John F. Evans, MAT, MA, Ed.D shares his personal journey and raw grief experiences in which his love for teaching and learning has led him to becoming the founder and executive director of Wellness & Writing Connections. He is an expressive writing clinician, expressive writing researcher, and national board certified health and wellness coach who teaches groups, individuals, and health care professionals how to use writing for better physical, emotional, and spiritual health.  An author of five books, he has taught journaling and writing for self-development for over thirty-five years. he also has been certified in the Advanced Grief Recovery Method.

Dr. Evans' key books include Expressive Writing: Words that Heal (2014) co-authored with James Pennebaker. and Wellness & Writing Connections: Writing for Better Physical, Mental, and Spiritual Health (2010), a collection of essays from the Wellness & Writing Connections Conference Series. In addition, Dr. Evans has been awarded several research grants at Duke Integrative Medicine, Duke Medical School, Duke Cancer Institute, and the Duke Health and Humanities Lab focused on the positive health impacts of expressive writing for a variety of populations.

His company: https://www.wellnessandwritingconnections.com/

Books  mentioned in today's episode: 

http://www.anunfinishedproject.net.

 https://www.amazon.com/Family-Disease-Memoir-Multigenerational-Ataxia/dp/1476683182/ref=sr_1_1?crid=18IWYLA9WPMA1&dchild=1&keywords=a+family+disease&qid=1612276896&sprefix=family+disease+%2Caps%2C153&sr=8-1