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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, Self Growth

Writing Therapy Lessons from Dr. James Pennebaker

Mari L. McCarthy

Social psychologist and University of Texas at Austin professor Dr. James Pennebaker has a simple assignment that he has been giving people for more than 20 years; he tells them to write down their deepest, most personal feelings about an upsetting experience in their lives:

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Wednesday Journaling Writes: What’s Your Mood?

Mari L. McCarthy

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Journaling Ideas: What Books Have Changed You?

Mari L. McCarthy

Every now and then, you are lucky enough to discover an exceptional book, one that affects you deeply and changes the way you see the world or even how you see yourself. A great novel can inspire...

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Journal Writing Ideas for 10 Minute Attitude Adjustments

Mari L. McCarthy

Some days, it can be hard to see the bright side of life. Can't it? You might be having a tough day at work, or you might be exhausted and wishing you were back in bed. Give your mood a quick boost...

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Journal Therapy for Honoring Your Emotions

Mari L. McCarthy

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Wednesday Journaling Writes: Get Over Yourself

Mari L. McCarthy

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How to Enhance Your Reflective Writing with Mindfulness Meditation

Mari L. McCarthy

Mindfulness is the practice of focusing your mind on the present and become more fully aware of your thoughts, feelings and actions. Mindfulness meditation is rooted in the Buddhist tradition, but...

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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...

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