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None of the chemo I was doing was working.

My leukemia was becoming more and more aggressive.

It was terrifying and traumatizing.

Within 24 hours, you know, my life completely changed.

Shalika Jawad is a New York Times bestselling memoirist and visionary creative

who has found ways to alchemize interruption and struggle,

including recurring bouts of leukemia, into a transformative journey of self-discovery and artistic expression.

From her groundbreaking life-interrupted column to the creation of the isolation journals community

and her new book on journaling, The Book of Alchemy, she empowers us to turn life's interruptions into the

alchemy of inspiration.

Journaling, to me, felt like, you know, a thing you do for yourself, it's private.

You just saying, let me take the few hours I have every day to feel the way I want to feel.

That experience had meant for me and how I wanted to apply that knowledge going forward

and even how I might navigate things differently if I got sick again.

I found out in August that my leukemia is back for a third time.

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