“Over a thousand research studies have now demonstrated how putting distressing experiences into words can improve physical, emotional and mental health. Writing for Wellbeing, edited by Katrin Den Elzen and Reinekke Lengelle, translates the scientific findings into the art and practice of writing. The book gracefully points to ways therapists, practitioners, teachers, and those seeking …
Just heard this wonderful news, 30 March 2022 The winner of the 2022 Qualitative Book Award is: Lengelle, R. (2020). Writing the Self in Bereavement: A Story of Love, Spousal Loss, and Resilience. London & New York: Routledge. This book spoke – sang, called – to each of us in its power, vulnerability and deep …
My book “Writing the Self in Bereavement” has won the BEST BOOK AWARD for Ethnography. This was announced on June 10th, 2021. It is the H.L. “Bud” Goodall, Jr./Nick Trujillo “It’s a Way of Life” Award” This award is based on a work that “exemplifies excellence in storytelling informed by scholarship and intended for both …
I wrote this (free access!) interview-based article about Hubert Hermans, founder of The Dialogical Self Theory (DST) to honour his work and see how DST took shape. From the abstract: It was intended to determine the founder’s personal relationship to the construction and development of his theory and to provide a portrait of the engaged …
While sadness is readily sanctioned in bereavement, other less comfortable emotions such as anger, regret, relief, guilt, joy, and desire are frequently considered taboos by those facing loss. Because research shows that a much larger pallet of feelings is common in those who are grieving, this module uses writing techniques to enlarge the space for …
Dr. Robert Neimeyer has invited me to present for the Portland Institute for Loss and Transition In lieu of an in-person book launch for “Writing the Self in Bereavement”, I will be doing several of these talks over the next little while. And maybe a Zoom “virtual launch” at some point! Here is the …
Book cover image, “Widow maker” by Darrin Hartman My book will come out in hardcover, softcover and in electronic format by early 2021! It will be published with Routledge Writing the self in bereavement: a story of love, spousal loss, and resilience By Reinekke Lengelle Writing the self in bereavement is balm for readers experiencing …
In grief there were slow afternoons and swampy mid-day mornings of discombobulation there was waking with a leaden, burning heart and wondering why nature invented whimpering I watched myself as griever, as walker, as the woman who put brie on crackers and re-boiled water in the kettle five times If there is a “she” …
The “Widow Project” manuscript was the working title for the book described below that will be published with Routledge in 2021. Writing the Self in Bereavement: A story of Love, Spousal Loss, and Resilience by Reinekke Lengelle BOOK SUMMARY To lose loved ones is our common fate. Yet death is something we frequently (and perhaps wisely) …
Today Frans has been gone 10 months. This past weekend, as I was cleaning the house, this poem started to form in my mind. Feel free to use it with groups or share it with others who are bereaved. You can send them the link or copy and paste. Simple questions by Reinekke Lengelle First …