Articles to help you get more from your journaling. Including how to articles and journal prompts.
When we do something in life we tend to have a desired outcome. It might be as simple as wanting to enjoy coffee with friends. Or as big as needing a presentation at work to go well so that you can get a promotion. The problem with expected outcomes is that life doesn’t always happen…
Being stuck in a bad mood, a sad mood or even just a weird funk can make it hard to get through anything. Having a list of things, you know will help your mood, can speed up the feeling better process. Especially, because in the moment of struggling it is hard to think of the…
Love the idea of journaling but not a fan of writing? You can still experience many of the benefits using other tools. While some techniques are harder to adapt, journal prompts are easy to explore in creative, non-writing ways. Here are a few to try. How to Use Journal Prompts without Writing Meditative Walking or…
When times are overwhelming emotionally, we can have the tendency to ignore our emotions. Especially when we feel like we have no control over what is going on that is creating the emotion. To ignore them we end up using numbing tools. The problem is this isn’t healthy. Depending on what we are doing it…
This week’s journal prompts are a series that will help you explore how to move forward and recreate your life when we are in transition or feel like we are off track from what we desire. We are going to approach this from two perspectives. First, seeing the big picture. Second, using our inner wisdom….
What or who am I trying to control that is not mine to do? Most people don’t like it when others butt in with unwanted advice. Or when someone wants to come in and take over a project that they have been working on. Getting unwanted advice or someone taking over creates animosity, resentment and…
Journaling techniques or methods are ways that you can better utilize the time you have to journal. They give you a tool to make journaling your thoughts easier. After 20 plus years of journaling I can say that having different ways to journal really helps when you are struggling to get the writing flow going….
Just because you are talking to your friend about keeping a journal does not mean that you are talking about the same type of journal. Journaling is a blanket term for many different types of journaling. So, if your friend is going on and on about how wonderful journaling is. But you just don’t feel…
Want to start journaling but have no clue how to start? You grab a journal, but then you panic about exactly what to write. The decisions seem overwhelming. How much to write, when to write, are you doing it wrong? Not to worry, first off – there is no wrong way to journal. So, you…
Journaling for emotional healing is a powerful way to understand what is going on. And at the same time, start the emotional healing process. In this article I am going to cover why this is true. How to begin to start to journal about your feelings. Plus, what to do with what you discover, so you…