Ordinary 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.

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For many, writing is a path to healing. It is praised as cathartic, transformative, even redemptive—and often, it is. But as I discovered during my MFA in creative nonfiction, after 35 years as a ...