Recommended Reading: Unbroken

I went to an amazing reading last night at

featuring Dr. Mary Catherine (MC) McDonald in conversation with Anne Lamott. MC read from her new book Unbroken (which has been amazing, so far. I'll have to post a full review once I finish reading it.)

They talked a lot about healing, survival, and transformation along with new techniques for treatment. I'm especially interested in the connections between writing and trauma: the healing power of writing as well as the stumbling blocks that can be caused by fractured and fragmented memories that often accompany shocking or traumatic events.

I've come across some great YouTube videos from Lidia Yukanvitch who talks about this as well as some work by Grace M. Cho who is leading a really interesting workshop this June at the Lighthouse LitFest for those of you in the Denver area.