Mari's Journaling Power Blog | CreateWriteNow

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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Inner Healing: Get Out of Your Own Way and Get to the Page

Mari L. McCarthy

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Journaling Tips #51: Music and Lyrics

Mari L. McCarthy

Lyrics make great journaling jumpstarters. Begin a journal writing session with a line from Billy Joel’s ‘The Longest Time’: "I'm that voice you're hearing in the hall and…"

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How to Write a Journal on 53 Weekly Writing Retreats

Mari L. McCarthy

Overcoming inertia and simply starting to write is often the most difficult part of journaling. Many of us writers (and yes, you are a writer) may find a long list of excuses to avoid starting a...

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How to Journal Through Sickness to Health

Mari L. McCarthy

When our bodies are not well—when we get sick frequently or have recurring aches and pains—the last solution we think of (if at all) is journaling. In fact, journaling can be an excellent starting...

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