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

Journaling Ideas to Commemorate National Anti-Boredom Week

Admit it: you find yourself saying that you’re bored at least a couple times a week. We all do, and we all aren’t as productive as we want to be sometimes. That’s fine every once in awhile, but just remember: you’ll never get this moment back, so make the most of it!

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Creative Journaling

Do You Journal To Capture Life or Improve It?

When I started a website on journaling two years ago, I naively thought that all journaling was basically the same. You just sit down and write the thoughts and feelings that come to you, right?

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

What Can You Learn About Journaling from Virginia Woolf?

Virginia Woolf started keeping a diary at age 33, and she continued journaling until four days before her death in 1941. However, Woolf didn’t use her diaries just as a written record of her...

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Creative Journaling, Health

3 Ideas for Keeping a Wedded Bliss Journal

It’s summer, and love is in the air. Are you engaged and planning to be married within the next year or so? Planning a wedding can be an exhilarating, yet stressful experience. Keeping a wedding...

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

Journaling for Less Stress

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

Journal Writing as My Medicine and Muse

Writing has evolved as my medicine and muse since that first poem magically poured out of me at age eight. In my early 20s, journaling became my medicine –helping me to understand my issues and...

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Creative Journaling, Health

Journal Writing Ideas for Eat Your Vegetables Day Celebrations

Summer is the perfect season for fresh foods, so it makes sense that June is also National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month. June 17 marks Eat Your Vegetables Day, which was created to promote...

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Therapy

6 Father's Day Journal Writing Prompts

Your father is someone you can always count on. He’s your rock and your role model. He’s the one who taught you how to change a tire and to never give less than 100 percent all of the time.Father’s...

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Creative Journaling

What is Journaling for Creativity?

How do I describe what journaling for creativity is? I felt that in order to write a brief introduction about this form of journaling, in order to make it straightforward for someone first presented...

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Mari L. McCarthy
July 9, 2013

Journaling Ideas to Commemorate National Anti-Boredom Week

Journaling Ideas to Commemorate National Anti-Boredom Week
Admit it: you find yourself saying that you’re bored at least a couple times a week. We all do, and we all aren’t as productive as we want to be...
Mari L. McCarthy
July 3, 2013

Do You Journal To Capture Life or Improve It?

Do You Journal To Capture Life or Improve It?
When I started a website on journaling two years ago, I naively thought that all journaling was basically the same. You just sit down and write the...
Mari L. McCarthy
July 2, 2013

What Can You Learn About Journaling from Virginia Woolf?

What Can You Learn About Journaling from Virginia Woolf?
Virginia Woolf started keeping a diary at age 33, and she continued journaling until four days before her death in 1941. However, Woolf didn’t use...
Mari L. McCarthy
June 28, 2013

3 Ideas for Keeping a Wedded Bliss Journal

3 Ideas for Keeping a Wedded Bliss Journal
It’s summer, and love is in the air. Are you engaged and planning to be married within the next year or so? Planning a wedding can be an...
Mari L. McCarthy
June 19, 2013

Journal Writing as My Medicine and Muse

Journal Writing as My Medicine and Muse
Writing has evolved as my medicine and muse since that first poem magically poured out of me at age eight. In my early 20s, journaling became my...
Mari L. McCarthy
June 17, 2013

Journal Writing Ideas for Eat Your Vegetables Day Celebrations

Journal Writing Ideas for Eat Your Vegetables Day Celebrations
Summer is the perfect season for fresh foods, so it makes sense that June is also National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month. June 17 marks Eat Your...
Mari L. McCarthy
June 14, 2013

6 Father's Day Journal Writing Prompts

6 Father's Day Journal Writing Prompts
Your father is someone you can always count on. He’s your rock and your role model. He’s the one who taught you how to change a tire and to never...
Mari L. McCarthy
June 13, 2013

What is Journaling for Creativity?

What is Journaling for Creativity?
How do I describe what journaling for creativity is? I felt that in order to write a brief introduction about this form of journaling, in order to...

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