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!

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 everyone else. When stress turns into autopilot, psychological well-being can feel like one more task, and common burnout recovery techniques start sounding like homework. Whimsy maxxing offers a different entry point: small, intentional daily joy practices that rebuild playfulness and mental health without demanding a personality change. By gently re-engaging the brain’s dopamine and reward system, whimsy maxxing can make relief feel reachable again.

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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

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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...

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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...