The benefits of positive expressive writing for psychological health and well-being depend on the particular approach and on individual differences, according to a systematic review published in the ...

Expressive writing --writing about one’s deepest thoughts and feelings—may help change the way cancer patients think and feel about their disease. In one of the first studies published in an oncology ...

In an interview with CURE®, Dr. Lawrence An discusses how expressive writing can be a tool to reduce stress in patients with cancer. When dealing with a cancer diagnosis, an individual may find ...

If writing about the difficult parts of your life were a drug — called "expressive writing" in the literature — it would be making bank for some faceless pharmaceutical company. The guy who discovered ...

Chronic worriers, take note: Simply writing about your feelings may help you perform an upcoming stressful task more efficiently, finds a Michigan State University study that measured participants' ...

On each episode of our podcast, a guest tries a Greater Good in Action practice to boost their well-being. Listen to these episodes featuring Expressive Writing — and subscribe to The Science of ...

The unfolding Coronavirus epidemic is generating tremendous individual and societal anxiety, as reported in almost every newspaper in the world. Why wouldn't it? Paradoxically, this survival reaction ...

Individuals who wrote about their relationship troubles during the pandemic from the point of view of a neutral observer had less conflict and aggression with their partner, according to new research ...

Mary Potter Kenyon's book, 'Expressive Writing for Healing: Journal Your Way From Grief to Hope” is a helpful resource when it comes to handling grief. She writes less like an author and more like a ...

When you attempt to envision a “writer,” I’d posit most of you see a quirky recluse, hunched over a desk in some cabin, crumpled paper strewn about as they obsessively work on the next great American ...