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!

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 structure your money, your living situation, your days — ends up mattering more than most people anticipate while they're still busy working toward it.

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Turning Pain Into Insight: Reflective Journaling for Emotional Growth

Lisa Huycke

When you are going through something difficult, it can be hard to get yourself to do things that are intended to improve your health. That’s the thing about emotional pain: It can be difficult to...

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Simple Strategies to Help Seniors Stay Healthy, Active, and Connected

Rhonda Underhill

Older adults adjusting to retirement, caregiving family members, and community support workers often see the same health challenges for seniors surface at once: bodies change, routines shift, and...

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Journaling For A Better Life

Tess Perko

Through a philanthropy group, I’m connected to an organization that provides emancipated foster youth with housing and emotional support. Emancipated foster youth are young adults from the ages of 18...

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Does the Home We Live In Shape the Stories We Write?

Edrian Blasquino

IYou write about worlds that do not exist. Magic. Conflict. Power. Whole systems built from scratch. At first glance, none of that seems connected to home.

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The Tools We Choose Affect How We Think, Teach, and Create

Edrian Blasquino

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The Power of Naming Feelings: Journaling Exercises for Kids and Parents

Erica Smuckler

Kids have incongruous reactions to feelings sometimes. A homework meltdown might be less about the assignment itself and more about anxiety over making mistakes. Doors get slammed when kids don’t...

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How to Know You are Ready to Write A Book that Changes Lives

Nina Amir

You want to write a book that changes lives. Awesome! But are you ready to make the positive and meaningful difference with your words that you desire?

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What Do You Want To Do Better In 2026?

Myrtle D. Russell

This article originally appeared at MyrtleRussell.com

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

Rhonda Underhill

May 6, 2026

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

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...

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Turning Pain Into Insight: Reflective Journaling for Emotional Growth-featured

Lisa Huycke

April 27, 2026

Turning Pain Into Insight: Reflective Journaling for Emotional Growth

When you are going through something difficult, it can be hard to get yourself to do things that are intended to improve your health. That’s the...

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Simple Strategies to Help Seniors Stay Healthy, Active, and Connected-featured

Rhonda Underhill

April 23, 2026

Simple Strategies to Help Seniors Stay Healthy, Active, and Connected

Older adults adjusting to retirement, caregiving family members, and community support workers often see the same health challenges for seniors...

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Tess Perko

April 21, 2026

Journaling For A Better Life

Through a philanthropy group, I’m connected to an organization that provides emancipated foster youth with housing and emotional support. Emancipated...

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Does the Home We Live In Shape the Stories We Write?-featured

Edrian Blasquino

March 20, 2026

Does the Home We Live In Shape the Stories We Write?

IYou write about worlds that do not exist. Magic. Conflict. Power. Whole systems built from scratch. At first glance, none of that seems connected to...

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