Unlocking Creativity: Elissa Altman Reveals the Radical Power of Saying ‘Yes’ in Memoir Writing
Elissa Altman: Yes, I think that there’s a huge amount of self-loathing that comes along with bearing that yoke of guilt, and that is very, very hard. One person in my family in particular knew that I was going to walk around with an enormous amount of self-loathing, and she was right.
MDH: So how did this decade you referred to in that passage pass for you from the early days of self- loathing, incredulity, and inertia to a place of clarity, agency, and empathy, both for yourself and for your family? Did you pass through discernible phases similar to the five stages of grief?
