Writing Doesn't Have to be Healing

We can write just because we want to

I don’t know if it’s the planets shifting or the sun sending out flares, but sometimes you wake up with absolute clarity. Has that ever happened to you?

This morning, I woke up knowing something deep in my bones.

I’ve spent 15 years as a mental health professional and healer, blending science-based and intuitive practices to help people move trauma through their bodies, restore their capacity for joy and reclaim their authentic voices. I’ve healed a ton of my own stress and trauma: clinical depression, gut issues, unworthiness. My amazing clients walk away stronger, more resilient, more able to meet life’s challenges and successes with confidence and capacity for joy.

Healing has been woven into everything I do for so long that it naturally shaped how I built this Joyful Rebel Writer movement. It’s not wrong. It’s just… incomplete.

Here’s what hit me today:

Yes, writing can be healing. It can help us move through pain and transform our experiences.

AND We don’t have to heal first to express ourselves through writing.

We can write right now. Just because we want to.

Our words are worthy because we are inherently worthy. We don’t need them to sound a certain way, follow a structure or be polished for some specific outcome.

Writing isn’t just a tool for healing. It’s a tool for joy, play, discovery, and self-expression. It’s how we find out what we want, what we have to say, what stories and ideas live inside us.

We can polish, edit, and publish our work. But that’s just one possibility.

We can write simply because we want to.

The space I create in Joyful Rebel Writer circles is a space where writing itself is enough.
No pressure. No proving yourself. No productivity hacks or perfectionism.

Joyful Rebel Writer circles are about:

• Writing for its own sake.

• Expressing yourself without justification or expectation.

• Exploring your voice, curiosity, and creative play.

• Showing up for yourself as a writer—no strings attached

It’s about liberation and rebellion against all the forces silencing our voice and trying to shape them with strict formulas.

A space for people who don’t want rules, judgment or to be taught how to be “good” writers—but who do want to write, explore and create freely.

This is way more fun! You in?

What do you look for in a writing circle?