Writing can be a powerful tool to strengthen your mental health and build mental resilience. 

It has the ability to  provide space for us to process heavy emotions, release anxious energy, and allow us to enter a creative flow state filled with meditative benefits. For this Leo New Moon Renewal Bonus Episode, I sat down with author and poet Shelby Leigh to talk about how writing is a powerful tool to strengthen your mental health. Then I pull the cards for Shelby and dive into my signature Building Mental Resilience Tarot Reading.

Shelby and I chat about...

• The struggles with experiencing insecurity, self-doubt, and anxiety as a teenage
• How to find freedom in talking about and writing about mental health challenges
• How to break past your fear and start writing for your mental health and to process emotions
• Overcoming perfection in writing as a tool for healing
• Re-finding ourselves when feeling lonely 

Shelby Leigh is a mental health poet and self-love advocate who has been sharing her work online for 7+ years, amassing a following of more than 450,000 readers. She is the author of the bestselling book, changing with the tides, published by Gallery Books in July 2022. In addition to writing poetry, Shelby hosts an online poetry community with monthly workshops, and helps others writers confidently market their books. Find her at shelbyleigh.co, and Instagram and TikTok @shelbyleighpoetry.

You can find more from Shelby at...

• shelbyleigh.co
• Purchase changing with the tides
• Instagram
• TikTok

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