This week, Rebecca speaks to Chloe Higgins, an author and writing coach. She runs her online business Write with Chloe from Thailand, where she recently moved to from her home of Australia. A big reason for this was her love of Muay Tai, with this form of exercise serving as an important coping tool for her mental health.
Chloe spoke about losing two sisters in a car accident when she was 17, which led to a two-month stay in a psychiatric ward, undergoing treatment for trauma. There, she discovered her passion for writing after discovering The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron, which helps with artistic creative recovery. Almost immediately, Chloe decided she wanted to be an author and in 2020, her debut The Girls won the People’s Choice Award at the 2020 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards.
Chloe now coaches others with their writing and reaching the point of publication, with a strong focus on mindset and self-work. She believes that writing and mental health are the same thing, that vulnerability is everything in literature, and that it is a political act to normalise honest, personal conversations.
Rebecca and Chloe also discuss:
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By Rebecca RyderThis week, Rebecca speaks to Chloe Higgins, an author and writing coach. She runs her online business Write with Chloe from Thailand, where she recently moved to from her home of Australia. A big reason for this was her love of Muay Tai, with this form of exercise serving as an important coping tool for her mental health.
Chloe spoke about losing two sisters in a car accident when she was 17, which led to a two-month stay in a psychiatric ward, undergoing treatment for trauma. There, she discovered her passion for writing after discovering The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron, which helps with artistic creative recovery. Almost immediately, Chloe decided she wanted to be an author and in 2020, her debut The Girls won the People’s Choice Award at the 2020 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards.
Chloe now coaches others with their writing and reaching the point of publication, with a strong focus on mindset and self-work. She believes that writing and mental health are the same thing, that vulnerability is everything in literature, and that it is a political act to normalise honest, personal conversations.
Rebecca and Chloe also discuss:
If you like the show, please take a minute to leave a review on Apple podcasts or rate it on Spotify.
Visit the event page for Same Shit Different Brain's first ever live panel talk:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-make-friends-and-find-communities-as-an-adult-tickets-379273576477
Follow Same Shit Different Brain and Chloe Higgins on the socials:
https://www.instagram.com/sameshitdifferentbrain/
https://www.facebook.com/SameShitDifferentBrainPodcast/
https://twitter.com/SameSDiffBrain
https://www.instagram.com/write_with_chloe/
https://www.facebook.com/ChloHiggs/