by Joanna Klein | Dec 1, 2021
Several times recently, a term has surfaced and resonated with me: “life review.” You might have heard “life review” associated with end-of-life tasks or near-death experiences. That’s its most common association — or, rather, it was its most common association....
by Joanna Klein | Nov 17, 2021
As I plan for my extended family’s first Thanksgiving holiday together since my older sister passed away six years ago and explore the grab bag of emotions it’s bringing up for me, I wonder about you. What emotions are the various upcoming holidays generating for you?...
by Joanna Klein | Oct 20, 2021
I loved sharing my story with you about subjective memory—about how my daughter and I remember a conflict from her teenage years differently. And, how we’re navigating that difference now that she’s an adult and we’re both writing our life stories. There’s a separate...
by Joanna Klein | Sep 22, 2021
A big part of what I love about life story writing is that I’m constantly learning more about myself–and not just about my past life, but about who I am at my core. Not every moment is comfortable. There are aspects of my life I avoid writing about because those...
by Joanna Klein | Sep 2, 2021
Do you have photos stored in boxes, on your phone, and on your computer? And do you keep telling yourself, “I need to put these in albums one of these days?” Well, hold your horses, ‘cause I’ve got a story to share . . . My mother was meticulous about putting...