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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Therapy

A New Spin on How to Journal

There are two sides to every story, so why limit yourself to telling just one?

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Therapy

Art Journaling Draws You Outside Your Lines

Art and writing are often two sides of the same coin. Whether you are drawing, painting, writing or creating mixed media works of art, you are expressing your inner thoughts and feelings through a...

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

Take Our "Money Makes Me..." Survey Write Now

Money makes our world go round and round and round. Money worries become all-consuming, causing everything from sleepless nights to stress headaches to weight gain to depression. Financial concerns...

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Therapy

Journal Writing Prompts for Celebrating Motherhood: O Happy Day!

This coming Sunday is Mother’s Day—how do you plan on spending the day? Will you pamper and celebrate your mother or wife or best friend? Will you get pampered and celebrated by your own family?

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Therapy

10-Minute Journaling Prompts for Your Way Too Busy to Read This Days

Some days, as much as you would like to devote an hour to writing in your journal, you simply don’t have the time (learn more about how to find time to write) with work, family, exercise and a...

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Take my '27 Days of Journaling' Survey, Please!

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Therapy

How to Keep a Journal When You Don't Ever Have Any Time

At the start of the New Year, you probably had the best intentions about journaling more often (along with going to the gym five times a week and eating more fruits and veggies). But as the year...

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

Creative Journaling With Art: Making a Self-Portrait

Your journal is a multi-faceted reflection of yourself—your triumphs, struggles, heartaches and dreams. Through your journal entries, you can follow your evolution as a person and see how you have...

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

Creative Journaling Unearths a Younger than Springtime You

Poetry begins in delight and ends in wisdom.  -Robert Frost

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Mari L. McCarthy
June 13, 2011

A New Spin on How to Journal

A New Spin on How to Journal
There are two sides to every story, so why limit yourself to telling just one?
Mari L. McCarthy
May 31, 2011

Art Journaling Draws You Outside Your Lines

Art Journaling Draws You Outside Your Lines
Art and writing are often two sides of the same coin. Whether you are drawing, painting, writing or creating mixed media works of art, you are...
Mari L. McCarthy
May 26, 2011

Take Our "Money Makes Me..." Survey Write Now

Take Our "Money Makes Me..." Survey Write Now
Money makes our world go round and round and round. Money worries become all-consuming, causing everything from sleepless nights to stress headaches...
Mari L. McCarthy
May 2, 2011

Journal Writing Prompts for Celebrating Motherhood: O Happy Day!

Journal Writing Prompts for Celebrating Motherhood: O Happy Day!
This coming Sunday is Mother’s Day—how do you plan on spending the day? Will you pamper and celebrate your mother or wife or best friend? Will you...
Mari L. McCarthy
April 18, 2011

10-Minute Journaling Prompts for Your Way Too Busy to Read This Days

10-Minute Journaling Prompts for Your Way Too Busy to Read This Days
Some days, as much as you would like to devote an hour to writing in your journal, you simply don’t have the time (learn more about how to find time...
Mari L. McCarthy
March 11, 2011

How to Keep a Journal When You Don't Ever Have Any Time

How to Keep a Journal When You Don't Ever Have Any Time
At the start of the New Year, you probably had the best intentions about journaling more often (along with going to the gym five times a week and...
Mari L. McCarthy
March 4, 2011

Creative Journaling With Art: Making a Self-Portrait

Creative Journaling With Art: Making a Self-Portrait
Your journal is a multi-faceted reflection of yourself—your triumphs, struggles, heartaches and dreams. Through your journal entries, you can follow...

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