Wellness & Writing Connections is a collection of essays by keynote speakers, presenters, and workshop leaders from the 2007 and 2008 Wellness & Writing Connections conferences. The essay writers come from many parts of the United States and from many professions, including therapists, psychologists, counselors, nurses, poets, novelists, teachers, and researchers. Some of the essays are formal, but most of the essays are informal. But no matter what area of the country the writers come from or what discipline they represent, all of the contributors write from the personal conviction that writing has served them and others in healthful ways.