S1 Ep5: EXPANDING – discovering the joy of journaling

The Fearless Writer Podcast with Beth Kempton

In this episode we explore the joy of journaling, looking at how it can support our writing practice, what we might like to journal about, and what fun approaches can keep us interested throughout our lives. The episode includes:

- What I discovered when I surveyed over 1000 writers

- Why journaling is so valuable for your writing practice and for your wellbeing

- Why ONLY journaling (and not exploring other kinds of writing) can be limiting, and what to do instead

In each episode, I will talk for about fifteen to twenty minutes, and then offer you a timed writing exercise at the end to try, for another ten minutes. Grab yourself a cuppa and settle in for a lovely writerly chat. With inspiration from Morgan Harper Nichols and Nikita Gill.

I hope this podcast will help you write fearlessly, and with joy, and build a writing practice that nourishes you for the rest of your life. I’d love to see what writing it inspires – feel free to share by tagging me @bethkempton #fearlesswriterpodcast

BethXx

PS Please note there is a chunk of silence in this podcast. It is supposed to be there for the weekly writing exercise!

Click here to download the transcript.
The theme music for The Fearless Writer Podcast is The River sung by Danni Nicholls, co-written by Danni Nicholls and me, Beth Kempton. Listen on iTunes / Spotify / Youtube and feel free to add it to your Instagram reels! See here for the lyrics and full credits.

***Did you know the audiobook version of The Way of the Fearless Writer includes a full meditation album to help get the words flowing? You can get it here.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

· The Way of the Fearless Writer by Beth Kempton (Piatkus). US/Canada edition HERE.

· Untitled poem by Morgan Harper Nichols in All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for boundless living (Zondervan) p.143

· The Forest by Nikita Gill in Where Hope Lives: Poems of resilience, healing and light by Nikita Gill (Trapeze), p.131

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