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

Personal Journaling Creates Easy Outcomes to Difficult Conversations

In our day-to-day life, conflicts or disagreements arise. To prevent small problems from becoming major issues, we have to initiate conflict management conversations that we’d prefer to forget about or at least avoid! Perhaps you need to talk to an employee about a less-than-stellar performance at work or you need to remind your brother about the loan he hasn’t been repaying recently.

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

Journaling: Self-Improvement or Self-Growth?

I've been toying with these two terms, as we move on in to our next adventure with CreateWriteNow. We talk so much about using journal writing to achieve personal goals, and we use self-growth and...

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

Self-Improvement Journaling: Make May the Merry Month You Start!

Your personal journal is the friend who is always there to listen, whether you’ve had a bad day or are trying to find answers to life’s tough questions. It is such a good listener that sometimes you...

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Creative Journaling

Journal Writing: Inspiration and…Lift Off!

Guest Post by Debra DiPietro

 I think of our journal notebooks (or Ipads or computers) as a special launch pad…

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

Journaling: Seeking Your Creative Empowerment!

Guest Blog Post by Karen Silsby

If you said, “What me? Creative?” Then this is the blog post for you!

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

Journal to a New You

Do you remember that line from T.S. Elliott: "April is the cruelest month"? The poet commented that the springtime mixes memory and desire. After a long cozy winter indoors, April is an awakening, a...

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

4 Tips for Staying in the Personal Journaling Zone

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

The Power of Writing

Guest Blog Post by Darlene Wierski-Devoe 

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

Journaling Practice: Let's Get Up Close and Personal

Hello everyone, it's Stephen Smith. Mari has so courteously invited me to share more of my Journaling Practice with you. Today I would like to get a little personal and talk about analyzing your...
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Mari L. McCarthy
May 4, 2012

Personal Journaling Creates Easy Outcomes to Difficult Conversations

Personal Journaling Creates Easy Outcomes to Difficult Conversations
In our day-to-day life, conflicts or disagreements arise. To prevent small problems from becoming major issues, we have to initiate conflict...
Mari L. McCarthy
May 2, 2012

Journaling: Self-Improvement or Self-Growth?

Journaling: Self-Improvement or Self-Growth?
I've been toying with these two terms, as we move on in to our next adventure with CreateWriteNow. We talk so much about using journal writing to...
Mari L. McCarthy
April 30, 2012

Self-Improvement Journaling: Make May the Merry Month You Start!

Self-Improvement Journaling: Make May the Merry Month You Start!
Your personal journal is the friend who is always there to listen, whether you’ve had a bad day or are trying to find answers to life’s tough...
Mari L. McCarthy
April 27, 2012

Journal Writing: Inspiration and…Lift Off!

Journal Writing: Inspiration and…Lift Off!
Guest Post by Debra DiPietro I think of our journal notebooks (or Ipads or computers) as a special launch pad…
Mari L. McCarthy
April 26, 2012

Journaling: Seeking Your Creative Empowerment!

Journaling: Seeking Your Creative Empowerment!
Guest Blog Post by Karen Silsby If you said, “What me? Creative?” Then this is the blog post for you!
Mari L. McCarthy
April 25, 2012

Journal to a New You

Journal to a New You
Do you remember that line from T.S. Elliott: "April is the cruelest month"? The poet commented that the springtime mixes memory and desire. After a...
Mari L. McCarthy
April 23, 2012

The Power of Writing

The Power of Writing
Guest Blog Post by Darlene Wierski-Devoe
Mari L. McCarthy
April 20, 2012

Journaling Practice: Let's Get Up Close and Personal

Journaling Practice: Let's Get Up Close and Personal
Hello everyone, it's Stephen Smith. Mari has so courteously invited me to share more of my Journaling Practice with you. Today I would like to get a...

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