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

Journal Writing Therapy After Losing Your Job

It is one thing to read about the country’s unemployment rate, and it is quite another to experience it firsthand. Whether you have recently gotten laid off from your job or have been searching for new employment for months, you have probably gone through a wide array of emotions at different times: anger, guilt, frustration, hope, embarrassment, inspiration.

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

3 Easy Tips to Cultivate Self Compassion

Guest Blog Post By Sarah Stevenson

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

Journal Writing Kicks All Your Bad Habits

You wouldn’t be human unless you had a few secret (or not-so-secret) bad habits up your sleeve. Perhaps your vices are obvious – for example, you are a chronic nail-biter or a stress smoker. Or...

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

Wednesday Journaling Writes: What Does It Mean to Do Your Best?

A friend made me so happy with a statement that truly opened my eyes.

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Journal Writing Therapy Playing Word Association

Sometimes it is difficult to find the right words to describe a stressful, emotional or volatile period in your life. You may have days where you sit down with your personal journal, wanting to...

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

Journaling to Improve College Writing Skills: Mastering the Personal Essay

If you're a college student, there will likely be multiple occasions when you'll have to plan and write a personal essay. Whether it's a test or an assignment, a personal essay is something that...

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

Wednesday Journaling Writes: Journaling Paradise

If you’re in business, you’ve probably heard the lectures about how you must have a business plan. And when you create your plan, you start by articulating goals, where you want to be a year 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, 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 L. McCarthy
November 2, 2012

Journal Writing Therapy After Losing Your Job

Journal Writing Therapy After Losing Your Job
It is one thing to read about the country’s unemployment rate, and it is quite another to experience it firsthand. Whether you have recently gotten...
Mari L. McCarthy
October 15, 2012

Journal Writing Kicks All Your Bad Habits

Journal Writing Kicks All Your Bad Habits
You wouldn’t be human unless you had a few secret (or not-so-secret) bad habits up your sleeve. Perhaps your vices are obvious – for example, you...
Mari L. McCarthy
October 6, 2012

Journal Writing Therapy Playing Word Association

Journal Writing Therapy Playing Word Association
Sometimes it is difficult to find the right words to describe a stressful, emotional or volatile period in your life. You may have days where you...
Mari L. McCarthy
October 4, 2012

Journaling to Improve College Writing Skills: Mastering the Personal Essay

Journaling to Improve College Writing Skills: Mastering the Personal Essay
If you're a college student, there will likely be multiple occasions when you'll have to plan and write a personal essay. Whether it's a test or an...
Mari L. McCarthy
October 4, 2012

Wednesday Journaling Writes: Journaling Paradise

Wednesday Journaling Writes: Journaling Paradise
If you’re in business, you’ve probably heard the lectures about how you must have a business plan. And when you create your plan, you start by...
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 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,...

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