by Samantha Wallen | Jun 19, 2017 | Featured, On Writing, Uncategorized
I come home to myself through writing. As a friend recently said, “I write. Therefore I am.” This is true for me. I do not know myself fully until I have a pen in my hand. When I write, I become real. Writing allows you to bring the mysterious essence of your being...
by Samantha Wallen | Apr 17, 2017 | Featured, On Writing
I woke up this morning thinking about what I call, the Writer’s Depression. I experience it. And most of my clients and the writers I know do too. It happens right after you write, particularly something that is real, holds the truth, and actually feels good...
by Samantha Wallen | Feb 5, 2017 | On Writing, Uncategorized
Do you wonder: Is writing or writing my book important? Especially in this time of uncertainty and fear? Is it enough? Shouldn’t I be taking to the streets or doing something more important or impactful? If you are feeling pulled and conflicted by these questions,...
by Samantha Wallen | Jan 4, 2017 | On Writing
What is available if you dive down into the core and touch the deeper self through writing? What’s available to society when you do this? I feel hesitant to write it because it becomes a cliché. What becomes available to you first is a flow—a letting...
by Samantha Wallen | Oct 27, 2016 | On Writing
Dear Brilliant Writer, Yes…you who puts words on paper because it heals you. I’ve been thinking about you and that thought you have about your writing that keeps you from sharing it. You know the one that says, “It’s not ready…not finished…not complete…not good enough...
by Samantha Wallen | Sep 29, 2016 | On Writing, Poems
I woke up to her today–the inner asylum, the cage where I hide my sacred rage at all the ways I have learned to keep myself small. It is the place I used to run to when I was a kid and got too big for the world and mistook my differences for wrong. In there, I...
