Mari's Journaling Power Blog | CreateWriteNow

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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Journal Power: Growing

Mari L. McCarthy

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

Circling to the Truth in Journaling

Mari L. McCarthy

by Cheryl Hulseapple

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

Journal Power: Details Matter but the Big Picture Rules!

Mari L. McCarthy

I was thinking the other day about how journaling is exquisitely helpful for two things that represent opposite ends of a spectrum.

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

Journal Power: Harmony at Home

Mari L. McCarthy

I’m sure many of you use journaling to keep an even keel when it comes to relationships in your household, with your family members or other housemates who probably know more about you than anyone...

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

Unwrapping Self: How Journaling Can Reunite You with Your Inner Child

Jenny Beatrice

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

The Provocation of Journal Writing

Mari L. McCarthy

by Jan Marquart LCSW CAS Author

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

Journal Power: What Is My Purpose?

Mari L. McCarthy

Often, a big part of depression is feeling a lack of direction and purpose. If this has become an issue for you, use journaling to better understand what's going on.

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How to Write a Good Journal Entry

Yvonne Wells

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

Journal Power: Letting Go of Insecurities

Mari L. McCarthy

We’ve talked a lot about fear in this blog. How you can use journal writing to gain control over it. At the request of a reader and fellow journal writer, today I’m approaching a cousin of fear:...