If you feel a pull to use art, creativity and/or words to move through deep emotions, this episode will be powerful for you.   After decades of suppressing her pain and trying to be the "perfect" woman, a series of profound life transitions catapulted my friend Andrea Seiler into a dark night of the soul. She writes under the pen name @cheydrea (a blend of her name and her daughter Cheyenne's) and vulnerably shares her journey of excavating her shadows and traumas through the raw, uncensored act of writing poetry…in her book, "A Poet's Playground: Savage Poetry for Inner Child Healing.”   Through the process of "hemorrhaging" her emotions onto the page, Andrea learned to give voice to her long-silenced inner child and discovered that self-compassion and self-love were the keys to her healing.   How writing can be used as a TOOL for processing grief, pain & trauma The critical need to honor the wounded INNER CHILD'S VOICE Words and language as a PORTAL for rebirth, worthiness & reclaiming the self WATCH this episode on Cherie’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SoulRoseShow ... Join our new MINDBODY Soul Membership: https://www.cherieburton.com/mindbody-membership Get Cherie’s Free WHOLE BODY Healing Mini-Course:  https://www.cherieburton.com/freeminicourse Follow Andrea on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cheydrea/ Follow Cherie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cherie.burton/ Ask to join our private Facebook group, Soul Rose Community, for exclusive content and free monthly, live sessions & classes!  https://www.facebook.com/groups/353442392180748/