Writing Your Resilience: Building Resilience, Embracing Trauma and Healing Through Writing

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The Writing Your Resilience Podcast is for anyone who wants to use the writing process to flip the script on the stories they’ve been telling themselves, because when we tell better stories about ourselves, we live better lives. Every Thursday, host Lisa Cooper Ellison, an author, speaker, trauma-informed writing coach, and trauma survivor diagnosed with complex PTSD, interviews writers of tough, true stories, people who've developed incredible grit, and professionals in the field of psychology and healing who've studied resilience.Over the past 7 years Lisa has taught writers how to write their resilience. Each time her clients and students have confronted the stories that no longer serve them, they’ve felt a little safer, become a little braver, and revealed more of their true selves. Now, with this podcast, she is creating a space for you to do this work too. Equal parts instruction, motivation, and helpful guide, Writing Your Resilience is an opportunity for you to join a community of writers and professionals doing the work that helps us cultivate our authenticity and creativity. More about Lisa Cooper Ellison: https://lisacooperellison.comGet Your Free Ditch Your Inner Critic masterclass—your shortcut to a confident, S.H.I.F.T.ed mindset: https://lisacooperellison.com/subscribe/

Summer Rewind: The Loneliness of Sibling Loss with Alyson Shelton and Lynn Shattuck

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2294303/fan_mail/new] About this episode:I am currently on break so I can focus on my writing and some much-needed rest. Until I return with new episodes on September seventeenth, I’ve curated a summer rewind series of fan favorites. This week’s episode with Lynn Shattuck and Alyson Shelton was recorded in October 2024 Back then, the Loss of a Lifetime: Grieving Siblings Share Stories of Love, Loss, and Hope anthology was a dream they were working to fulfill. This month, the book celebrated its first birthday. The wisdom in this episode, which fueled the publication of this book, is as timely as ever. Resources Mentioned During This Episode: * Buy The Loss of a Lifetime [https://www.amazon.com/Loss-Lifetime-Grieving-Siblings-Stories/dp/B0F9FRZS5P/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1UJOCUI75MODI&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.QXPXo3gCDragKriF8-lqlOi4RqpR3W6jnYXYrhfYLZ6ByorjYRVOUWuK7GoAB15O3bz7_871XMMYYcVj8a--8WOtSSyDr1hCqh7RCPb5vYrTXCOLtyVyjkDnaZyAeqXnVG3lGe59YFcZ_ZnPly_DrL-WQoTf-T9xTFg9CExyEJIGgjYoKHRAzBsBPZzveXgmYiyX2DnM7scXoiaGbyNC9T1Cokx8N3RiLxvQrLQBnXE.jn_zvkt5kRVS7OHHJgTmuXLVtCGP0LXzXPvW77NPu5I&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+loss+of+a+lifetime&qid=1781905180&sprefix=the+loss+of+a+lifetime%2Caps%2C93&sr=8-1] * There’s No Escape [https://therumpus.net/2022/12/30/there-is-no-escape/] by Alyson Shelton * What I Want You to Say When I’m Grieving [https://www.elephantjournal.com/2021/01/what-i-want-you-to-say-when-im-grieving-lynn-shattuck/] by Lynn Shattuck: * My 20-Year-Old Brother Died By Suicide. Here's Why I Almost Joined Him [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/brother-died-by-suicide_n_614773a4e4b077b735e7181e] by Lisa Cooper Ellison * Lynn’s Where I’m From Poem [https://www.instagram.com/tv/Chcq0qhIfxE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link] * Lisa’s Where I’m From Poem [https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1u2u3kyz9Q/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=ODhhZWM5NmIwOQ%3D%3D] * Alyson’s Where I’m From Poem [https://www.instagram.com/tv/CZS05oZIwmK/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link] * Get Your Free Human Design Report [https://lisacooperellison.com/free-human-design-report] * Ditch Your Inner Critic Now [https://lisacooperellison.com/subscribe/] Episode Highlights: * 3:23 Silent, Unacknowledged Grief * 7:45: The Impact of the Hierarchy of Grief * 12:23 The Benefits of Writing about Sibling Loss * 18:31: Grieving and Writing in Community * 23:49 Building the Sibling Loss Anthology * 32:48 Getting to Know Alyson and Lynn * 35:23 Lynn and Alyson’s Best Writing Advice Alyson’s Bio: ALYSON SHELTON is an award winning screenwriter and essayist. Her writing is widely published at outlets including The New York Times [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/26/style/tiny-modern-love-stories-at-the-halloween-party-eager-to-go-home.html?searchResultPosition=2], Ms [https://msmagazine.com/2020/05/12/the-repercussions-of-trauma-as-a-former-patient-of-dr-george-tyndall/]. and The Rumpus [https://therumpus.net/2022/12/30/there-is-no-escape/]. She’s deeply proud of her collaborations with other female creatives, most notably, the comic, Reburn [https://www.reburncomic.com/] and the films, To Hold The Night [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29622059/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1]and Eve of Understanding [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455948/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1]. She’s anthologized in Comics Lit Vol. 1 [https://accomplishinginnovationpress.com/product/comics-lit-vol-1/] (Accomplishing Innovation Press), No Contact: Writers on Estrangement [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/804409/no-contact-by-jenny-bartoy/] (Catapult), Root Cause: Stories of Health, Harm and Reclaiming Our Humanity (Editor: Jeannine Ouellette) and The Loss of a Lifetime: Grieving Siblings Share Stories of Love, Loss, and Hope [https://a.co/d/dv7lwgb] (Contributor and Co-Editor). She’s best known for her Instagram Live series inspired by George Ella Lyon’s poem, Where I’m From [https://www.alysonshelton.com/where-im-from.html#/] which celebrated episode 200 in summer 2025 and its partner podcast, Where I'm From [https://whereimfrom.transistor.fm/]. The poem also provides the spine for her memoir in progress. Lynn’s Bio: Lynn Shattuck writes on topics like grief, parenting, and mental health. She was a columnist at Elephant Journal for ten years, where several of her essays on the topic of grief and sibling loss, and parenting went viral.Lynn co-founded the website lossofalifetime.com [http://lossofalifetime.com/], a hub of resources and community for those who’ve experienced sibling loss. She co-edited the essay collection, The Loss of a Lifetime: Grieving Siblings Share Stories of Love, Loss, and Hope, which was released in June 2025. Connect with Lynn * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064888772287 [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064888772287] * Substack: https://lynnshattuck.substack.com/ Connect with Alyson * Website: www.alysonshelton.com [http://www.alysonshelton.com/] * Instagram: @byalysonshelton * Where I’m From poem project: https://www.alysonshelton.com/where-im-from.html#/ [https://www.alysonshelton.com/where-im-from.html#/] * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Byalysonshelton Connect with the Loss of a Lifetime Sibling Loss Group * Website: https://www.lossofalifetime.com/ * Instagram: @lossofalifetime Building Better Memoir Scenes: https://janefriedman.com/building-better-memoir-scenes-with-lisa-cooper-ellison/ [https://janefriedman.com/building-better-memoir-scenes-with-lisa-cooper-ellison/] Connect with your host, Lisa: Get Your Free Copy of Ditch Your Inner Critic: https://lisacooperellison.com/subscribe/ [https://lisacooperellison.com/newsletter-subscribe/] Website [https://lisacooperellison.com/] | Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/lisacooperellison/] | YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UColPDzpoQlVktIv7-f7ObRg] | Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/lisacooperellison/] | LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-cooper-ellison-b5483840/] Produced by Espresso Podcast Production [https://www.espressopodcastproduction.com]

25. Juni 2026 - 47 min