Discover the Healing Power of Writing

& the Joy of Creative Self Expression

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Hi!
I am Kerstin Pilz, PhD.

Published author, TEDx speaker, passionate teacher, world traveler, yogini, photography enthusiast…

I believe we are the authors of our lives. We are in charge of the stories we tell ourselves.

Writing was my lifesaver when I went through a devastating life event.

It can be your lifesaver too. I will show you how.

I am so glad that you’ve found me!

I am here to help you discover the power of your own voice.

I guide you towards your creative inner magic.

I offer you what I know about the healing power of writing and I share with you what I’ve learned about the craft of writing and storytelling, about words, meaning and language, in 20 years as University lecturer.

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The Healing Power of Writing
Watch my TED Talk and find out why writing is the best thing you can do for yourself

The Healing Power of Writing

TEDxTownsville, October 2020

It’s one of the scariest things I’ve ever done. But also one I am most proud of.

I told my story of how I discovered the healing power of writing by going through the fires of grief in 15-minutes to a global audience.

My knees were trembling as I stood there in that red circle, blinded by a bright white light. But my voice was loud and clear.

Only the truly brave dare to be vulnerable.

Saying those words on stage felt empowering. I was speaking my own truth.

I believe that we are the authors of our lives. Vulnerability is the way to a deeper relationship with ourselves and with others.

Watch my TED talk and find out why I think we can all benefit from the healing power of writing and from the joy of creative self-expression.

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A solo writing retreat: why every writer needs one and how to do it

A solo writing retreat: why every writer needs one and how to do it

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My world is filled with beautiful leaves. Here's my take on prompt #2 from the annual #augustbreak challenge by @susannahconway

Looking at leaves calms the mind and soothes the soul.

What helps you to stay grounded? #journaling #amwriting #writerslife #writingprompt #writetip

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How do I write about loved ones without hurting them?

How do I tell my real-life story when there are others involved that could take offense, or worse, sue me?

That's one of the questions I received after my last newsletter. It's a common question—one that held me back for a long time. The short answer is, don't worry about it at the start of your writing journey.

It'll be years before your book will see the light of day. Write the first draft of a painful life event, or memoir, just for yourself. It's cathartic to do that. Do not think about being sued when you first start.

Later down the track, you can do what I did in my memoir:

edit out any characters that could take offense
disguise their identity (give them a different gender, profession, nationality etc)
if you're on speaking terms, send it to them for approval
turn them into better people than they were/are (ie. treat the bad guys with compassion and kindness)
or do what my friend @edwinashawauthor did in her book Thrillseekers, fictionalise the story

And remember, yours is only one version of the story, everybody involved will have their own, subjective version of an event.

We address this question in our first podcast. #linkinbio
You can skip forward to the 30 minute mark...but do listen to all of it, it's a really meaty episode (I even talk about my idea for my next book, yikes!)

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"You know you’re alive. You take huge steps,
trying to feel the planet’s roundness arc between your feet."
—Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

Write about a time that walking and being in nature made you feel alive and connected to the planet's roundness.

A writing prompt for when you're in the grip of writer's block.

Go for a walk—it doesn't have to be a hike in the woods, a stroll through the local park or neighborhood is just as invigorating to the tired, overthinking brain.

Then sit down, set a timer and write without stopping for seven minutes. Explore this quote from different angles.

How do you know you're alive?
What makes you feel alive?
What does the planet's roundness arc feel like between your feet?
What did you see, hear, smell and touch on your walk?
How do you feel after your walk?

To receive regular writing prompts, sign up to my monthly newsletter. #linkinbio You can read the latest in my bio, where you'll also find a link to the first podcast I've recorded with my friend and fellow writer @edwinashawauthor.

Tell me, what makes you feel alive? For me it's walking in nature, for sure (or swimming or paddling in my kayak).

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"All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking."
—Friedrich Nietzsche
This is one of the writing prompts from my latest newsletter (you can read it in my bio).
I agree with Nietzsche, I do get a lot of great thoughts while walking, especially when I'm taking a break to digest what I've written or when I'm feeling stuck.
The problem is, I don't always have a notebook or phone handy to record my great thoughts because I like my walks to be a full immersion experience, a moment of forest bathing away from my devices and my work.
But since I do get a lot of great flashes of insight once I smell the air and rest my eyes on the ocean or trees, I've started to take some sort of recording device with me. It's strange, but writing in my head, away from my desk, immersed in nature, often brings the best ideas.
What helps you get fresh ideas?
PS: sign up to my monthly newsletter and receive regular writing prompts and our short videos with tons of writing inspiration. #linkinbio
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#augustbreak2022
I'm following @susannahconway for the annual August break challenge.
MORNING LIGHT this prompt spoke to me as an early bird who lives by the ocean I am very privileged to catch the sunrise from my kayak on occasion.
What did your morning light look like today?
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I've launched a podcast! It wasn't planned, it just happened!
My friend and fellow writer @edwinashawauthor visited recently and we were invited to a local podcast studio here in a beautiful location in the Wet Tropics of Far North Queensland to record an episode for the Cairns Tropical Writers Festival @ctwf @artsnexusstudio and we thought heck, why not do a bunch and address all the questions we get asked.
Our first episode launched today, it's an hour-long special on one of my favorite topics, The Healing Power of Writing.
Well, a lot of good things can happen when you lock two authors passionate about writing into a podcast studio.
Listen to the first episode now, #linkinbio and sign up for my newsletter to receive the next (shorter) episode next month. We'll be releasing them over the coming months, so stay tuned!
Also, my newsletter went out today. Follow the link in my bio to sign up. Receive a monthly writing prompt and short podcast for free, what's not to love!
Ah, and please share the love. If you know anyone who could benefit from The Healing Power of Writing please do send it on.
Happy listening and happy writing!
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I've been a bit quiet on here. Had to get to the end of my draft, then spend two weeks with my dear friend and editor @edwinashawauthor
My manuscript is so much better now, but there's still lots of work to do, but I'm ready to take my eyes and mind off it for a week or so...brain fatigue is setting in.
We've come up with a silly subtitle: Falling Apart Gracefully, My Peri-menopausal Pilgrimage.
Just for fun!
I'll write more in my next newsletter about the process of finally sitting down to write my memoir during the pandemic.
Anything you'd like to ask me about that process?
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My monthly newsletter went out yesterday.
I've been sending it a little irregularly, but I always love writing my monthly newsletter.

This month I shared resources about the healing power of writing.

I've said it many times, my journal was my life saver when I went through a difficult time.

This month the world has seen millions of people across the world experiencing extraordinary hard times.

The news have been dominated by images of devastating floods on Australia's East Coast, where people lost lives, and homes, and on the other side of the world where millions of women and children are escaping the horrors of war.

It made me think that in times of crisis we need to spread the word about the healing power of writing.

Writing helps us stay grounded in difficult times.
It allows us to document our complicated feelings and to bear witness.

It's a way of owning our stories, especially those that don't make sense and that break our hearts.

I've written a blog post about it. #linkinbio

In my latest newsletter I also shared some other free resources on how to write about trauma courtesy of @edwinshawauthor and the @janefriedman blog and @lisacooperallison.

To read my latest newsletter, click on the link on bio. And don't forget to sign up for the April edition.

I send out carefully curated writing prompts and monthly reading inspiration, beautiful photos and more. No spam ever.

How has writing helped you to stay grounded in difficult times?

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“It's the hour when night breaks away from the day, my dove, let me go.”
― Jean Genet

I love sunrise in the tropics, especially the dramatic wet season skies.

I never ever thought I'd become an early bird. There simply was no incentive growing up in Germany to jump out of bed at the crack of dawn.

But now, my day doesn't feel right when I miss it.

What's your favorite time of the day?

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It's exactly two years today that Australia closed its borders and I became unexpectedly stranded in Australia's tropical Far North. I'd come with a carry-on, my life in Vietnam well-established after four years in Hoi An.

It took ten months for my partner to join me here from Vietnam. It wasn't an easy time, but I did what I always do in a crisis. I got busy.

I embraced it as a chance to finally get serious about writing my memoir Falling Apart Gracefully.

Becoming stranded shifted my world on its axis. I fell in love again with the small beachside community of Mission Beach, the place that held so many bad memories for me.

Unable to hold my retreats in Vietnam, I had no choice but to refund all deposits and to start again.

Over the two years I've been stuck here, I've brought people from all over Australia to beautiful Mission Beach to write their books.

The other thing that happened is that I've joined a local bootcamp group. It keeps me motivated with hard-core fitness exercises most mornings.

I won't leave again until my book is pitch-perfect. I've made a deal with myself to not board any flights until I've nailed the structure of my book. It's a great incentive to get it done, as I am keen to get on a plane to Germany to visit my ageing parents.

What is a positive thing that happened for you as a result of the pandemic?

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"All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal."
—John Steinbeck

This quote makes for a good writing prompt. If we are thinking animals, according to Steinbeck, then ask yourself what's your purpose in life as a thinking animal?

Set a timer and go without stopping to think or edit. Trust the pen to lead the way.
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"“What breaks in daybreak? Is it the night? Is it the sun, cracked in two by the horizon like an egg, spilling out light?”
― Margaret Atwood

As someone obsessed with capturing the sunrise, I love this quote, it makes for a great writing prompt.

I am getting ready for a talk I'll be giving to my local association of Business Women and I've been looking at my favorite prompts. This has to be one of them.

With so much darkness in our world right now, let's remember that there is always a ray of light underneath a dark cloud.

What breaks at sunrise? Go on, write for 10 minutes and see what comes up!

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I've always loved teaching, but as I climbed the academic career ladder, I was expected to teach less and less, so that I could spend as much time as possible publishing my research, getting through a mountain of admin and boring meetings in my new role as education manager.

But I didn't want to be an education manager. I love teaching. And so, when a series of difficult life events made me stop and rethink my priorities, I discovered something else I could teach. Outside of the big institution. On my own terms. In my own time.

Of course I miss the safety of my salary and the good superannuation, but I love the freedom I now have to teach what is most dear to my heart.

My next retreat in Mission Beach is scheduled for the start of June. #linkinbio

Discover the Wet Tropics during our balmy winter, when the temperature is just right.

We start each day with gentle morning yoga and morning journaling. The daily writing workshops are structured to allow participants to become creatively unstuck, find their voice, write their stories and build a sustainable writing routine.

We rest and relax, we create and we go deep, we create flow and synergy. It's amazing what can happen when you immerse yourself, trusting the pen to lead the way.

My retreats are popular with writers of all levels.

We pick you up at Cairns airport, we pamper you with home-cooked meals and we take you on guided nature walks through World Heritage rainforest.

Will you join me?

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Happy International Women's Day
“I am awfully greedy; I want everything from life.
I want to be a woman and to be a man, to have many friends and to have loneliness, to work much and write good books, to travel and enjoy myself, to be selfish and to be unselfish…
You see, it is difficult to get all which I want.
And then when I do not succeed I get mad with anger.”
― Simone de Beauvoir

What do you want from life?

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My heart is heavy today for those who have to endure the folly of war.
My 86 year old father, himself a child refugee, is heartbroken that this should happen again in his lifetime.
I have no words. Language fails me today.
But Margaret Atwood says it so well.
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Took the day off to visit Dunk Island just opposite my home.
Fabulous hike through cooling rainforest to be rewarded with this vista.

We've just been voted the world's 5th most beautiful village. It's all subjective and all based on hashtag popularity, but still, it's nice to know our little beachside community in World Heritage listed rainforest gets noticed.

Will you come and join me on retreat this year here in Mission Beach?

Follow the link in my bio for details or dm me for more info.

Where is your next holiday going to be?

Until my book is done, I am not moving from this spot!

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Getting up with the sun is my preferred way to start the day. It helps me focus on what really matters.
Right now it's finishing my book.
Here is some writing advice I've learned the hard way:

Think of your first draft as you telling yourself the story.

Give yourself permission to just go for it. Feel free to use cliches as place holders so that you don't waste time polishing sentences and scenes that will not make it into your final draft (I have done way too much of that!).

Think of your second draft as an exercise in finding a way to tell that story to a reader, in a way that will grip your reader until the final page.

This draft (and subsequent drafts) is when you will try to find the structure of your book, deciding which scenes to keep and which to toss.

Think of your subsequent drafts (there will be many!) as applying layers of polish, refining, cutting trimming, replacing cliches with poetic prose etc.

Think of the discarded scenes and chapters as your apprentice pieces.

Thinking about my writing and my book in this way, has helped me to ramp it up, both in terms of speed and effectiveness of my story.

What is your best writing advice? What advice do you need to hear right now?
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One of my favorite quotes by revered Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh who passed on last month.
He leaves behind a vast legacy of words and wisdom.
You can use this quote as a writing prompt.
What does it mean to be yourself?
Who are you in this moment?
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It's a new year and we are all writing a new chapter.
What are you writing this year?

My news is that I am determined to get my memoir pitch-ready by the middle of this year (my 59th birthday, ouch).

Steps I've taken to achieve that goal:
* cut down on the time I spend on social media
* joined a small memoir writing feedback group with the wonderful Wendy Dale from Genius Memoir Writing
* continue weekly feedback meetings with two writing buddies from my Hoi An days @janielawsonwrite & @onedreamdown
* I'll be spending some time in June with my editor, the wonderful @edwinashawauthor, to fine-tune and polish whatever I manage to write by June.

People often ask me, are you still writing that book?

The answer is, writing a good book takes time.

I've wasted a lot of time thinking about my book, procrastinating, not believing in myself, getting distracted by teaching others how to write their books.

My best advice is this: if you have a burning desire to write a book, start today.
Show up every day, accept that sometimes you need to kill your darlings (I am a serial killer by now, but that's ok), be curious and open. Learn the rules before you dare to break them.
What are you writing?
What's your best advice to get the work done?
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In case we haven't met before, here are five things about me:

1. I have two passports: German & Australian.
How can I be so lucky? I grew up in Germany but fled to sunnier shores as soon as I'd finished highschool. After a few years backpacking around Asia, I washed up in Australia, broke and ready for anything.

2. I always wanted to be a writer, but I got sidetracked doing a PhD in Italian literature and for many years I taught Italian language and culture at university (but I've kind of broken up with Italy, it's a story I tell in my memoir). Along the way I perfected my Italian and my English, but it took decades before I felt confident enough to write literary prose in English.

3. I am an inveterate traveler. Until the pandemic closed international borders, I was living in Hoi An, Vietnam. I miss it every day, but I am surprised that being stuck at home (Australia) for the past two years has been a blessing in disguise, because...

4....I managed to finally write a solid draft of my memoir Falling Apart Gracefully whilst being stranded in locked-down Australia.

5. I have always loved teaching but I am grateful to have broken away from academia. Reinventing myself at nearly 50 wasn't easy, but following my heart has paid off. I now hold regular writing retreats at my beachfront home in Mission Beach, Far North Queensland.

I previously held retreats in Vietnam, hoping to resume in 2023. And since I happen to speak Italian (breaking up with the country doesn't mean I've forgotten how to speak the language), I aim to hold writing retreats there too one day...

Nice to meet you. What are five things about you?

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Happy New Year of the Tiger

Ever since living in Vietnam, I've embraced the start of the lunar new year as my official start to the year.

My first newsletter went out yesterday, the start of the year lunar. A very auspicious day it seems.

2.2.22.

It marks 11 years since my small community was devastated by a category five cyclone.

Iconic Dunk Island, pictured, the first thing I see in the morning from my veranda.

Cyclone Yasi destroyed the popular resort on 2.2.11

The mangled remains are still there, overgrown by jungle.

The rest of the community has healed, rainforest has regrown and we have all transformed and changed as a result of witnessing the force of nature, seeing with our own eyes that everything is impermanent.

The words by revered Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, who recently passed on, helped me through the long and dark aftermath.

A natural disaster is like a death. It threw an entire community into grief.

Here is one of the quotes and writing prompts I sent out in yesterday's newsletter. #linkinbio

“To live, we must die every instant. We must perish again and again in the storms that make life possible.”—Thich Nhat Hanh

Recall a time you went through one of life's storms.
How did the experience make you grow as a person?

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The wet season has started. It has brought mozzies, rainbows and short, but mighty showers.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Irreverent is wrapping up. The Netflix series brought cool sets and lots of interesting people to town. From next week our little town will become quiet again as hundreds will leave and the beautiful sets (including these two chairs) will disappear until season two (fingers crossed). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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But my house will become busy with seven writers. We've also booked the house next door so that we'll have plenty of spaces to retreat and write. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I can't wait to see what kind of word magic we will create this time. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Each retreat is different. Everybody brings a different story, everybody comes for a different reason, but in the end we all come to write and that's where the magic happens!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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When is the last time you went on retreat?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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