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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!

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How Morning Pages Helped Me to Overcome Writer's Block

Kristin Savage

There are so many tricks to overcome writer’s block that it can be hard to know where to start when you’re suddenly lost for ideas. No matter how many weird and wonderfully complicated solutions you’ve tried over the years, there’s one that’s so simple that you’ll wonder how you never thought of it before: morning pages.

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How Journaling Can Save (And Skyrocket) Your Business

Ashley Halsey

You’ve almost certainly never heard of journaling being an effective way to revive your business, or even help you to propel it into success. journaling seems to be a wishy-washy teenage girl...

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Healing MS Through Journaling Power

Mari L. McCarthy

In 1991 I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), which is a degenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. However, it affects everyone differently.

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Where Introspection Fails (And What to Do About It)

Luz Harrison

A lot of us get into journaling as a way to reflect on where we went wrong and learn from our mistakes. In a surprising turn of events, however, research suggests that we might not be as self-aware...

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Writing Tips to Inspire Wellness from Journaling.com

Rebecca Kochenderfer

Years ago, my son suffered a significant health crisis, and our family faced difficult decisions surrounding his care. The alternative treatment methods we’d set our hopes on failed, and doctors told...

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The Five Seasons of the Writing Process

Melody A. Scout

Life passes through seasons, and everyone and everything are influenced by them. My upcoming book, Soul of the Seasons, discusses the seasons (Winter, Spring, Summer, Harvest, and Fall), the wisdom...

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The Importance of Journaling in Negotiation

Sandra Lafferty

Negotiation is often a process for finding an acceptable solution. This process often requires some give-and-take value exchange. Journaling can keep track of what value exchanges are being made, and...

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Just Spilling It Podcast, Episode 16: Dear Diary

Mari L. McCarthy

This week I am joined by Mari L. McCarthy, CEO (Chief Empowerment Officer) of createwritenow.com.

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Tap into the Power of Discovering Diaries

Paula Vene Smith

Most advice about journaling encourages us to simply “pick up a pen, grab a notebook, and write down your thoughts.” A sense of freshness and spontaneity helps people get started. But journal writing...

How Morning Pages Helped Me to Overcome Writer's Block-featured

Kristin Savage

October 28, 2019

How Morning Pages Helped Me to Overcome Writer's Block

There are so many tricks to overcome writer’s block that it can be hard to know where to start when you’re suddenly lost for ideas. No matter how...

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How Journaling Can Save (And Skyrocket) Your Business-featured

Ashley Halsey

October 21, 2019

How Journaling Can Save (And Skyrocket) Your Business

You’ve almost certainly never heard of journaling being an effective way to revive your business, or even help you to propel it into success....

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Healing MS Through Journaling Power-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

October 14, 2019

Healing MS Through Journaling Power

In 1991 I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), which is a degenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord....

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Where Introspection Fails (And What to Do About It)-featured

Luz Harrison

October 7, 2019

Where Introspection Fails (And What to Do About It)

A lot of us get into journaling as a way to reflect on where we went wrong and learn from our mistakes. In a surprising turn of events, however,...

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Writing Tips to Inspire Wellness from Journaling.com-featured

Rebecca Kochenderfer

October 2, 2019

Writing Tips to Inspire Wellness from Journaling.com

Years ago, my son suffered a significant health crisis, and our family faced difficult decisions surrounding his care. The alternative treatment...

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The Five Seasons of the Writing Process-featured

Melody A. Scout

September 23, 2019

The Five Seasons of the Writing Process

Life passes through seasons, and everyone and everything are influenced by them. My upcoming book, Soul of the Seasons, discusses the seasons...

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The Importance of Journaling in Negotiation-featured

Sandra Lafferty

September 16, 2019

The Importance of Journaling in Negotiation

Negotiation is often a process for finding an acceptable solution. This process often requires some give-and-take value exchange. Journaling can keep...

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