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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Self Growth

Real Kid Stuff Journaling Ideas

Adults aren’t the only ones who can benefit from regular journaling practice. Keeping a journal can be fun and beneficial for kids as well; it gives them an opportunity to express their thoughts, as well as be creative and artistic. Try these journaling ideas with your kids (you can write along with them in your own journal), and you just might get them hooked on a lifelong journal writing habit.

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

Holiday Journal Therapy: Grief Exercise #3

Grief can take on many forms. Losing a loved one can be particularly difficult around the holidays, and losing a job can also cause powerful feelings of grief.

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Self Growth

Gobble up Your Gratitude with Thanksgiving Journal Therapy

Keeping a gratitude journal  year-round is a positive habit to adopt, but around the holidays it becomes particularly meaningful.

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

Holiday Journal Therapy: Grief Exercise #2

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Self Growth

Journal Therapy: What's Your "Wow Moment"?

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Self Growth

Journaling Ideas: My Baby Just Wrote Me A Letter

When you look back on your life five, 10, 20 years ago, do you ever think, “I wish I knew then what I knew now”? Hindsight is indeed 20/20, and as time goes by, we are able to gain perspective and...

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

Song Shuffle Journal Therapy

After a long, relaxing holiday weekend, it can be a little painful to head back to the fast pace of work and the real world. Take 30 minutes tonight to regroup with some journal therapy and your...

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

Journal Therapy: Grief Journal Exercise #1

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Self Growth, Health

Journaling Ideas: Keep a Gratitude Journal

More often than not, it’s not our blessings but our worries, fears and other nagging problems that keep us tossing and turning at night. Some days we may feel as if nothing is going our way: work...

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Mari L. McCarthy
November 24, 2010

Real Kid Stuff Journaling Ideas

Real Kid Stuff Journaling Ideas
Adults aren’t the only ones who can benefit from regular journaling practice. Keeping a journal can be fun and beneficial for kids as well; it gives...
Mari L. McCarthy
November 17, 2010

Holiday Journal Therapy: Grief Exercise #3

Holiday Journal Therapy: Grief Exercise #3
Grief can take on many forms. Losing a loved one can be particularly difficult around the holidays, and losing a job can also cause powerful...
Mari L. McCarthy
November 10, 2010

Gobble up Your Gratitude with Thanksgiving Journal Therapy

Gobble up Your Gratitude with Thanksgiving Journal Therapy
Keeping a gratitude journal year-round is a positive habit to adopt, but around the holidays it becomes particularly meaningful.
Mari L. McCarthy
October 6, 2010

Journaling Ideas: My Baby Just Wrote Me A Letter

Journaling Ideas: My Baby Just Wrote Me A Letter
When you look back on your life five, 10, 20 years ago, do you ever think, “I wish I knew then what I knew now”? Hindsight is indeed 20/20, and as...
Mari L. McCarthy
September 9, 2010

Song Shuffle Journal Therapy

Song Shuffle Journal Therapy
After a long, relaxing holiday weekend, it can be a little painful to head back to the fast pace of work and the real world. Take 30 minutes tonight...
Mari L. McCarthy
August 10, 2010

Journaling Ideas: Keep a Gratitude Journal

Journaling Ideas: Keep a Gratitude Journal
More often than not, it’s not our blessings but our worries, fears and other nagging problems that keep us tossing and turning at night. Some days...

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