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

Journaling: A Fresh Tool for Effective Managers

Most new managers today are challenged to find ways to develop their management skills within the companies that promoted them. Fifty-seven percent of new managers learn to be a leader primarily through trial and error, which can be a hair-pulling, bumpy, wild ride. The new role often comes with little or no direction, not unlike being thrown into an icy cold lake and expected to deliver a team across to the other side (DDI 2011). This "sink or swim" method of management training can be hazardous to self-esteem, team morale, and to the company itself.

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

Journal Writing About Everyday Heroes

Today marks Veterans Day in the United States, an occasion where we honor and thank the men and women who have served in the military. Since it is a day where we reflect on service, duty and...

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

Journal Writing a Just-for-Fun To-Do List

Lists, lists, lists – it seems like you have a million of them going all at once. Shopping lists, work priority lists, household to-do lists, lists to keep track of other lists! While lists can keep...

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

Daily Journal Writing for Emotional Clarity

I have a hard time processing my feelings. There, I said it. I can’t help it! It is just a fact. The problem with me is that I do not seem to be able to know what I am feeling unless I talk about...

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

Wednesday Journaling Writes: Use Journaling to Conquer Disappointment

When have you ever had to deal with disappointment? It’s something none of us escape. Disappointing moments range from discovering the restaurant you chose for lunch is closed today all the way to...

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

Journaling Through Your Job Search—Why Every Recent Grad Should Do It

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Journal Writing Therapy After Losing Your Job

It is one thing to read about the country’s unemployment rate, and it is quite another to experience it firsthand. Whether you have recently gotten laid off from your job or have been searching for...

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Therapy

Blogging and Journaling

We’re pleased to host Nina Amir, author of How to Blog a Book. Nina’s the star of the current Women-on-Writing Blog Tour, and she’s a passionate advocate for her method of blogging to create a book.

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

Journaling Exercise: A Scrabble Scramble

On a chilly fall day, there is nothing better than putting on comfy PJ’s, starting a fire, pouring a cup of hot chocolate and taking out a pile of board games to play away the afternoon. Gather a...

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Mari L. McCarthy
November 15, 2012

Journaling: A Fresh Tool for Effective Managers

Journaling: A Fresh Tool for Effective Managers
Most new managers today are challenged to find ways to develop their management skills within the companies that promoted them. Fifty-seven percent...
Mari L. McCarthy
November 12, 2012

Journal Writing About Everyday Heroes

Journal Writing About Everyday Heroes
Today marks Veterans Day in the United States, an occasion where we honor and thank the men and women who have served in the military. Since it is a...
Mari L. McCarthy
November 9, 2012

Journal Writing a Just-for-Fun To-Do List

Journal Writing a Just-for-Fun To-Do List
Lists, lists, lists – it seems like you have a million of them going all at once. Shopping lists, work priority lists, household to-do lists, lists...
Mari L. McCarthy
November 8, 2012

Daily Journal Writing for Emotional Clarity

Daily Journal Writing for Emotional Clarity
I have a hard time processing my feelings. There, I said it. I can’t help it! It is just a fact. The problem with me is that I do not seem to be...
Mari L. McCarthy
November 7, 2012

Wednesday Journaling Writes: Use Journaling to Conquer Disappointment

Wednesday Journaling Writes: Use Journaling to Conquer Disappointment
When have you ever had to deal with disappointment? It’s something none of us escape. Disappointing moments range from discovering the restaurant...
Mari L. McCarthy
November 2, 2012

Journal Writing Therapy After Losing Your Job

Journal Writing Therapy After Losing Your Job
It is one thing to read about the country’s unemployment rate, and it is quite another to experience it firsthand. Whether you have recently gotten...
Mari L. McCarthy
November 1, 2012

Blogging and Journaling

Blogging and Journaling
We’re pleased to host Nina Amir, author of How to Blog a Book. Nina’s the star of the current Women-on-Writing Blog Tour, and she’s a passionate...
Mari L. McCarthy
October 30, 2012

Journaling Exercise: A Scrabble Scramble

Journaling Exercise: A Scrabble Scramble
On a chilly fall day, there is nothing better than putting on comfy PJ’s, starting a fire, pouring a cup of hot chocolate and taking out a pile of...

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