• Healing Through Words: Sally McQuillen's Memoir Journey

  • Feb 6 2025
  • Length: 44 mins
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Healing Through Words: Sally McQuillen's Memoir Journey

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  • In this episode, I sit down with Sally McQuillen, a psychotherapist and author of the upcoming memoir "Reaching for Beautiful: A Memoir of Loving and Losing a Wild Child." Sally shares her powerful journey of processing grief through writing after losing her son Christopher, and how journaling on her phone eventually evolved into a full memoir.

    Key Topics & Timestamps:

    [05:01] Sally discusses her connection to "wild" personalities and her son Christopher

    [15:57] The therapeutic benefits of journaling through grief

    [21:52] How Sally's writing group helped shape her memoir

    [26:54] Working with She Writes Press and editor Brooke Warner

    [31:21] The special significance of the book's April 2025 release date

    [34:01] End of interview

    Special Note at the End [35:40]: Discussion about changes coming to the podcast format and reducing interview frequency in favor of more solo episodes.

    Don't miss next week's episode featuring bestselling author Steve Berry!



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