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		<description><![CDATA[When I studied literature it seemed so obvious to me that writing had a psychological component, but in the lit classes this was almost never acknowledged. I'd always thought I wanted to bring the two together somehow, but for a long time couldn't see how to do it. I kept working on my own writing, and then the studies by Dr. Pennebaker and others were published. After I discovered that exciting research, I had a sense of how to integrate my version of healing and psychology with writing--through writing healing stories.]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[One way to improve your perspective is to develop as quickly as possible the story of these hard times. Stories let you grasp the whole situation, letting strength dominate worry. Through stories you can find courage, poise, and make better sense of your choices. And stories have one more benefit. They let you share your experiences, providing an opportunity for mutual support. I have been following two organizations who have taken a keen interest in turning stories of economic survival into the shared experience of a community.]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[And so it was with great interest that I recently heard that the StoryCorps is investigating this exact problem, trying to find the stories of those whose memory is starting to fail. The program is called the Memory Loss Initiative. To learn more, I interviewed Dina Zempsky, senior outreach coordinator of the initiative. ]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[A regional writing group in which I participate recently asked me to contribute to an application for a 501c3 status as a non-profit community organization. Since this is a topic about which I have been passionate for years, I had a number of ideas, that I had never written them all down in one place. Now, as I research the ways a writing group helps the community, I want to extend the conversation out to the blog world. If you have any need for such a document in your own writing group, or you want to offer your ideas and suggestions to other writing groups, please offer your comments, links, and suggestions, below.]]></description>
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