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Learn from real people, just like you, how therapeutic journaling can benefit your life. Within these personal stories you’ll find journaling tips, tricks, inspiration and ideas that help you structure your journaling practice—and discover the true value journaling can bring to your life.

Find the inspiration to keep going and the motivation to make journaling work for you and your hectic schedule. Learn about these everyday people who made the decision to put pen to paper and how it transformed their lives!

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Journeys

Journaling to Get Unstuck

Mari L. McCarthy

by Lauren Persons

It happened again--another night that I fall asleep quickly while trying to read a great novel or movie I have wanted to see for months. I sleep well and then it happens … I wake up, staring into the dark. A heavy weight lies upon my chest, perhaps an elephant.

It is the designated hour for solving all problems of my day, my life, my lack. It is three a.m. What do I do? Where do I start? I can go to a 24-hour grocery store but that would require getting dressed and what would I buy? I am sure it would be a gallon of salted caramel ice cream, and then that would compound my problem.

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Therapy, Creative Journaling

Journal Power: Opening Up to Dreams

Mari L. McCarthy

Someone said recently, “Dream as if your life depended on it; because it does.”

Continuing the discussion about baby boomers and how we are now facing our (ahem) older years, this quote is a good...

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Journeys, Journaling for Men

Why and How Writing a Memoir Evolved from Writing in a Journal

Mari L. McCarthy

by Jerry Waxler

In this guest post, part of a WOW book tour, a long-time journaler talks about his book Memoir Revolution. Jerry Waxler makes the memoir form of writing seem like an inevitable answer...

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Therapy, Self Growth

Working with the Homeless

Mari L. McCarthy

Our latest guest from the WOW-Women on Writing Book Tour shares thoughts about her book and experiences with the homeless. You might want to journal your thoughts after reading this article.

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Therapy, Creative Journaling

Baby Boomer Blues and Bliss

Mari L. McCarthy

This post is especially about people of my generation, though everyone will deal with these issues sooner or later. Journal writing is key to navigating what can be a treacherous road as we age.

No...

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Therapy, Creative Journaling

Become Your Own Primary Healthcare Provider

Mari L. McCarthy

This post may challenge or even displease you, but the concept I’m talking about is absolutely at the core of my love for journaling, and so I really have to share it. Tell me what you think, in the...

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Creative Journaling, Health

Journal Power: Managing Emotions

Mari L. McCarthy

No one wants to be a zombie; we are heartful beings. But we must admit that emotions often get out of control. For some of us it takes a lifetime to learn a healthy balance between reason and...

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Therapy, Creative Journaling

Journal Power: Disengaging from Toxic Ties

Mari L. McCarthy

Journal writing helps us see how we cause our own suffering and how we can create our own happiness. It’s so easy to feel victimized and sorry for yourself, because life can be shockingly difficult,...

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Therapy, Self Growth, Creative Journaling

Journal Power: Disengaging from Toxic Ties

Mari L. McCarthy

Mari L. McCarthy

November 6, 2014

Journaling to Get Unstuck

by Lauren Persons It happened again--another night that I fall asleep quickly while trying to read a great novel or movie I have wanted to see for...

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Journal Power: Opening Up to Dreams-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

November 5, 2014

Journal Power: Opening Up to Dreams

Someone said recently, “Dream as if your life depended on it; because it does.” Continuing the discussion about baby boomers and how we are now...

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Why and How Writing a Memoir Evolved from Writing in a Journal-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

November 4, 2014

Why and How Writing a Memoir Evolved from Writing in a Journal

by Jerry Waxler In this guest post, part of a WOW book tour, a long-time journaler talks about his book Memoir Revolution. Jerry Waxler makes the...

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Mari L. McCarthy

October 31, 2014

Working with the Homeless

Our latest guest from the WOW-Women on Writing Book Tour shares thoughts about her book and experiences with the homeless. You might want to journal...

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Mari L. McCarthy

October 29, 2014

Baby Boomer Blues and Bliss

This post is especially about people of my generation, though everyone will deal with these issues sooner or later. Journal writing is key to...

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Become Your Own Primary Healthcare Provider-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

October 22, 2014

Become Your Own Primary Healthcare Provider

This post may challenge or even displease you, but the concept I’m talking about is absolutely at the core of my love for journaling, and so I really...

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Journal Power: Managing Emotions-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

October 15, 2014

Journal Power: Managing Emotions

No one wants to be a zombie; we are heartful beings. But we must admit that emotions often get out of control. For some of us it takes a lifetime to...

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