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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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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Journeys

Journaling as a Discovery Tool for Current Projects

As I write this blog, my little town is in the midst of a Nor’easter snowstorm. According to the forecast, there’ll be at least 15 to 20 inches (!) of accumulated precipitation by 7 am tomorrow. At the moment, there are about 2.5 inches, transforming driveways, yards, and roadways into a beautiful blank canvas that’ll shortly be filled with boot-prints, patched-together snowmen with crooked carrot noses, and tire tread aplenty.

The slippery, fluffy flakes pounce and pirouette outside the office window. The undulating, unfolding landscape is a compelling show that I keep gazing into every few sentences—okay, sometimes every few words.

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Journeys

A 12 Day Guide To Morning Pages

October 9

My reason for choosing this workbook as my prize from a WOW! writing contest was not to establish a morning pages practice but to help me reestablish a stalled one. I have written morning...

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Journeys

7 Helpful Journaling Tips for Tweens and Teens

Our pre-teenage and teenage years are considered to be the most vulnerable time in our growing up. In this period of life, we're faced with both physical and mental changes that can be quite...

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Journeys

How To Find Your Way To Money Mastery

How’s your relationship with your money? You know, your link to the world of physical necessities? Mine is nowhere near where I’d like it to be – a close friendship complete with a warm fuzzy. If it...

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

Journaling To The Deep

This article will show you how journaling has helped people, and still does. There will also be a section with some fundamental tips for this practice. Before getting to that, I want to start by...

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

On Journaling

In 2013, my life was a mess. I was drinking heavily and daily, sitting with my mentally handicapped son watching cartoons every night until I passed out, lonely, isolated and despairing.

By day, I...

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Journeys

7 Tips for Having a More Positive Outlook in the New Year

There is no denying it has been a difficult year. Between a global pandemic, an economic recession, and numerous climate crises, the year 2020 is one most of us will be glad to leave behind.

The...

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Journeys

Why College Students Should Incorporate Journaling Into Their Self Care

Self-care is an essential part of the college experience — especially during a pandemic. Whether you’re adjusting to social-distanced classrooms, spending countless hours attending online classes...

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Journeys

Just the Two of Us

Do you parent or care for children who have experienced stress, worry, anxiety or trauma?

Just Two of Us (a soft place for tender hearts to land) is a new book, a tender-hearted guide on how to use...

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Journaling as a Discovery Tool for Current Projects-featured
Melanie Faith
February 3, 2021

Journaling as a Discovery Tool for Current Projects

Journaling as a Discovery Tool for Current Projects
As I write this blog, my little town is in the midst of a Nor’easter snowstorm. According to the forecast, there’ll be at least 15 to 20 inches (!)...
Read More Details Click to view blog post
A 12 Day Guide To Morning Pages-featured
Kay Butzin
January 29, 2021

A 12 Day Guide To Morning Pages

A 12 Day Guide To Morning Pages
October 9 My reason for choosing this workbook as my prize from a WOW! writing contest was not to establish a morning pages practice but to help me...
Read More Details Click to view blog post
7 Helpful Journaling Tips for Tweens and Teens-featured
Jessica Fender
January 27, 2021

7 Helpful Journaling Tips for Tweens and Teens

7 Helpful Journaling Tips for Tweens and Teens
Our pre-teenage and teenage years are considered to be the most vulnerable time in our growing up. In this period of life, we're faced with both...
Read More Details Click to view blog post
How To Find Your Way To Money Mastery-featured
Cassie Journigan
January 25, 2021

How To Find Your Way To Money Mastery

How To Find Your Way To Money Mastery
How’s your relationship with your money? You know, your link to the world of physical necessities? Mine is nowhere near where I’d like it to be – a...
Read More Details Click to view blog post
Journaling To The Deep-featured
Manrico Bugeja
January 22, 2021

Journaling To The Deep

Journaling To The Deep
This article will show you how journaling has helped people, and still does. There will also be a section with some fundamental tips for this...
Read More Details Click to view blog post
On Journaling-featured
Ken Atkins
January 19, 2021

On Journaling

On Journaling
In 2013, my life was a mess. I was drinking heavily and daily, sitting with my mentally handicapped son watching cartoons every night until I passed...
Read More Details Click to view blog post
7 Tips for Having a More Positive Outlook in the New Year-featured
Amelia Ma
January 15, 2021

7 Tips for Having a More Positive Outlook in the New Year

7 Tips for Having a More Positive Outlook in the New Year
There is no denying it has been a difficult year. Between a global pandemic, an economic recession, and numerous climate crises, the year 2020 is one...
Read More Details Click to view blog post
Why College Students Should Incorporate Journaling Into Their Self Care-featured
Frankie Wallace
January 13, 2021

Why College Students Should Incorporate Journaling Into Their Self Care

Why College Students Should Incorporate Journaling Into Their Self Care
Self-care is an essential part of the college experience — especially during a pandemic. Whether you’re adjusting to social-distanced classrooms,...
Read More Details Click to view blog post
Just the Two of Us-featured
Nicolle Nattrass
January 8, 2021

Just the Two of Us

Just the Two of Us
Do you parent or care for children who have experienced stress, worry, anxiety or trauma? Just Two of Us (a soft place for tender hearts to land) is...
Read More Details Click to view blog post

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