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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Journaling Through Pregnancy

Mari L. McCarthy

Guest Blog Post by Dana Vicktor

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The Power of Journaling with Pictures

LuAnn Schindler

Guest Blog Post by LuAnn Schindler

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Mari's Personal Journal: Optimal Health With 30 Day Challenges

Mari L. McCarthy

I awakened with the birds today; I feel that I am back in my body clock zone after a couple of days of being up waaay ahead of my birdsongs wakeup call. Got my showering and exercising down to 35...

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

Journaling Drill to the Core

Mari L. McCarthy

Find an object, or a view, or anything you can keep in your line of vision for a long while. Locate something that is beautiful or exciting or otherwise not-neutral to you.

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Creative Journaling, Health

Journaling for Self-Care & Mindfulness & to Skip Doing the Dishes

Mari L. McCarthy

Guest Blog Post by Lynda Monk

I believe journaling can change lives and change the world. Journaling has been both a creative pursuit and a self-care tool of mine for over 25 years. I started...

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

Mari's Personal Journal: From Health Denier to Health Care Provider

Mari L. McCarthy

“Every human being is the author of his own health or disease. ~Buddha

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

Journaling Improves Management Skills

Mari L. McCarthy

Many people hear the word creative writing and think nothing but poetry and short stories. While this is a huge element of creative writing, the truth is, creative writing can entail any sort of...

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

Where Does the Urge to Journal Come From?

Mari L. McCarthy

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Creative Journaling

Five Fabulous Journal Ideas

Mari L. McCarthy

Guest Blog Post by Brandi Harrigan

There are so many ways to use a journal and so many reasons WHY to use a journal that a list of five is just a taste, a warm up, an appetizer. If you can imagine...