Processing Trauma Through Poiesis

We are excited to have Sue Cunningham, who is acclaimed by Dan
Allender as the officially-unofficial Poet Laureate of the
Allender Center, back with us. In this discussion, we’re taking
on the term "poiesis," which comes from the Greek word "to make"
and is related to "poetry."


At the Allender Center, we believe that writing and telling your
story is an essential part of the process of understanding and
processing traumatic experiences. We explore how poetry relates
to this process in our conversation with Sue Cunningham, Dan
Allender, and Rachael Clinton Chen. They also discuss the effects
of the creative process on the brain and the power of using
descriptive language to make meaning.


We encourage you, our listeners, to be bold this week and try
writing some poetry to see what insights you can gain from the
experience.

Sue invites us: “Will you have the courage to just say one true
thing? And whether it's like you speak it and I'll write it down
for you and then give it to you, or you scribble it in a journal
or you write it on the back of a napkin, anything to say, it's
honoring, you matter. You exist.”