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

Journal Power: Disengaging from Toxic Ties

Journal writing helps us see how we cause our own suffering and how we can create our own happiness. It’s so easy to feel victimized and sorry for yourself, because life can be shockingly difficult, don’t we all know? With a solid journaling habit, though, we come to grips with our personal power to change and shape experience for the better. 

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

Journal Power: Disengaging from Toxic Ties

Journal writing helps us see how we cause our own suffering and how we can create our own happiness. It’s so easy to feel victimized and sorry for yourself, because life can be shockingly difficult,...

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

Journaling Journeys: I knew I was a writer when …

by Tara Meissner

My husband Mike knew I was a writer before I did. He left a notebook for me on the nightstand by my hospital bed in 2010. When I woke up, it was there, but my husband was not....

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

Journal Power for Internal Self Care

The tool called internal self care empowers us to become most fully ourselves.

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

Journal Power for Peace

I’ve been wondering about using journaling to promote peace. 

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

Journaling to Be Right There, Right Now

I remember my first journal, a diary actually, it was a gift on my twelfth birthday and was red leatherette with a closing band and an honest-to-goodness lock and key. I do not have that journal but...

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

Journal Power and Personal Power

It’s time to give these Journal Power posts a fresh viewpoint, after about a year of weekly entries. Thinking about how to change things up led me to the following.

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

Journaling Power: Losing Self-Loathing

Does it happen with you sometimes? Are there times when you just don’t like yourself? When you feel like a big disappointment to yourself; like you can’t do anything right; like you’re a colossal...

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

Rites of Passage: The Adult Orphan

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Mari L. McCarthy
October 8, 2014

Journal Power: Disengaging from Toxic Ties

Journal Power: Disengaging from Toxic Ties
Journal writing helps us see how we cause our own suffering and how we can create our own happiness. It’s so easy to feel victimized and sorry for...
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Journal Power: Disengaging from Toxic Ties-featured
Mari L. McCarthy
October 8, 2014

Journal Power: Disengaging from Toxic Ties

Journal Power: Disengaging from Toxic Ties
Journal writing helps us see how we cause our own suffering and how we can create our own happiness. It’s so easy to feel victimized and sorry for...
Read More Details Click to view blog post
Journaling Journeys: I knew I was a writer when …-featured
Mari L. McCarthy
October 7, 2014

Journaling Journeys: I knew I was a writer when …

Journaling Journeys: I knew I was a writer when …
by Tara Meissner My husband Mike knew I was a writer before I did. He left a notebook for me on the nightstand by my hospital bed in 2010. When I...
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Journal Power for Internal Self Care-featured
Mari L. McCarthy
October 1, 2014

Journal Power for Internal Self Care

Journal Power for Internal Self Care
The tool called internal self care empowers us to become most fully ourselves.
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Journal Power for Peace-featured
Mari L. McCarthy
September 24, 2014

Journal Power for Peace

Journal Power for Peace
I’ve been wondering about using journaling to promote peace.
Read More Details Click to view blog post
Journaling to Be Right There, Right Now-featured
Mari L. McCarthy
September 23, 2014

Journaling to Be Right There, Right Now

Journaling to Be Right There, Right Now
I remember my first journal, a diary actually, it was a gift on my twelfth birthday and was red leatherette with a closing band and an...
Read More Details Click to view blog post
Journal Power and Personal Power-featured
Mari L. McCarthy
September 17, 2014

Journal Power and Personal Power

Journal Power and Personal Power
It’s time to give these Journal Power posts a fresh viewpoint, after about a year of weekly entries. Thinking about how to change things up led me...
Read More Details Click to view blog post
Journaling Power: Losing Self-Loathing-featured
Mari L. McCarthy
September 10, 2014

Journaling Power: Losing Self-Loathing

Journaling Power: Losing Self-Loathing
Does it happen with you sometimes? Are there times when you just don’t like yourself? When you feel like a big disappointment to yourself; like you...
Read More Details Click to view blog post
Rites of Passage: The Adult Orphan-featured
Mari L. McCarthy
September 9, 2014

Rites of Passage: The Adult Orphan

Rites of Passage: The Adult Orphan
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