violence


Writing About Domestic Violence 25

Since October is Domestic Awareness Month, I want to help bring awareness to this issue while offering ways to write about how violence affects each of us personally. It’s not a subject we like to think about. And when it happens publicly, as recent viral videos have shown, those of us […]


A Week’s Worth of Journaling Prompts: When Violence Intrudes 9

We can’t avoid it. It’s all over the news and in conversations: wars, random shootings, gang rapes, knifings and, most recently, the Boston Marathon bombings. Violence, if we are to judge by news sources, is everywhere and could even be considered “normal.” I’ve been involved in many philosophical arguments over […]


A Week’s Worth of Journaling Prompts: War and Peace 8

Journaling prompts, such as the last two weeks’ posts about friendship and personal resistance, can help us reflect deeply about our personal, internal worlds. Journal writing can also help us consider broader, philosophical aspects of life and human nature. After the death of Osama Bin Laden, I’ve been thinking a […]