Rupi Kaur’s short poems on Instagram resonated with so many people; then she released three best-selling poetry collections and an Amazon special and, in 2022, launched a world tour.
Her fourth book, Healing Through Words, is a departure. Oprah Daily’s VP of Books, Leigh Haber, talked with Kaur about this guided journal designed to help readers explore their heartbreaks, losses, trauma—and discover the power of words to heal.
LEIGH HABER: There’s an exercise at the very beginning of the book suggesting readers spend a few moments taking deep breaths, meditating on the word trauma to see what it conjures, and then allotting a few minutes to free writing. What are prompts like this designed to do?
RUPI KAUR: use free writing to tap into my inner thoughts. I might wake up one day and think, Oh, I should be writing about this, or about that. But it’s really when I let go and allow my subconscious to take the wheel that the healing process starts.
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