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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Journeys

How Journaling Can Help You Manifest Your Creative Dreams

Journal writing is a powerful tool in helping to bring forth your creative dreams. Often we spend significant amounts of time thinking about our dreams. We imagine what it would be like to finally write that book or audition for the local play or move to your favorite city. And yet for many of us that's where it ends. Oftentimes we don't know how to start pursuing our dreams or feelings of fear and doubt quickly erode what we momentarily imagined as possible.

A 2016 study from the Global Dreams Index found that 50% of the women surveyed had given up on their dreams. Some reasons for this included fear, lack of financial support and lack of confidence. But what if you haven't given up on your dreams? What if you want to take the steps required to have your creative dreams become your reality?

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Journeys

Six More Journaling Techniques to Deepen Your Journaling Practice

As a lifelong journal writer with stacks of journals to prove it my favorite technique to use in my practice is free writing. I love this approach to journaling because it’s unrestrictive. I’m able...

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Journeys, Money Matters

Connecting The Dots On Money Anxiety

Money makes me anxious, specifically excess money. After my bills are paid, any money left over causes me to feel uneasy because I'm not always sure what to do with it. I first started to experience...

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Journeys

Four Techniques to Deepen Your Journal Writing Practice

One of the many benefits of cultivating and sustaining a journal writing practice is that over time you begin to know and connect with yourself in a deeper way. I've maintained a journal writing...

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Journeys

What about my journals after i die?

What will happen to my journals after I die?

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

Four Questions to Unravel Your Life

I recently forgot the importance of trusting my inner voice. My life was changing, which meant there were decisions I needed to make, but instead of deciding I found myself reverting back to an old...

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Creative Journaling

Three Obstacles to Journal Writing

Journals and God-inspired dreams go together. And journals also go together with self-discovery, self-expression, self-care, healing and personal transformation. I am a BIG advocate and believer in... Read More

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

7 Tips For The New Journal Writer

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Creative Journaling

Commonplace Books: What Are They and Why I Have One

Right now I have two main journals. The first one has a colorful cover with really smooth, lined paper inside. This is where I write my thoughts and feelings. It’s the type of journal I have kept for...

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Tara C. Pray
October 10, 2022

How Journaling Can Help You Manifest Your Creative Dreams

How Journaling Can Help You Manifest Your Creative Dreams
Journal writing is a powerful tool in helping to bring forth your creative dreams. Often we spend significant amounts of time thinking about our...
Tara C. Pray
December 31, 2021

Six More Journaling Techniques to Deepen Your Journaling Practice

Six More Journaling Techniques to Deepen Your Journaling Practice
As a lifelong journal writer with stacks of journals to prove it my favorite technique to use in my practice is free writing. I love this approach to...
Tara C. Pray
April 6, 2020

Connecting The Dots On Money Anxiety

Connecting The Dots On Money Anxiety
Money makes me anxious, specifically excess money. After my bills are paid, any money left over causes me to feel uneasy because I'm not always sure...
Tara C. Pray
February 27, 2020

Four Techniques to Deepen Your Journal Writing Practice

Four Techniques to Deepen Your Journal Writing Practice
One of the many benefits of cultivating and sustaining a journal writing practice is that over time you begin to know and connect with yourself in a...
Tara C. Pray
August 14, 2018

Four Questions to Unravel Your Life

Four Questions to Unravel Your Life
I recently forgot the importance of trusting my inner voice. My life was changing, which meant there were decisions I needed to make, but instead of...
Tara C. Pray
October 17, 2017

Three Obstacles to Journal Writing

Three Obstacles to Journal Writing
Journals and God-inspired dreams go together. And journals also go together with self-discovery, self-expression, self-care, healing and personal...
Tara C. Pray
September 1, 2015

Commonplace Books: What Are They and Why I Have One

Commonplace Books: What Are They and Why I Have One
Right now I have two main journals. The first one has a colorful cover with really smooth, lined paper inside. This is where I write my thoughts and...

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