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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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Since Forever

Mari L. McCarthy

The first time I met Barry Manilow
(October 2, 2004 ), I read him my poem, "Since Forever" and told him that the next time we met, I would perform the song "Since Forever". Here are the lyrics and the song is on my CD, "The Barry Thought of You".

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

Journaling: Reconnect with Your Inner Coach

Mari L. McCarthy

When we are journaling, we sometimes have a tendency to focus on our inner critics, those pesky negative voices in our heads that try to talk us out of achieving our goals and dreams. The more we...

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Creative Journaling

Writer's Block Brings You More Opportunities

Mari L. McCarthy

"When you have a disease, don't try to find a cure; find your center, and you'll be healed." Ancient Taoist proverbToday 3 people, in the early hours of a steamy Saturday morning, called me...

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Familiarity Brings Respect

Mari L. McCarthy

"It's all in your head," the doctor announced as he showed me my MRI that sticky July Friday afternoon. There were white spots.everywhere. Oh, no, my beloved brain was broken. How could this be...

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How to Journal Through Sickness to Health

Mari L. McCarthy

When our bodies are not well—when we get sick frequently or have recurring aches and pains—the last solution we think of (if at all) is journaling. In fact, journaling can be an excellent starting...

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Creative Journaling

Journaling on the Silver Screen

Mari L. McCarthy

Journaling is, by nature, a solitary exercise. We write our most intimate secrets in the pages of our journal, so it isn’t every day that we can share the experience with others. It’s refreshing...

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Journal Writing Your Way to Healthy Eating

Mari McCarthy

Food is clearly an integral part of our physical well-being, but it is also very much connected to our emotional health. It nourishes our bodies and affects how we feel. Sometimes, without even...

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Creative Journaling

Journaling Tips the Scales for Personal Development

Mari L. McCarthy

So you have opened up your journal to a fresh page and are ready to write. Now what? Here are three simple tips to help you use your journal to develop your strengths, improve your self-awareness and...

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Journaling for a Daily Dose of Focus

Mari McCarthy

Journaling on a regular (preferably daily) basis can be an invaluable tool to help you determine your goals and create an action plan to achieve them. We’ve talked about setting SMART goals ...

Mari L. McCarthy

July 15, 2010

Since Forever

The first time I met Barry Manilow (October 2, 2004 ), I read him my poem, "Since Forever" and told him that the next time we met, I would perform...

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Journaling: Reconnect with Your Inner Coach-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

July 13, 2010

Journaling: Reconnect with Your Inner Coach

When we are journaling, we sometimes have a tendency to focus on our inner critics, those pesky negative voices in our heads that try to talk us...

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Writer's Block Brings You More Opportunities -featured

Mari L. McCarthy

July 12, 2010

Writer's Block Brings You More Opportunities

"When you have a disease, don't try to find a cure; find your center, and you'll be healed." Ancient Taoist proverbToday 3 people, in the early...

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Mari L. McCarthy

July 10, 2010

Familiarity Brings Respect

"It's all in your head," the doctor announced as he showed me my MRI that sticky July Friday afternoon. There were white spots.everywhere. Oh, no, my...

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How to Journal Through Sickness to Health-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

July 6, 2010

How to Journal Through Sickness to Health

When our bodies are not well—when we get sick frequently or have recurring aches and pains—the last solution we think of (if at all) is journaling....

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Journaling on the Silver Screen-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

June 29, 2010

Journaling on the Silver Screen

Journaling is, by nature, a solitary exercise. We write our most intimate secrets in the pages of our journal, so it isn’t every day that we can...

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Journal Writing Your Way to Healthy Eating-featured

Mari McCarthy

June 22, 2010

Journal Writing Your Way to Healthy Eating

Food is clearly an integral part of our physical well-being, but it is also very much connected to our emotional health. It nourishes our bodies and...

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Mari L. McCarthy

June 15, 2010