Margie Davis's Online Writing Courses   Personal Writing Courses Offered on the Internet   Courses Writing About Cancer Writing Personal Essays Email Margie at margie@writingtoheal.com Also visit Writing to Heal, Writing to Grow at www.writingtoheal.com where Margie offers her personal writing courses: Writing Personal Essays Writing Personal Essays--Advanced Revising Personal Essays Your Life in Essays Writing About Cancer Writing for Personal Caregivers Writing for Families Margie's curricula require the kind of deep-seated writing that has been shown in studies to help people heal. James W. Pennebaker, Ph.D. at the University of Texas in Austin wrote about these landmark studies in his book, Opening Up: The Healing Power of Expressing Emotions (Guilford Press, 1990). Specifically, Pennebaker showed that when people wrote their deep thoughts and feelings about traumatic events, their heart rates slowed, their bodies were better able to fight infection, and people felt a general sense of well-being. In short, linking deep thoughts and feelings to events through writing is a healthy and creative activity. The Healing Way, A Journal for Cancer Survivors by Margie Davis (Element Books, 2000) is the first of its kind, structured journal for cancer patients and survivors. This book elicits therapeutic writing on over 60 well-researched writing topics. Margie has published articles and essays in regional, national, international, and online magazines, including aardvarkexpress.com, AboutHealth.com, Arts Around Boston, Aruba Nights, Balance, Coping with Cancer, Entrepreneur's Business Start-Ups, Family Issues, Mectronic Newsletter, Natural Living Today, NovelAdvice, Oncology.com, The Outsider, Soundings, Tips, Today's Caregiver, Transitions Abroad, and Tropi-Ties. She has been teaching personal essay writing since 1993.