The Written Life

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Words to help you unlock your creativity, embrace the messy first draft, and find healing in everything you write.

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About Kate Beddow

Writer and journal therapist based in Staffordshire. I write about the power of words to heal and transform, and what it means to build a creative, fulfilling midlife. If that resonates, pull up a chair.

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