The Importance of Private Practice in Writing

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I think often we need an extra secret practice or private practice if you like that we're allowed to screw up in. I feel like I could do with a bit more of that in my life right now actually. It's almost like having a glorious affair with something and nobody else can interfere with that It's none of their business to do that it's your relationship with the thing you're passionate about. How do you balance social media? That's always a question for me that I that I ask a lot oh it's such a tricky one.

Welcome to the Wintering Sessions with Katherine May.

This week Katherine chats to Elissa Altman, author of ‘Motherland’ and more.

Katherine finds Elissa in that pre-Christmas zone, which serves as the perfect jumping-off point for a very upfront, candid and fascinating conversation on family. Specifically, Elissa's relationship with her mother. Like every family, it's a relationship which is unique and comes with its own inimitable history, and as such, informs where the two find themselves this present day, and it's a wonderful thing to hear Elissa talk openly about all that is contained within this box of memories and present moments. In addition, Elissa catches up with Katherine about the New England Winter, being a feeder, her relationship with her father, mental wellbeing, getting out of the 'swamp' via nature and its grounding properties, rediscovering and reprocessing her musical proclivities, and all with a real glint and sparkle.

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