Writing builds resilience by changing your brain, helping you face everyday challenges
- Written by Emily Ronay Johnston, Assistant Teaching Professor of Global Arts, Media and Writing Studies, University of California, Merced
Writing is a way of thinking and doing.AscentXmedia/iStock via Getty Images PlusOrdinary and universal, the act of writing changes the brain. From dashing off a heated text message to composing an op-ed, writing allows you to, at once, name your pain and create distance from it. Writing can shift your mental state from overwhelm and despair to...
