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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

Mindful Journaling Activities for Better Sleep

Stacy Walden

Americans spend most of their waking hours in front of screens. According to recent studies, they spend around 12 hours a day in front of just televisions and computers alone. Due to the current climate and stay at home orders, the amount of digital media consumed globally has increased by 60% as many flock to screens for news updates, entertainment or simply to escape a chaotic world. This spike in digital media consumption can impact our health and wellbeing as a constant connection to our devices makes it hard to shut off our brains and disconnect.

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Writing In a Journal Saved Me

Faith Fuller Wilcox

Throughout the past two decades, writing in a journal has saved me. At first, writing helped me release anxieties and express thoughts that I didn’t dare to say aloud while my thirteen-year-old...

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Journaling: A Sentence A Day Can Keep You Happier Than Ever

Annie Megan

Whenever we think of happiness, all that hits our mind is related to big events, and a lot of laughter fits. But your depression and the constant fear of loneliness is the real reason that is...

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Six Mindful Journaling Practices To Transform Your Life

Melissa Steginus

Melissa Steginus is a productivity and wellness specialist and author of the new book, Everyday Mindfulness: 108 Simple Practices to Empower Yourself and Transform Your Life.

Her motto is that “your...

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Accept Today and Plan for Tomorrow

Dr. Anne Greenawalt

As a kid, my dream was to be a writer and a mom. "I can stay home with the kids and write!" Now, as a mom of a 7-month-old, I know this to be a sweet idealistic and unrealistic fantasy.

Despite...

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Setting and Achieving Financial Goals Through Journaling

Frankie Wallace

Journaling is a wonderful activity. It can help you record past experiences, learn more about yourself, strategize and set life goals, and generally plan for the future. When it comes to finances,...

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7 Rewarding Ways How Bullet Journals Can Level Up Your Life

Peter Clarke

Bullet journaling is the next big thing. It is one effectively rewarding way to keep track of every single activity and goal you would pursue in life, with each passing day. The very idea behind...

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5 Effective Tips To Increase Your Mindfulness with Writing

Alan Walker

We often have secrets that we cannot even admit to ourselves since we’re afraid of confronting the truth. It’s really difficult to be completely honest without being afraid to confess our blunders...

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Can a Simple Blank-Page Notebook Lead to Better Journaling

Lori Wade

If there's one thing every journal writer, college student, and professional novelist has in common, it's a fear of the blank page.

The image of a cursor flashing on screen or the sight of an empty,...

Mindful Journaling Activities for Better Sleep-featured

Stacy Walden

December 18, 2020

Mindful Journaling Activities for Better Sleep

Americans spend most of their waking hours in front of screens. According to recent studies, they spend around 12 hours a day in front of just...

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Faith Fuller Wilcox

December 16, 2020

Writing In a Journal Saved Me

Throughout the past two decades, writing in a journal has saved me. At first, writing helped me release anxieties and express thoughts that I didn’t...

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Journaling: A Sentence A Day Can Keep You Happier Than Ever-featured

Annie Megan

December 11, 2020

Journaling: A Sentence A Day Can Keep You Happier Than Ever

Whenever we think of happiness, all that hits our mind is related to big events, and a lot of laughter fits. But your depression and the constant ...

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Six Mindful Journaling Practices To Transform Your Life-featured

Melissa Steginus

December 9, 2020

Six Mindful Journaling Practices To Transform Your Life

Melissa Steginus is a productivity and wellness specialist and author of the new book, Everyday Mindfulness: 108 Simple Practices to Empower Yourself...

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Accept Today and Plan for Tomorrow-featured

Dr. Anne Greenawalt

December 3, 2020

Accept Today and Plan for Tomorrow

As a kid, my dream was to be a writer and a mom. "I can stay home with the kids and write!" Now, as a mom of a 7-month-old, I know this to be a sweet...

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Setting and Achieving Financial Goals Through Journaling-featured

Frankie Wallace

November 30, 2020

Setting and Achieving Financial Goals Through Journaling

Journaling is a wonderful activity. It can help you record past experiences, learn more about yourself, strategize and set life goals, and generally...

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