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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!

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Baby Boomer Blues and Bliss

Mari L. McCarthy

This post is especially about people of my generation, though everyone will deal with these issues sooner or later. Journal writing is key to navigating what can be a treacherous road as we age.

No use hiding it: I am an aging baby boomer. And yeah, I know that everyone grows old and every generation must wrestle with the loss of youth.

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

Become Your Own Primary Healthcare Provider

Mari L. McCarthy

This post may challenge or even displease you, but the concept I’m talking about is absolutely at the core of my love for journaling, and so I really have to share it. Tell me what you think, in the...

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Journal Power: Managing Emotions

Mari L. McCarthy

No one wants to be a zombie; we are heartful beings. But we must admit that emotions often get out of control. For some of us it takes a lifetime to learn a healthy balance between reason and...

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Journal Power: Disengaging from Toxic Ties

Mari L. McCarthy

Journal writing helps us see how we cause our own suffering and how we can create our own happiness. It’s so easy to feel victimized and sorry for yourself, because life can be shockingly difficult,...

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Journal Power: Disengaging from Toxic Ties

Mari L. McCarthy

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

Journaling Journeys: I knew I was a writer when …

Mari L. McCarthy

by Tara Meissner

My husband Mike knew I was a writer before I did. He left a notebook for me on the nightstand by my hospital bed in 2010. When I woke up, it was there, but my husband was not....

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I knew I was a writer when ...

Mari L. McCarthy

by Tara Meissner

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

Journal Power for Internal Self Care

Mari L. McCarthy

The tool called internal self care empowers us to become most fully ourselves.

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

Journal Power for Peace

Mari L. McCarthy

I’ve been wondering about using journaling to promote peace.

Mari L. McCarthy

October 29, 2014

Baby Boomer Blues and Bliss

This post is especially about people of my generation, though everyone will deal with these issues sooner or later. Journal writing is key to...

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Become Your Own Primary Healthcare Provider-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

October 22, 2014

Become Your Own Primary Healthcare Provider

This post may challenge or even displease you, but the concept I’m talking about is absolutely at the core of my love for journaling, and so I really...

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Journal Power: Managing Emotions-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

October 15, 2014

Journal Power: Managing Emotions

No one wants to be a zombie; we are heartful beings. But we must admit that emotions often get out of control. For some of us it takes a lifetime to...

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