Brave the Page - How Writing Our Hard Stories Brings Healing and Wholeness

Megan Febuary

Summary

When you tell your story, you open the door to healing

· research-based insights, gentle affirmations, and inspired prompts
· powerful resource from an experienced trauma-informed writing coach
· from the founder of the For Women Who Roar writing community

When you've endured a traumatic experience or loss, it can feel like your mind, body, and spirit have been hijacked. Frightening, negative, or depressive thoughts intrude out of nowhere. Muscles tighten, teeth grind. Your sense of self-worth plummets. Amid all the swirling chaos, you may even question your faith and the goodness of God as you long for peace, wholeness, and holy calm.

One of the best and most effective weapons against the turmoil and pain you feel is quite possibly within arm's reach right now. It's waiting in your desk drawer, in your car's glovebox, at the bottom of your purse. It's a pen. And if you wield it with courage, it can open the door to freedom.

Weaving personal storytelling with research-based insights, gentle affirmations, and inspired prompts, Brave the Page shows you how to harness the power of writing to process your hard stories and experience healing. This transformative book from a trauma-informed writing coach is perfect for individuals, grief groups, and counselors looking for an effective and accessible resource to offer their clients.

"This well-researched, beautifully written, and deeply genuine book allows readers to consider the stories locked inside their bodies and empowers them to get the words on the page."--Christie Tate, New York Times bestselling author of GROUP and B.F.F.

"This book will be of deep support to all who are looking to explore more human, embodied ways of sharing their stories."--Lisa Olivera, author of Already Enough

"Megan's lifegiving prose is poetry for the soul. This powerful book will help you reclaim your life."--Dan B. Allender, PhD, professor of counseling psychology and founding president, The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology

Available since: 06/03/2025.

Print length: 224 pages.

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