Writing for wellbeing

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Creative writing can help preserve our mental health

Introduction to Therapeutic and Reflective Writing tutor Anne Taylor explains how writing can preserve our wellbeing.

Write Advice – author and wild writer Natasha Carthew

Author and advocate of ‘wild writing’ Natasha Carthew joined us to talk about how she drafts her work, settings as characters and why she writes outside.

How self-compassion keeps me writing

Faber Academy alumna Ann Roberts discovered the key to staying motivated with her writing is self-compassion, and how it can help anyone progress.

The power of poetry to heal and inspire

Poetry can change your life

PWA course director Victoria Field interviews William Sieghart about his poetry prescriptions and the ability of poetry to renew the human spirit.

Write Advice: writing for wellbeing practitioner Helen Stockton on how to run therapeutic writing workshops

Writing for wellbeing practitioner Helen Stockton answers Therapeutic Writing students’ questions on how she runs therapeutic writing workshops.

My journey into therapeutic writing

English teacher Laura Steen embarked on our Therapeutic Writing course with one goal in mind: to find wellbeing through writing. Here is her journey.

Yoga for strong bones and strong stories

Yoga for Writers student Helen Corlett shares her story of how yoga has helped her combat osteoporosis.

Write Advice: poetry therapist Victoria Field discusses the power of writing groups

Running Writing Groups course director takes questions from our students.

Yoga, writing and me

Faber Academy alumna and Yoga for Writers student Lorraine Blencoe tells us how taking up yoga has given her confidence, and helped her cope with MS.

Ten tips for running writing groups

There’s more to think about than exercises when you’re setting up a workshop. Here, Running Writing Workshops tutor Anne Taylor has put together her ten most important pieces of advice for anyone looking to get involved in holding their own workshops.

Seven reasons to join a writing group

Although it’s many people’s dream job, being a writer has its drawbacks too. Here, we explore how joining a writing group can help you grow as both a writer and person, and why joining one offers more than you might expect.