your food cravings
- Complete your old unfinished business
- Take dictation from your Higher Self
- Write your way through the Twelve Steps
- Dissolve your creative blocks
- Speak directly to your fears
- Listen to the needs of your body
- Use writing as a spiritual practice

About the Author

Susan Borkin is a licensed psychotherapist and coach who specializes in helping people overcome creative blocks and achieve deep personal transformation through the use of writing. She is also the author of Writing from the Inside Out: Using a Journal for Personal Growth and Transformation. Borkin has taught journal writing workshops for more than two decades, and the same lively, warm and engaging style that has won her rave reviews from workshop participants makes her books a delight to read. With gentle humor and passion for the healing power of writing, Borkin works with clients weekly and brings real-life practical experience to her writing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 260 pages
• Publisher: Center for Personal Growth & (August 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964489716
• ISBN-13: 978-0964489714
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #293,312 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bravo, December 19, 2000

By	. Susan Shumaker (Hingham, MA USA) - See all my reviews

Susan Borkin has written a wonderful book on healing oneself through writing. The 70 exercises are clear and concise. I have shared this book with a number of women in my creative women's group as well as women I do a writing workshop with and they are as enthusiastic as I am. I am ordering 2 more copies today for a friend that wants to give them as gifts to her daughter and sister. I wish Susan Borkin lived on the East Coast so that both of my group's could have her as a guest lecturer.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful to read!, January 17, 2001

By A Customer

With wit and a delightful sense of humor, Ms. Borkin takes you on a journey to a better "you" though stories, exercises and powerful information. She has a way of cutting deftly to the heart of your own human frailty and yet leaves you entirely in control of your journey to health and a more fulfilling life. Compelling and refreshing, she offers many ways to explore life and the problems we all face. Not necessarily with hard and fast didactic answers but with thoughtful exercises, gentle guidance and profound insight, she shows you the way to listen to your heart. She guides you gently yet firmly to seeing through your pain and finding your answers and trusting your inner guide. Try a few of the exercises and be amazed, as I was, how much you learn about yourself. Not only did I enjoy her book, I find myself going back and looking for those little nuggets of gold that spoke to me so personally. I know I'll go back to this book again and again.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SUSAN BORKIN'S BOOK IS A WINNER--MAKES YOU A WINNER!, April 16, 2001

By	Bea Strickland (SAN JOSE, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The idea of healing appealed to me and so did journal writing. I've wanted to write but needed something to get me started. I needed a little more motivation, some ideas on how to begin and encouragment to keep going. Susan Borkin's book, When Your Heart Speaks Take Good Notes helped me begin writing, keep at it and create miracles in my life.

Borkin's conversational style encouraged me gently and her personal disclosure made me feel like I was listening to a wise friend.

Two examples of the effectiveness of the book are that I eased some of my grief at the loss of a loved one and made strides in letting go of food addictions. I'm convinced that Susan Borkin not only understands writing but can help us use journal writing to heal the pain in our lives.

Buy it for yourself if you want to write and heal. Buy it for friends because it's helpful and a pretty book as well.