Transforming World With Word: Transformative Language Arts
TLA is an emerging field, profession, and calling that acknowledges and supports the power of the spoken, written, and sung word to encourage community-building, cultural shifts, health and healing, liberation, and celebration .
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Bringing Children to the Page: A New Transformative Language Arts Program in Boulder, Colorado
Seven years ago, when I was Senior Editor for Epilepsy.com, I helped conceive a “Tell Your Story” campaign for those living with epilepsy. At the time, it seemed like a no-brainer to me, that writing could help those suffering heal. I … Continue reading
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Book Review: A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
Written by Suzanne Montz Adams “The saddest thing about life is that you don’t remember half of it,” begins Donald Miller in his memoir, “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years.” Amen to that! And yet most of … Continue reading
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Scott Youman’s Energetic Man: TLA Blogs of Wild Wonder
Scott Youmans' new blog, This Energetic Man, is a marvel of a website when it comes to great writing prompts, inspiration, vision and replenishment. As Youmans describes his site, "This Energetic Man is a space on the Interweb to share … Continue reading
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The Poetry of Well Being
TLAN Member Jan Stanley is leading an effort to cull together the best poems for the support of a positive psychology. Jan recently completed her Masters of Applied Positive Psychology degree at the University of Pennsylvania, and is now inviting … Continue reading
A Need to Confess?: Writing About the Healthcare Experience
The 2010 Quandaries in Health Care Conference (hosted by the University of Colorado as Aspen's Center for Bioethics and Humanities) is titled "A Need to Confess?: Writing About the Healthcare Experience,” and it seems like it may very well … Continue reading