Opening the Page- Writing for Life

        The Connection Between Writing & Wellness

Have you ever picked up your pen, started scribbling and found yourself venting or processing a difficult experience out on the page? Writing, in any form, can be used as a tool for physical, emotional and spiritual healing and wellness.

Writing detailed accounts of experiences, and connecting our emotions with them can have both short and long-term benefits to those who have experienced illness, grief, loss and trauma in their lives.

Writing for health and wellness can:
• Relieve stress, lower blood pressure, and boost the immune system.
• Improve clarity, insight and lift your emotional mood.
• Lead to understanding of personal events, process traumatic experiences and brainstorm action plans.

Whether you just want to vent on the page, write the memoir that you’ve always been thinking about, create poetry, or jump into another character, writing prompts and techniques can guide you through writing toward wellness in your life.

Local writer Megan Cutter is committed to bringing wellness and healing through writing by providing the following services:

Hospitals and Integrative Medical Centers:

Providing weekly or monthly workshops and working with patients one-on-one to help individuals process illness, acute trauma, treatment, and recovery. Providing staff, patients and community members with specific techniques and writing prompts to use in self-expression related to health trauma or illness.

Support Groups and Non-Profit Organizations:

Providing one-time and 4-week series workshops to support groups and non-profit organizations for their staff, members or participants. In these workshops, participants will learn specific tools and techniques in creative journaling, poetry, and writing of all genres to process acute trauma, long-term illness, disabilities, and overcoming challenges. 

Individual Mentoring:

Mentoring and coaching individuals in a one-on-one setting to discover new techniques, process insights, and move through writing blocks. In addition to mentoring and coaching writing techniques, Megan Cutter is also available for editing work and mentoring writers through the publication process.


In these workshops and one-on-one mentoring, participants will discover how writing, of any genre, can be used in process the transitions in their life, leading to insight, discovery, inspiration and passion.

Contact writing instructor, facilitator and mentor Megan Cutter to find out how the power of the pen can make a difference in your life.