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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Therapy, Creative Journaling, Self-Awareness

Quick Journal Writing Exercises for Stress Awareness Month

Stress has become such a typical part of our every

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

Journal Writing: Get Uncomfortable to Expand Your Comfort Zone

Being comfortable is something you often see as positive and desirable. You are happy when you feel at ease with your friends, in your job and in your abilities. But when does being comfortable lead...

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Therapy

Morning Pages: Keeping My Word

by Kay ButzinThe day I wrote my first three morning pages, April 9, 1999, I was underemployed at a job I hated, smoking a pack of Winston Lights a day, ten pounds overweight, and depressed about the...

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

Journal Writing Feeds Your Starving Artist

“I’m terrible at this.” “I don’t know why I waste my time – nothing is ever going to come of this.” “People would laugh if they saw what I’m doing.” Have you ever been guilty of talking to...
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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Therapy, Creative Journaling

For Whom Do You Write?


Who you are writing for makes or breaks your ability to find your voice, to continue writing or to complete a writing intention. I have been writing in journals since the age of 16 (40 years now!),...

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog

Journaling For Home Held Happiness

In her bestselling book The Happiness Project, author Gretchen Rubin spent 12 months chronicling her own journey to greater happiness. She researched the nature of happiness and set goals in...

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

Mari's Presentation at Journaling Expo 2013

Mari talks about "Journaling Is" at the 1st Journaling Expo in January, 2013
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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Therapy, Creative Journaling

My Journal: An Epilogue to Falling Down Under Adventures

It was sixth grade when I received my first journal--the kind with the little gold lock and key. I loved that lock and key. Looking back, I chuckle at the feeling of safety and privacy this little...

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Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Therapy

3 Journal Prompts for Daylight Savings Time

Daylight saving time began this past weekend in the United States, springing clocks forward one hour, and will last until standard time resumes in early November. Every year when this happens,...

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Mari L. McCarthy
March 28, 2013

Journal Writing: Get Uncomfortable to Expand Your Comfort Zone

Journal Writing: Get Uncomfortable to Expand Your Comfort Zone
Being comfortable is something you often see as positive and desirable. You are happy when you feel at ease with your friends, in your job and in...
Mari L. McCarthy
March 27, 2013

Morning Pages: Keeping My Word

Morning Pages: Keeping My Word
by Kay ButzinThe day I wrote my first three morning pages, April 9, 1999, I was underemployed at a job I hated, smoking a pack of Winston Lights a...
Mari L. McCarthy
March 25, 2013

Journal Writing Feeds Your Starving Artist

Journal Writing Feeds Your Starving Artist
“I’m terrible at this.” “I don’t know why I waste my time – nothing is ever going to come of this.” “People would laugh if they saw what I’m...
Mari L. McCarthy
March 20, 2013

For Whom Do You Write?

For Whom Do You Write?

Who you are writing for makes or breaks your ability to find your voice, to continue writing or to complete a writing intention. I have been...
Mari L. McCarthy
March 18, 2013

Journaling For Home Held Happiness

Journaling For Home Held Happiness
In her bestselling book The Happiness Project, author Gretchen Rubin spent 12 months chronicling her own journey to greater happiness. She...
Mari L. McCarthy
March 15, 2013

Mari's Presentation at Journaling Expo 2013

Mari's Presentation at Journaling Expo 2013
Mari talks about "Journaling Is" at the 1st Journaling Expo in January, 2013
Mari L. McCarthy
March 13, 2013

My Journal: An Epilogue to Falling Down Under Adventures

My Journal: An Epilogue to Falling Down Under Adventures
It was sixth grade when I received my first journal--the kind with the little gold lock and key. I loved that lock and key. Looking back, I chuckle...
Mari L. McCarthy
March 11, 2013

3 Journal Prompts for Daylight Savings Time

3 Journal Prompts for Daylight Savings Time
Daylight saving time began this past weekend in the United States, springing clocks forward one hour, and will last until standard time resumes in...

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