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!

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

Where Does the Urge to Journal Come From?

Mari L. McCarthy

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 | Self Growth, Creative Journaling

Journaling: Self-Improvement or Self-Growth?

Mari L. McCarthy

I've been toying with these two terms, as we move on in to our next adventure with CreateWriteNow. We talk so much about using journal writing to achieve personal goals, and we use self-growth and...

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

Self-Improvement Journaling: Make May the Merry Month You Start!

Mari L. McCarthy

Your personal journal is the friend who is always there to listen, whether you’ve had a bad day or are trying to find answers to life’s tough questions. It is such a good listener that sometimes you...

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

Journaling: Seeking Your Creative Empowerment!

Mari L. McCarthy

Guest Blog Post by Karen Silsby

If you said, “What me? Creative?” Then this is the blog post for you!

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

Journal to a New You

Mari L. McCarthy

Do you remember that line from T.S. Elliott: "April is the cruelest month"? The poet commented that the springtime mixes memory and desire. After a long cozy winter indoors, April is an awakening, a...

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

Journaling for Self-Improvement - 9 Basic Steps

Mari L. McCarthy

Here at CreateWriteNow, we've spent the first part of this year with a strong focus on journaling for self-discovery. We've looked long and hard at the many ways journaling can help us expand our ...

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

Who Are You? Next 7 Days Journaling Challenge Has Your Answers

Mari L. McCarthy

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

Did You Know Your Journal's a Caregiver? It's True

Mari L. McCarthy

Where Does the Urge to Journal Come From?-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

May 23, 2012

Where Does the Urge to Journal Come From?

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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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Journaling: Self-Improvement or Self-Growth?-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

May 2, 2012

Journaling: Self-Improvement or Self-Growth?

I've been toying with these two terms, as we move on in to our next adventure with CreateWriteNow. We talk so much about using journal writing to...

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Self-Improvement Journaling: Make May the Merry Month You Start!-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

April 30, 2012

Self-Improvement Journaling: Make May the Merry Month You Start!

Your personal journal is the friend who is always there to listen, whether you’ve had a bad day or are trying to find answers to life’s tough...

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Journaling: Seeking Your Creative Empowerment!-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

April 26, 2012

Journaling: Seeking Your Creative Empowerment!

Guest Blog Post by Karen Silsby If you said, “What me? Creative?” Then this is the blog post for you!

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Mari L. McCarthy

April 25, 2012

Journal to a New You

Do you remember that line from T.S. Elliott: "April is the cruelest month"? The poet commented that the springtime mixes memory and desire. After a...

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Journaling for Self-Improvement - 9 Basic Steps-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

April 18, 2012

Journaling for Self-Improvement - 9 Basic Steps

Here at CreateWriteNow, we've spent the first part of this year with a strong focus on journaling for self-discovery. We've looked long and hard at...

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