Writing Your Resilience: Building Resilience, Embracing Trauma and Healing Through Writing Deep Memoir Writing: 3 Stages of Transformation Every Writer Should Know with Jennifer Selig
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May 8, 2025 
Join Jennifer Selig, an LGBTQ+ teacher and author of "Deep Memoir," as she explores the intersection of depth psychology and storytelling. Discover how memoir writing can be a powerful vehicle for healing and self-discovery. Jennifer reveals her unique three stages of transformation—negredo, albedo, and rubedo—turning personal trauma into relatable narratives. Through her insightful blend of psychology and writing, she shares how unpacking unconscious patterns can foster resilience, making your story resonate with a wider audience.
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Jennifer's Career Journey
- Jennifer Selig transitioned from teaching high school English to depth psychology and now teaches memoir writing. - She combines storytelling and psychology to help writers explore deep personal transformation.
Memoir as a Writing Cure
- Depth psychology explores the unconscious to bring healing through making the unconscious conscious. - Jennifer views memoir as a form of "writing cure," where storytelling aids psychological healing.
Memoir Writing Beats Therapy
- Frank Anderson found memoir-writing more healing than decades of therapy. - Many memoir writers experience accelerated healing through the process of writing their story.
