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	<itunes:summary>Record the Stories of Your Life, tips, how-to, memoir book reviews, by Jerry Waxler</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Why write memoirs after combat or other trauma</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I began to teach memoir writing, I extended my understanding of how this works. The participants often shared their most painful moments. After they read their passage aloud, something changed in the room. People became more relaxed and open with each other, as if they had gone through the actual experience together. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/why-combat-memoir/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Recovering Self-concept after Addiction</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[However, because of the shame associated with the loss of control, they continue to shield themselves from the public. Perhaps that is changing. In the memoir age, such walls of secrecy and shame are breaking down. Memoirs give addicted individuals a voice, turning the sorrow of their fall into a more complete story which celebrates the courage of return.  <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/self-concept-addiction/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Recovering Self-concept after Trauma</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Identity ought to be a stable thing. Once you find it, you should be set for life. But in reality, your ideas about yourself undergo continuous adaptation. We all adapt to the slow changes that unfold over years. And sometimes, our peaceful self-image is threatened by assaults so deep and swift they shake the foundations of sanity. Betrayal, divorce, job loss, combat trauma,  crime, abuse, disease, or death of a loved one can rip apart our trust that we know how to live in the world.  <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/self-concept-trauma/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Diana Raab about Healing With Words: A Writer&#8217;s Cancer Journey</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My mother gave me my first journal when I was ten years old after my grandmother committed suicide in my childhood home. She didn't know of any other way to help me cope with the loss of my beloved grandmother who was also my caretaker. She told me to pour my feelings onto the pages of my journal. That seemingly innocent gesture set the platform for a lifetime as a writer and for journal-keeping. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/interview-diana-raab/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Courage to Write, Passion to Read</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before I even purchased the book, I knew from the blurb that the author was an English Literature professor at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. I knew that "Courage to Walk," was about the crippling and potentially deadly illness of a second son, and I knew about the death of Robert and Linda's oldest son, Jonathan.  <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/courage-walk-review/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fearlessly Confessing the Dark Side of Memory in this Memoir of Sexual Abuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some dark memories are so compelling they draw you in and frighten or upset you. If you try to seal them back in their crypt, they remain squirming in the dark. Or you can face them fearlessly, and stay with them until you can shape them into a story. By using your words to describe them, instead of someone else's, you take away their power. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-sexual-abuse/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Memoir writing is a form of therapy</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/is-writing-a-memoir-therapeutic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After all this work, I finally found a way that begins to make sense. Rather than speculate who I might be, I simply can review who I really am. Memoirs are a fascinating window into the workings of life, and they are filled with lessons that don't require any jargon or psychological theory. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/is-writing-a-memoir-therapeutic/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Awakening bad memories helps shape your new life</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/how-awakening-pain-can-heal-it/</link>
		<comments>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/how-awakening-pain-can-heal-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The intern at the hospital who was accustomed to treating survivors of barroom brawls had no idea how violated I felt. Not wanting to order tests, he brushed off my headache. "Of course it hurts," he said. "You were kicked in the head." <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/how-awakening-pain-can-heal-it/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Memoir author talks about writing, sharing, and healing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Strickland's memoir, "Ten Points," weaves together three things: a promise he made to his daughter, a summer of cycling to fulfill that promise, and his insights into the wounds of his own childhood. To learn more about his experience of digging so deeply into his past and then sharing it with the public, I asked Bill Strickland to answer a few questions about writing and publishing his memoir. Here is the second part of the interview I conducted with him. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/memoir-author-talks-about-writing-sharing-and-healing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Memoir of Redemption: Author Shares His Writing Experience</title>
		<link>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/bill-strickland-memoir-author-interview-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/bill-strickland-memoir-author-interview-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerrywaxler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently reviewed Bill Strickland's memoir Ten Points. It strikes me as being a "perfect memoir" - it's a great read, it has a powerful sense of love and redemption, and the author opens up generously into his inner process. In order to delve even deeper, I asked him answer a few questions. Just as he was generous in his memoir, he was also generous in sharing his insights about writing it. This is the first of a two part interview. <a href="http://memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/bill-strickland-memoir-author-interview-part-1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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