What I’ve Read – March 2024
Happy April Fools Day! It’s a new month, and that means a look back at reading for the last month. March was a busy month with the Gippsland Wellness Expo taking up a lot of time. Most of my reading was by audiobook as I was also doing a lot …
Writing at an expo!
Over the weekend, I had a stand at Wellness Expo Gippsland. If you follow me on social media, you would have seen a few photos of my setup, but not much more… I was too busy to take many photos! I have done expos in the past, and they can …
What is Wellbeing?
When I started writing Creative Writing for Wellbeing, I reflected on what I meant by wellbeing. When I looked up a definition, various things were mentioned, but essentially it came down to how you feel about yourself and your life. What this looks like is different from person to person, and …
Who am I?
It’s been quite some time since I’ve done an introductory post here, and now that I’m changing things, I thought I should introduce myself again and share a bit more about what is going on. My name is Melissa Gijsbers. I am in my 40s, have two adult children, and …
Creative Writing for Wellbeing – new book!
If you follow me on social media, you may already know that I have a new book coming out. I wrote it and got it ready for publishing in 10 days! Most books don’t take 10 days to produce, and if I had more time, then this would all look …
What I’ve Read – February 2024
Welcome to March. This year is just flying by. Even with the extra day, February felt like it was too short! Much of the last couple of weeks was spent writing a book (that’s a whole other post), so not a lot of time for curling up with a book. …
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About Melissa
Melissa Gijsbers started writing when she was in High School during the 1990s, even winning some awards for a short story and a script. For many years, life got in the way of creative writing, however she did start blogging around 2006.
She currently lives in Melbourne, Australia with her two sons and a pet blue tongue lizard.