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

Wednesday Journaling Writes: Use Journaling to Conquer Disappointment

When have you ever had to deal with disappointment? It’s something none of us escape. Disappointing moments range from discovering the restaurant you chose for lunch is closed today all the way to being turned down for a loan or rejected by a lover.

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

Journaling Through Your Job Search—Why Every Recent Grad Should Do It

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Creative Journaling

Journal Writing Discovers Daily Joy For You

Cultivating happiness in your everyday life is probably not always number one on your list of priorities. You have other commitments, from the mundane – grocery shopping and paying bills – to the...

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

Journal Writing Therapy After Losing Your Job

It is one thing to read about the country’s unemployment rate, and it is quite another to experience it firsthand. Whether you have recently gotten laid off from your job or have been searching for...

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Therapy

Blogging and Journaling

We’re pleased to host Nina Amir, author of How to Blog a Book. Nina’s the star of the current Women-on-Writing Blog Tour, and she’s a passionate advocate for her method of blogging to create a book.

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Creative Journaling

Wednesday Journaling Writes: Stop!

We are hopelessly addicted to speed in life today, rushing around, desperate to “get somewhere,” looking for the fastest solutions to everything, breathless in the chase, doggedly running, running,...

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

Journaling Exercise: A Scrabble Scramble

On a chilly fall day, there is nothing better than putting on comfy PJ’s, starting a fire, pouring a cup of hot chocolate and taking out a pile of board games to play away the afternoon. Gather a...

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Creative Journaling

Get Inspired by National Novel Writing Month

Each November, writers around the world embark on a wild journey to write a 50,000-wordnovel in the span of a month. National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo for short) started in 1999 with 21...

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

Yoga and Journaling: Soul Mates

As a dance and yoga teacher I celebrate movement as a way to unleash creativity and offer us clear glimpses of ourselves. It may well be my favorite thing about it. While I honor the many physical...

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Wednesday Journaling Writes: Use Journaling to Conquer Disappointment-featured
Mari L. McCarthy
November 7, 2012

Wednesday Journaling Writes: Use Journaling to Conquer Disappointment

Wednesday Journaling Writes: Use Journaling to Conquer Disappointment
When have you ever had to deal with disappointment? It’s something none of us escape. Disappointing moments range from discovering the restaurant...
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Journaling Through Your Job Search—Why Every Recent Grad Should Do It-featured
Mari L. McCarthy
November 6, 2012

Journaling Through Your Job Search—Why Every Recent Grad Should Do It

Journaling Through Your Job Search—Why Every Recent Grad Should Do It
Read More Details Click to view blog post
Journal Writing Discovers Daily Joy For You-featured
Mari L. McCarthy
November 5, 2012

Journal Writing Discovers Daily Joy For You

Journal Writing Discovers Daily Joy For You
Cultivating happiness in your everyday life is probably not always number one on your list of priorities. You have other commitments, from the...
Read More Details Click to view blog post
Journal Writing Therapy After Losing Your Job-featured
Mari L. McCarthy
November 2, 2012

Journal Writing Therapy After Losing Your Job

Journal Writing Therapy After Losing Your Job
It is one thing to read about the country’s unemployment rate, and it is quite another to experience it firsthand. Whether you have recently gotten...
Read More Details Click to view blog post
Blogging and Journaling-featured
Mari L. McCarthy
November 1, 2012

Blogging and Journaling

Blogging and Journaling
We’re pleased to host Nina Amir, author of How to Blog a Book. Nina’s the star of the current Women-on-Writing Blog Tour, and she’s a passionate...
Read More Details Click to view blog post
Wednesday Journaling Writes: Stop!-featured
Mari L. McCarthy
October 31, 2012

Wednesday Journaling Writes: Stop!

Wednesday Journaling Writes: Stop!
We are hopelessly addicted to speed in life today, rushing around, desperate to “get somewhere,” looking for the fastest solutions to everything,...
Read More Details Click to view blog post
Journaling Exercise: A Scrabble Scramble-featured
Mari L. McCarthy
October 30, 2012

Journaling Exercise: A Scrabble Scramble

Journaling Exercise: A Scrabble Scramble
On a chilly fall day, there is nothing better than putting on comfy PJ’s, starting a fire, pouring a cup of hot chocolate and taking out a pile of...
Read More Details Click to view blog post
Get Inspired by National Novel Writing Month-featured
Mari L. McCarthy
October 26, 2012

Get Inspired by National Novel Writing Month

Get Inspired by National Novel Writing Month
Each November, writers around the world embark on a wild journey to write a 50,000-wordnovel in the span of a month. National Novel Writing Month...
Read More Details Click to view blog post
Yoga and Journaling: Soul Mates-featured
Mari L. McCarthy
October 25, 2012

Yoga and Journaling: Soul Mates

Yoga and Journaling: Soul Mates
As a dance and yoga teacher I celebrate movement as a way to unleash creativity and offer us clear glimpses of ourselves. It may well be my favorite...
Read More Details Click to view blog post

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