I use writing as a tool for healing.
When we write down what we are feeling internally, it activates a part of the brain called the Reticular Activating System (RAS).
Writing with pen and paper stimulates this system, which filters the information our brain needs to process and supports my healing journey.
I teach about RAS in all of my mental health and wellness workshops, and I follow my knowledge into action by integrating evidence-based wellness strategies that reinforce intentional practices to retrain the brain toward calm, clarity, and healing.
This is the foundation of my holistic and integrative healing journey.
Carrying Lupus pain day after day is incredibly heavy…showing up, staying open, doing everything possible to heal and being unable to sleep…is completely exhausting in a way that most people can’t comprehend.
When your body keeps screaming despite all your effort, it’s not just physical pain anymore; it’s heartbreak, frustration, and grief for the life I want back where I don’t have to be mindful of every move, every position, every activity and where I can make and keep plans with family and friends, or to not have to drop a course that I registered for because even sitting at home on the computer and then completing assignments is too painful after working a full day.
The doctors tell me I need to give it 8-12 weeks. It has only been 3 since I began treatment.
I pray for strength. I pray for patience and for grace…one breath at a time…
I continue to remind myself that I have been here before, and Lupus did go into remission.
I write. I process. I heal…
This is what resilience looks like in real time…messy, painful, faithful. One breath, one word, one day at a time.
The Reticular Activating System helps us reframe, refocus, and retrain the brain. Writing activates healing from within…
Science meets soul.
For anyone walking through invisible pain—you are not alone.
Healing asks for patience, and faith holds the light when strength runs low.
Love and blessings,
Wendy
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