Mari's Journaling Power Blog

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!

You Don’t Need $15 Million to Retire and Other Surprising Lessons I Learned About Finance

Nikki Finlay

Sarah Fay, the author of the USA Today Bestseller Pathological and Substack Writers@Work, recently asked me what the difference between economics and finance is.

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Why I Built DAWN at 20

Damian Becker

How I'm using AI to help people reflect without letting it take over

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How Whimsy Maxxing Sparks Joy and Resilience in Everyday Life

James Hall

Busy parents juggling work and wellness, helping professionals in caregiving roles, and burned-out creatives often know the specific fatigue of functioning on fumes while trying to stay “on” for...

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Use Journaling To Unmask The Issues In Your Tissues And Find Solutions

Mari L. McCarthy

This article originally appeared on SpiritofChange.org’s website. Back in 1998 I didn’t have the strength to cook a meal without dropping my saucepans, and sometimes my dinner, on the kitchen floor....

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Bringing Wellness Home: Essential Strategies for Everyday Health Management

Sara Young

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How Emotional Avoidance Can Affect Mental Health

Mari L. McCarthy

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Tchaikovsky’s Inner Life, Revealed by Himself 130 Years Later

Chris Nielsen

Chris Nielsen's

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Create a Cozy, Stress-Free Home with Simple Refresh Steps

James Hall

For adults in the middle of life transitions, new jobs, breakups, grief, burnout, or caregiving, home can stop feeling restful and start feeling like one more thing to manage. A cluttered, dim,...

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Your Next Chapter Starts Here: Planning a Life That Truly Fits

Rhonda Underhill

Nobody hands you a manual for the years after your career ends. One day there's a schedule, a commute, a reason to be somewhere by 8am. Then there isn't. What you do with that blank space — how you...