![]() ![]() A lot of my work as a therapist is to help people accept and feel compassion for ALL parts of themselves, even those deemed societally unacceptable. ![]() When these perfectly normal parts of us do inevitably bubble up, we’re conditioned to then feel intense shame. Women and girls are often criticized when we exhibit or even feel emotions such as anger, aggression, and self-centeredness. When starting this book, I decided to use it as an exercise to explore the darker corners of my own psyche. While there, Alex finds herself solely surrounded by women-at least one of whom turns out to be a psychopath. ![]() Roza hosts Alex and other four other up-and-coming female writers at her gothic mansion, Blackbriar Estate. In my debut novel The Writing Retreat, a despairing writer named Alex is invited to attend a month-long retreat at the home of her favorite author, feminist horror novelist Roza Vallo. ![]()
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