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How Writing a Novel Can Surface Repressed Memories

How Writing a Novel Can Surface Repressed Memories

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TW: sexual assault and child sexual assault

Fiction writing comes from our subconscious, where our imagination is. And guess what else is in there? Trauma!

I teach writing students and coaching clients that a book idea comes to you because of something it wants to heal in your subconscious through the writing process. In this episode, it's my turn to share, very vulnerably, about how I know this to be true.

My novel, Sister Earth, was based on a dream and the plot centers around a dream. The plot also features a repressed memory, but while I was writing, I attributed it to a friend's anecdote. A year after writing the novel, I discovered in an energy healing session that I, too, have a repressed memory. I didn't know I was writing an allegory to my own childhood trauma.

The good news: When we write, we heal.

Bookmark this episode for a time you're ready to go deep as hearing personal stories tends to activate healing in the listener.

If you've got an intuitive nudge to write a book, record a podcast, or to otherwise tell your story for your own healing, I'm here for you.

Ways to work with me:

  • Join my writing group for accountability and subconscious healing: https://www.danifankhauser.com/vocal-oracles
  • Explore writing coaching or energy healing with me: https://www.danifankhauser.com/lets-talk


Get a copy of Sister Earth:

https://www.danifankhauser.com/home#buy

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