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Aug 20
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RAR #286: Why We Write

SARAH MACKENZIE
About this episode

Over the past few months on the podcast, we’ve talked a lot about how reading aloud benefits kids academically, how it develops their resilience, empathy, and virtue, and even reduces physiological stress. Today on the show, we’re diving into the flip side of reading: writing. 


Without writing, we’d have no stories to read. But creating books to share with others isn’t the only reason why writing is so important. Writing also has tremendous benefits to the person sitting down and putting words on a page.  


In this episode, Audrey and I talk about some of the many reasons to invite your kids –– and yourself! –– to write and we’ll share a few of our favorite exercises and tips for getting everyone’s creativity flowing.


In this episode, you’ll hear: 

  • Why creativity is available to every single one of us, even if we wouldn’t consider ourselves to be artists 
  • How writing helps us slow down, notice details, cultivate attention and presence, and uncover what we’re thinking even when life is busy and messy
  • How writing, like reading, has the power to connect and transform us


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Find the rest of the show notes at: readaloudrevival.com/why-we-write

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