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

Take Yourself on a Journaling Field Trip

When you were younger, field trip day at school was a cause for celebration. What kid didn’t love taking a break from everyday work, escaping the four walls of the classroom and learning in a hands-on way? The truth is, adults need this kind of rejuvenating break just as much as children.

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

Language Journaling for Form and Function

Learning a new language is a process full of excitement, challenges and small victories. There are many reasons to study a foreign language as an adult. You may have taken four years of German or...

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

Wednesday Journaling Writes: Relationship Blues

On Wednesdays, our focus is usually on work or projects, and the getting over the Hump is often about achieving goals. But sometimes, instead, it’s our relationships that are demanding attention in...

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

Journaling Your Seasonal Rituals

The autumnal equinox just passed this weekend, so fall has officially arrived! Moving from one season to another is invigorating; it’s as if your senses perk up and pay attention as you witness...

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

Participate in a Global Journaling Event: The Sketchbook Project!

Attention all creative journalers! Your art journals, travelogues, memoirs, to-do lists, short stories and other masterpieces are wanted to join a traveling exhibit with the Brooklyn Art Library.

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

Wednesday Journaling Writes: Journal Your No-Media Diet

I don’t know about you, but sometimes I am overwhelmed by the constant onslaught of media: the multitude of messages coming at me via email, telephone, television, internet and all the rest.

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

Journaling: Stretch Your Creative Writing Muscles

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Writing Therapy Lessons from Dr. James Pennebaker

Social psychologist and University of Texas at Austin professor Dr. James Pennebaker has a simple assignment that he has been giving people for more than 20 years; he tells them to write down their...

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

Wednesday Journaling Writes: What’s Your Mood?

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Mari L. McCarthy
October 1, 2012

Take Yourself on a Journaling Field Trip

Take Yourself on a Journaling Field Trip
When you were younger, field trip day at school was a cause for celebration. What kid didn’t love taking a break from everyday work, escaping the...
Mari L. McCarthy
September 28, 2012

Language Journaling for Form and Function

Language Journaling for Form and Function
Learning a new language is a process full of excitement, challenges and small victories. There are many reasons to study a foreign language as an...
Mari L. McCarthy
September 26, 2012

Wednesday Journaling Writes: Relationship Blues

Wednesday Journaling Writes: Relationship Blues
On Wednesdays, our focus is usually on work or projects, and the getting over the Hump is often about achieving goals. But sometimes, instead, it’s...
Mari L. McCarthy
September 24, 2012

Journaling Your Seasonal Rituals

Journaling Your Seasonal Rituals
The autumnal equinox just passed this weekend, so fall has officially arrived! Moving from one season to another is invigorating; it’s as if your...
Mari L. McCarthy
September 22, 2012

Participate in a Global Journaling Event: The Sketchbook Project!

Participate in a Global Journaling Event: The Sketchbook Project!
Attention all creative journalers! Your art journals, travelogues, memoirs, to-do lists, short stories and other masterpieces are wanted to join a...
Mari L. McCarthy
September 19, 2012

Wednesday Journaling Writes: Journal Your No-Media Diet

Wednesday Journaling Writes: Journal Your No-Media Diet
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I am overwhelmed by the constant onslaught of media: the multitude of messages coming at me via email,...
Mari L. McCarthy
September 14, 2012

Writing Therapy Lessons from Dr. James Pennebaker

Writing Therapy Lessons from Dr. James Pennebaker
Social psychologist and University of Texas at Austin professor Dr. James Pennebaker has a simple assignment that he has been giving people for more...

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