Ep. 211 – Real Life Series with Sarah Ruhl
Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg
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The Healing Power of Literature
In 2021, you published a memoir about your experience with Bell's palsy. For 90% of people, the facial paralysis dissipates on its own; for you, it did not. Can you tell us what moved you to share your story and how sharing it offered you a doorway to healing? Sure. It was hard for me to come to the decision to write about it. And partly it was my husband suggested it because he said, you write about what you're thinking about and what makes you suffer. So I sort of tried and it started pouring out of me.
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