Lori's Blog on Books, Writing, and Creativity

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Category: Mental Health

Dance as a Form for Storytelling

Phoebe Wolfe | November 7, 2022
One of the most important components to any story is the medium through which it’s told. Throughout human history, a common form of storytelling has been dance, which gives us the…

“I Thought I Could Never Make a Living From Art”

Lori Wolf-Heffner | March 6, 2021
Candice Leyland, watercolour artist and art teacher, never imagined she’d be where she is today: making a living from her art. As a writer, I can empathize. One stereotype that…

2020: The Year of Empathy, My Book List

Lori Wolf-Heffner | December 9, 2020
I’ve been trying to figure out a way to encapsulate all of this year in a word that encompasses both the pain that many have felt but perhaps also the…

Giving Books as Gifts to Voracious Reader

Lori Wolf-Heffner | November 11, 2020
It can often be difficult giving books as gifts to an avid reader in your family: You have to know their favourite genres, favourite and disliked authors, and what books…

Book Release! Between Worlds 7: What Will Come

Lori Wolf-Heffner | October 21, 2020
Between Worlds 7: What Will Come releases today! The last of the “second season” of the series, I’m excited to enter into the last few months of such a downer year…

World Mental Health Day and Me

Lori Wolf-Heffner | October 9, 2020
Today is World Mental Health Day, and it’s a day I’ll admit I’m always conflicted about. I sometimes worry that some of the messaging on mental health and mental illness makes…

Writing about Anger While Keeping the Story Uplifting & Real

Lori Wolf-Heffner | June 26, 2020
Have you ever read a story or watched a movie only to be disappointed in the ending because the protagonist won too easily? Don’t get me wrong: sometimes I enjoy…

Have a Vice? Maybe a Little “Flip” is All You Need

Lori Wolf-Heffner | June 24, 2017
Each of us has a vice, most of us have several, some have many. These vices vary in their strength from annoying habits to full-blown addictions. I have no experience…

7 Tips to an Enjoyable Journalling Ritual

Lori Wolf-Heffner | February 24, 2015
Journalling can be healing, fun, exciting, or a drag (especially if you set up too many expectations for yourself). If you’re looking to journal, here are a few tips to…

Journalling for almost 30 Years and Counting: Now What?

Lori Wolf-Heffner | February 6, 2015
I’ve been journalling for almost three decades and have just as many journals (30 of them). I travel down memory lane once in awhile, but other than that, they sit…

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