Mari's Journaling Power Blog | CreateWriteNow

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!

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Journaling Prompts You to Answer that Burning Question

Mari L. McCarthy

What are your reasons for keeping a personal journal? Does it help you sort through your thoughts and emotions? Does it keep you focused on your goals and dreams? There are many individual reasons for journaling, but they all have a common thread: they help you get to know yourself better.

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Have You Ever Cheated On Your Journal?

Mari L. McCarthy

Guest Post and Artwork by Mazie Bishop

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Starting a Health Journal: A Natural Spring Kickoff

Mari L. McCarthy

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7 Inspiration Firestarters for the Creative Mind

Mari L. McCarthy

I like to consider myself a pretty creative person. Heck, I do it for a living. However, I've noticed that creativity and creative ideas tend to present themselves whenever they see fit, and rarely...

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Take my '27 Days of Journaling' Survey, Please!

Mari L. McCarthy

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Creative Journaling

Journaling Therapy Tips #79, #80 and #81

Mari L. McCarthy

#79 * TOY STORY * What's your favorite toy? Visit a toy department and see which item chooses you. Bring it home with you and introduce it to your Journal and vice versa.

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How Journaling Changed My Life: Receiving Journal Insight

Mari L. McCarthy

by Lillian GaffneySunday Aug. 26, 1990 I walked to the corner... crossed the street and walked to the phone booth. I opened the door and inserted my dime. I called the police. That phone call...

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A Reflective Writing Honoring of Women's History Month

Mari L. McCarthy

Every March, we celebrate Women’s History Month in the United States, recognizing the many influential female leaders in everything from art and literature to politics and science. Its goal is to...

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How to Keep a Journal When You Don't Ever Have Any Time

Mari L. McCarthy

At the start of the New Year, you probably had the best intentions about journaling more often (along with going to the gym five times a week and eating more fruits and veggies). But as the year...