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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!

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

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 minutes so that I was at my office desk at 6:09 for my daily dose of Morning Pages. This is day 29 of my current Morning Pages (MP 30) 30 Day Challenge. We’ll be starting another one Sunday June 3, 2012 and you can sign on for it in our Morning Pages Forum. When you sign up and check in with us for 30 straight days, you win a CreateWriteNow-The Journaling Center signature “Get and Grow Your Life” TShirt and a Free Journaling Jumpstart consultation with Mari.

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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 | Journaling Therapy, Creative Journaling

How to Do Morning Pages When You Aren't a Morning Person

Mari L. McCarthy

We are in the middle of a 30-day Morning Pages journaling challenge, which is a wonderful way to make journal writing a regular habit and stretch our writing muscles every day. The Morning Pages...

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

Journaling By The Moonlight: A Mother's Path To Self-Discovery

Mari L. McCarthy

Thanks for the opportunity to join you on your blog today, Mari! And thank you for your interest in my book, Journaling by the Moonlight: A Mother's Path to Self-Discovery and its accompanying deck...

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

Journal Writing Trains You To Become The World’s Greatest Goal Getter

Mari L. McCarthy

My friend Carey is frustrated because she wants very much to accomplish something but she just doesn't seem to get anywhere. Her passion for her goal never wanes; every day she's talking of it,...

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

Mother's Day Journaling Prompts: Life Lessons From Mom

Mari L. McCarthy

Mothers are sources of infinite knowledge and wisdom, whether you are five or 50 years old. Your mom probably taught you countless valuable lessons throughout your life, from how to pick yourself up...

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Where are the Edges in Your Journal Writing?

Mari L. McCarthy

Experiences like journaling or creativity, physical training or attaining goals for self-improvement are activities we engage in because we're interested in being the best we can be. Though...

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Where Did The "Just Like You" Book Come From?

Mari L. McCarthy

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Personal Journaling Creates Easy Outcomes to Difficult Conversations

Mari L. McCarthy

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...

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

Mari L. McCarthy

June 1, 2012

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

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...

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Mari L. McCarthy

May 31, 2012

Journaling Drill to the Core

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...

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How to Do Morning Pages When You Aren't a Morning Person-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

May 21, 2012

How to Do Morning Pages When You Aren't a Morning Person

We are in the middle of a 30-day Morning Pages journaling challenge, which is a wonderful way to make journal writing a regular habit and stretch...

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Journaling By The Moonlight: A Mother's Path To Self-Discovery-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

May 17, 2012

Journaling By The Moonlight: A Mother's Path To Self-Discovery

Thanks for the opportunity to join you on your blog today, Mari! And thank you for your interest in my book, Journaling by the Moonlight: A Mother's...

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Journal Writing Trains You To Become The World’s Greatest Goal Getter-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

May 16, 2012

Journal Writing Trains You To Become The World’s Greatest Goal Getter

My friend Carey is frustrated because she wants very much to accomplish something but she just doesn't seem to get anywhere. Her passion for her...

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Mother's Day Journaling Prompts: Life Lessons From Mom-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

May 10, 2012

Mother's Day Journaling Prompts: Life Lessons From Mom

Mothers are sources of infinite knowledge and wisdom, whether you are five or 50 years old. Your mom probably taught you countless valuable lessons...

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