Can writing your story actually heal you? And what if the shame you carry was never yours to begin with?
I sat down in the van with memoirist Emily Gindlesparger, author of Please Make Me Love Me, for part two of our conversation. Emily shared how writing her memoir changed the voice inside her head, why healing isn't a finish line, and the question that helps her untangle shame: Who taught me to believe that about myself?
In this episode:
How writing a memoir became a healing practice, not just a book
Why healing is "the capacity to be with more and more of my experience"
Where shame really comes from, and why it isn't yours
The calm "future self" voice that showed up while she was editing
The day she noticed her inner critic was gone, halfway up a steep mountain
What the title Please Make Me Love Me means to her now
Connect with Emily:
Tell Your Story Memoir Academy: tellyourstory.academy
Watch Emily's Author X talk: youtu.be/J9UyweHjWQw
