Writing Your Resilience: Building Resilience, Embracing Trauma and Healing Through Writing
The Writing Your Resilience Podcast is for anyone who wants to use the writing process to flip the script on the stories they’ve been telling themselves, because when we tell better stories about ourselves, we live better lives.
Every Thursday, host Lisa Cooper Ellison, an author, speaker, trauma-informed writing coach, and trauma survivor diagnosed with complex PTSD, interviews writers of tough, true stories, people who've developed incredible grit, and professionals in the field of psychology and healing who've studied resilience.
Over the past 7 years Lisa has taught writers how to write their resilience. Each time her clients and students have confronted the stories that no longer serve them, they’ve felt a little safer, become a little braver, and revealed more of their true selves. Now, with this podcast, she is creating a space for you to do this work too.
Equal parts instruction, motivation, and helpful guide, Writing Your Resilience is an opportunity for you to join a community of writers and professionals doing the work that helps us cultivate our authenticity and creativity.
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 45 minutes
- Episodes
- 86
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Bright Spots, Neurodiversity, and More Chicken in Your Memoir with Kristin Jarvis Adams
If you’re writing about a medical drama or other high-intensity journey involving another person, how do you write about these events without swallowing your story of transformation? Wh…
The Loneliness of Sibling Loss with Alyson Shelton and Lynn Shattuck
November is Worldwide Bereaved Siblings Month, yet most siblings grieve alone. They’re told to be strong for their parents, or they get subtle, and, sometimes not so subtle, cues to mov…
Breaking the Silence on Sexual Assault with Cheyenne Wilson
Many survivors of sexual abuse and assault silently carry questions about what happened to them. Am I truly a victim? Should I report what happened? If so, what are the steps? How do I …
Writing about Absent Fathers and Attachment Styles with Acamea Deadwiler
Join me and Pushcart Nominee, TedX Speaker, and multi-passionate creative, Acamea Deadwiler, as we talk about normalized violence, how our attachment styles can influence the way we app…
Self-Acceptance, Dating Disasters, and Life After Loss with Debbie Weiss
Join me and Debbie Weiss, author of the memoir Available As Is, as we discuss how multiple major losses impact the way we see ourselves and the world, the challenges of dating when you…
The Challenges of Being Vulnerable On the Page with Megan Williams
What would you do if an experience you’d long dreamed of was not only not what it’s cracked up to be, but at times miserable? Would you own up to the challenges or pretend it’s as great…
Estrangement, Dementia, and the Fractured Memoir with Lara Lillibridge
If you have a complicated relationship with someone, how do you write about them? Should you craft a linear memoir that reads more like a journey or write something that mirrors your ex…
Caring for Your Nervous System and Creativity with Somatic Experiencing Practitioner Kirby Moore
Writing can be a powerful tool for healing, but when writing the tough stuff, it’s easy to get triggered and relive the experiences you’re writing about. If you’re wondering what to do …
Writing about Intergenerational Trauma with with Margaret Juhae Lee
Like it or not, our family history shapes who we are. What if lost portions of your history are holding you back? What lengths would you go to recover this history, understand it, and t…
The True Meaning of Success and The Multiple Paths to Publishing Your Book with Courtney Maum
What does it take to become a professional writer with a published book? More importantly, what does it take to become a happy writer? Join multi-genre writer and book coach Courtney Ma…
Is It Self-Protection or Self-Sabotage: Why Tough Stories Cause Writer's Block
Have you ever worked on a tough story only to hear a voice in your head say maybe you’re not good enough, or maybe this isn't the project for you? How do you know if it’s self-sabotage …
Strategies for Navigating Traumatic Memories In Your Memoir
TW: Mention of Sexual Assault
In this episode, you’ll hear from Deborah Svec-Carstens, a writer working on a memoir that details her journey of healing after trauma.
In this episode:
- Writi…
The Challenges of Writing Coming-of-Age Memoirs
This week, you'll hear from Laila Rall, a writer working on a memoir about her chaotic, bicultural childhood with an unstable mother. We will explore two of the biggest challenges write…
The Dark Side of Publishing: Why It's So Hard for Trauma Survivors
This week, you will hear from Laurie Riedman, a memoirist who wrote Diamonds in the Dirt: Stories from a Junkyard Girl, a collection of short pieces that mirror the fractured memories s…
Does What I Am Writing Really Matter?
This week, you'll hear from Amanda Creasey, an outdoors writer and novelist, as we explore the age-old existential question: does what we are working on matter? In this episode, you wi…
How to Tell My Story Without Sounding Like I’m Playing the Victim
This week, you will hear from Wendy Hawkes, an emerging writer working on a coming-of-middle-age memoir about how she survived category 5 Hurricane Dorian, a storm whose intensity was d…
How Can I Braid My Life Story With My Deceased Partner’s?
This week, you’ll hear from Meredith Master, a writer working on her memoir who is deciding on its structure. In this episode, we discuss writing a braided memoir, writing with a disabi…
Should I Honor Their Privacy or Break the Silence by Publishing My Memoir?
Have you ever felt the need to write your story and share it with others? What if you believed breaking the silence would heal you, but family members want you to keep certain stories p…
Is My Book Ready for Beta Readers?
Before you send your book to beta readers, listen to this episode!
In it, you’ll meet Melissa Macomber, another Camp Structure alumni who’s working on her memoir. During this episode, we…