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Lisa Ellison is an editor, writing coach, and speaker with an Ed.S in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and a background in mindfulness. She has spent the last two decades helping clients and students turn difficult experiences into art and currently teaches courses in memoir, creative nonfiction, and mindful writing practices. Her life story and essays have appeared on NPR’s With Good Reason and in Hippocampus Literary Magazine, Kenyon Review Online, Huffington Post, and The Guardian, among others.
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Slow Pieces Blog
Novelty, Absurdity, and Magic: Three Elements of Play that Will Enhance Your Writing Life
Last week, I laughed hysterically while watching the video of Rod Ponton, the lawyer who showed up to his Zoom court hearing with the kitten filter turned on. I replayed the video three more times, just to hear him say, “I’m live, and I’m not a cat.” If you haven’t...
The Importance of Writing with an Open Heart
Yesterday, I sat at my desk and cried. It was the twenty-four-year anniversary of my brother Joe’s suicide. He was twenty when he died. I was twenty-two. His death is now older than both of us—a fact that continually blows me away. I’ve dealt with this grief for...
Building Intuition: How to Tell Which Messages Are Generated by the Ego and Which Ones Come From Your True Self
When I was eight, I read about a boy who used a divining rod to find water. At the time, my six-year-old brothers and I were trying to build an underground house in the remains of an abandoned brickyard. We’d spent lots of time digging out our foundation and building...