The Healthy Writer

Reduce your pain, improve your health, and build a writing career for the long-term

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Health, Work Related Health, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Writing & Publishing, Authorship, Healthy Living
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Author: Joanna Penn, Euan Lawson ISBN: 1230001949186
Publisher: Curl Up Press Publication: December 28, 2017
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Joanna Penn, Euan Lawson
ISBN: 1230001949186
Publisher: Curl Up Press
Publication: December 28, 2017
Imprint:
Language: English

Do you suffer from physical pain relating to your writing life?

Are you struggling with back pain, weight gain related to sedentary working, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, neck pain, eye strain, stress, loneliness, digestive issues, or Repetitive Strain Injury?

These are the most common issues reported by writers and if you struggle with any of them, you are not alone. 

Writing is not a physically healthy job, but if you want a long-term writing career, then you need to look after your body.

I've been through my own pain journey over the last six years. I used to get crippling migraines that sent me to a dark room, and back pain so bad that I couldn't sleep, as well as stress levels so high that I wasn't able to breathe normally.

Now, my back pain, migraines and RSI have almost gone completely, and I manage my writing life in a far healthier way than ever before. I share my personal journey and insights with you in this book.

My co-author is Dr Euan Lawson, who shares his insights into how we can reduce pain, improve health and build a writing career for the long term.

The book covers:

  • Introduction and survey results from 1200 writers
  • 7 reasons why writing is great for your health

**Part 1: The Unhealthy Writer **

  • Stress, anxiety, burnout
  • Back, neck and shoulder pain
  • Writer's cramp and Repetitive Strain Injury
  • A personal journey to a pain-free back
  • Writing with chronic pain
  • Sedentary life and inactivity
  • Sleep problems/ insomnia
  • Eye strain, headaches, and migraine
  • A personal story of headaches and migraine
  • Loneliness and isolation
  • Weight gain or weight loss
  • Joanna's Letter to Sugar
  • Digestive issues and IBS
  • A personal journey through IBS with FODMAP
  • Mood and mental health
  • Riding the waves: Writing with depression
  • Alcohol - the good, the bad, and the ugly
  • Coffee and caffeine
  • Supplements, substances, and nootropics

**Part 2: The Healthy Writer **

  • Improve your workspace
  • Sort out your sleep
  • Sort out your diet 
  • From fat to fit
  • Sort out your back
  • Lessons learned about writing from yoga
  • How to use dictation for a healthier writing life
  • The active writer mindset
  • Strategies for the sofa-bound
  • The active writer: Three golden rules
  • The running writer: Three rookie mistakes
  • Lessons learned about writing from walking a double ultra-marathon
  • Find a community
  • Build wellbeing with mindfulness
  • Develop healthy habits for the long-term
  • It's your turn. Choose life!

It's time to be a healthy writer! Download a sample or buy now. 

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Do you suffer from physical pain relating to your writing life?

Are you struggling with back pain, weight gain related to sedentary working, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, neck pain, eye strain, stress, loneliness, digestive issues, or Repetitive Strain Injury?

These are the most common issues reported by writers and if you struggle with any of them, you are not alone. 

Writing is not a physically healthy job, but if you want a long-term writing career, then you need to look after your body.

I've been through my own pain journey over the last six years. I used to get crippling migraines that sent me to a dark room, and back pain so bad that I couldn't sleep, as well as stress levels so high that I wasn't able to breathe normally.

Now, my back pain, migraines and RSI have almost gone completely, and I manage my writing life in a far healthier way than ever before. I share my personal journey and insights with you in this book.

My co-author is Dr Euan Lawson, who shares his insights into how we can reduce pain, improve health and build a writing career for the long term.

The book covers:

**Part 1: The Unhealthy Writer **

**Part 2: The Healthy Writer **

It's time to be a healthy writer! Download a sample or buy now. 

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