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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: Notes to Self

Mari L. McCarthy

My background in journaling began in third grade. A small diary, sandwiched between my mattress and box springs, kept my secrets and thoughts safe from my nosey little brother. Snippets of thoughts and observations from my childhood days – pets, teachers, best friends, worst enemies – chronicled the drama of my childhood.

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

Journaling Life's Simple Pleasures

Mari L. McCarthy

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

Wednesday Journaling Writes: Do Nothing for a Change

Mari L. McCarthy

Usually, we try to use these Wednesday posts as vehicles for getting over the proverbial Wednesday Hump. We give tips and suggest processes for coping in the midst of the week, when demand and...

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

4 Summertime Nature Journaling Ideas

Mari L. McCarthy

In the heat of the summer, you might not spend as much time in nature as you do during other seasons. The long, hot days of June, July and August can be tiring at times, but they also offer a...

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Journaling Exercise: Write A Letter to Your Future Self

Mari L. McCarthy

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Therapy

10 Writing Quotes to Inspire You

Mari L. McCarthy

A great thing about journaling is that it’s a chance to write down for your eyes to see what is on your mind. Whether you are writing about what you ate that day or getting over a bad relationship,...

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Wednesday Journaling Writes: Signs of Journal Writing Deprivation

Mari L. McCarthy

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How Not to Stop Journaling

Mari L. McCarthy

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

Wednesday Journaling Writes: Productivity and Your Journal

Mari L. McCarthy

There’s work, something top of mind on a given Wednesday, and equivalent to drudgery. And then there’s productivity, that dream you had on Monday, the hope that you’d accomplish goals and arrive at...

Mari L. McCarthy

August 21, 2012

Journaling: Notes to Self

My background in journaling began in third grade. A small diary, sandwiched between my mattress and box springs, kept my secrets and thoughts safe...

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Journaling Life's Simple Pleasures-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

August 17, 2012

Journaling Life's Simple Pleasures

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Wednesday Journaling Writes: Do Nothing for a Change-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

August 15, 2012

Wednesday Journaling Writes: Do Nothing for a Change

Usually, we try to use these Wednesday posts as vehicles for getting over the proverbial Wednesday Hump. We give tips and suggest processes for...

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4 Summertime Nature Journaling Ideas-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

August 13, 2012

4 Summertime Nature Journaling Ideas

In the heat of the summer, you might not spend as much time in nature as you do during other seasons. The long, hot days of June, July and August...

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Journaling Exercise: Write A Letter to Your Future Self-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

August 10, 2012

Journaling Exercise: Write A Letter to Your Future Self

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10 Writing Quotes to Inspire You-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

August 7, 2012

10 Writing Quotes to Inspire You

A great thing about journaling is that it’s a chance to write down for your eyes to see what is on your mind. Whether you are writing about what you...

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