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Nita Sweeney [1]

Listed as: 
Creative Nonfiction Writer
Public address: 
Upper Arlington, OH
Ohio US
Email: 
nita@nitasweeney.com
Bio: 

Nita Sweeney is the award-winning wellness author of the running and mental health memoir, Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running with My Dog Brought Me Back from the Brink and co-creator of the writing journal, You Should Be Writing: A Journal of Inspiration & Instruction to Keep Your Pen Moving. Her third book, Make Every Move a Meditation was featured in the Wall Street Journal.

A mindfulness coach, certified meditation leader and mindfulness teacher, mental health advocate, ultramarathoner, and former assistant to writing practice originator Natalie Goldberg, Nita founded the groups Mind, Mood, and Movement to support well-being through meditation, exercise, and writing practice, and The Writer’s Mind, to share using writing practice to produce publishable work. Nita also published the central Ohio writing resource, Write Now Columbus, for twenty years.

She lives in central Ohio with her husband, Ed, and their yellow Labrador retriever, Scarlet. Download your free copy of Nita’s eBook Three Tools for a Happier, Healthier Mind or the infographic, Meditation Myths on her website.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Twitter/X: 
NitaSweeney
Born in: 
Sandusky, OH
Ohio
Raised in: 
Alexandria, OH
Ohio
RSS feed: 
https://nitasweeney.com/blog [2]
Website: 
https://nitasweeney.com [3]
Prizes won: 

Dublin Arts Council Poet's Choice Award
Dog Writers Association of America Maxwell Medallion - Human/Animal Bond

 

Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Disability
Illness/Wellness
Mental Health
Schools
Seniors
Teachers

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Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/nita_sweeney [2] https://nitasweeney.com/blog [3] https://nitasweeney.com