Writers Block: It's Not in Your Head

Key points

A feeling of safety is vital for creativity.

Writers block is a physiological problem with a physiological solution.

Writers block is not a moral failure.

We tend to think of writing as something that happens “up here,” between our ears. But I’ve come to think that writing is a physiological event, not just a mental one—that it involves the whole organism, not just the brain.

Which means that writer’s block is not a failure of mental willpower but a physiological state. And if that’s the case, there is most likely a physiological solution.

Fascia!

I’ve recently become obsessed with fascia, the connective tissue of the body.

Last month, I attended the Seventh Annual International Fascia Research Congress in New Orleans. Yes, I am now a full-blown fascia-ist. Fascianista