The Healing Power of Writing with Bernardine Watson

Published: Oct. 16, 2023, 9 a.m.

b'According to the NIH, writing lowers blood pressure and boosts immunity, but what are the other healing effects of writing? Poet and nonfiction writer Bernardine Watson joins Rachel and Courtney to discuss how the writing process changed her experience of living with an incurable disease, and reads from her book, Transplant: A Memoir from Day Eight Press and The Inner Loop Author\\u2019s Corner October spotlight. Plus, from renting a hotel room to balancing on their heads, writers have always found creative ways to combine self-care and writing, and we get the details with some trivia!'