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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

How I journaled through fear to write my book

Greta Solomon

In my writing workshops and online courses, we do a lot of fear-busting. And I teach my magic technique learned from my songwriting days. This gets you back in a balanced state of mind, writing freely and easily, and with joy. But sometimes fear can still creep up in other ways.

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Health

How Important is it to Manage Stress when Interacting with the Medical Establishment?

Mari L. McCarthy

It should come as no surprise that most people don’t like to go see the doctor. Physicians often refer to this natural aversion as “white coat syndrome” – an all-too-human reaction to seeing medical...

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

A New Tool for Therapeutic Journaling: Nested Meditations

Kevin Anderson

In late summer of 2017, two days before our daughter was to be married, I found myself in a four-hour meeting with my siblings deciding whether we should let my mother’s doctors proceed with...

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Therapy, Health

Unlocking the Secrets to Managing the Devastating Impact of a Major Health Crisis

Mari L. McCarthy

There are few things in life as destabilizing and emotionally crippling as a major health crisis. Often, in a split second, your life is turned upside down by an auto accident, an unexpected medical...

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Journeys

How I Discovered The Power of Journaling

B. Lynn Goodwin

Why should you take time from your busy day to journal? Because stories rise up out of journaling, and even if they don’t, your story matters. No one can tell your story but you.

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Therapy, Health

Ways to Manage Health Issues Through Natural, Organic, and Mind Methods

Mari L. McCarthy

There is no question that we live in a “Pharmaceutical Society.” By that I mean we tend to view everything through the lens of “this can be cured with some kind of pill.” New and more powerful drugs...

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Journeys

The Way Journaling Has Changed My College Life

Daniela McVicker

I remember well my college days. Fast-paced lifestyle, numerous plans and goals, and constant emotional confusion could simply sum up my essence during those years. Most of the time I just felt lost...

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

Detox Your Relationships This Valentine’s Day

Mari L. McCarthy

Valentine’s Day is a holiday focused on romantic relationships, but it can also be an opportunity for you to take stock of all the significant relationships in your life.

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Journeys

Journaling Through Life’s Transitions

Kay Butzin

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

Greta Solomon

March 11, 2019

How I journaled through fear to write my book

In my writing workshops and online courses, we do a lot of fear-busting. And I teach my magic technique learned from my songwriting days. This gets...

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How Important is it to Manage Stress when Interacting with the Medical Establishment?-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

March 7, 2019

How Important is it to Manage Stress when Interacting with the Medical Establishment?

It should come as no surprise that most people don’t like to go see the doctor. Physicians often refer to this natural aversion as “white coat...

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A New Tool for Therapeutic Journaling: Nested Meditations-featured

Kevin Anderson

March 4, 2019

A New Tool for Therapeutic Journaling: Nested Meditations

In late summer of 2017, two days before our daughter was to be married, I found myself in a four-hour meeting with my siblings deciding whether we...

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Unlocking the Secrets to Managing the Devastating Impact of a Major Health Crisis-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

February 28, 2019

Unlocking the Secrets to Managing the Devastating Impact of a Major Health Crisis

There are few things in life as destabilizing and emotionally crippling as a major health crisis. Often, in a split second, your life is turned...

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How I Discovered The Power of Journaling-featured

B. Lynn Goodwin

February 25, 2019

How I Discovered The Power of Journaling

Why should you take time from your busy day to journal? Because stories rise up out of journaling, and even if they don’t, your story matters. No one...

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