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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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Journaling to Become My Authentic Self

Mary Rechkemmer-Meyer

As I lay in bed waking up that morning in April of 2017, knowing that something was horribly wrong, the thought kept coming to my mind: They meant it for evil, but I meant it for good. It was followed by Jeramiah 29:11: “For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Somehow instinctively I knew this would be like no other journey I had ever traveled.

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Journaling: The Gift of Self-Discovery

Billie Wade

Journaling has been a transformative vehicle in my life since age twelve when I penned my first words of adolescent angst in my little white leatherette diary with a key. I write because I cannot not...

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8 Ways To Improve Your Writing Skills And Land A Perfect Journalist Position

Michael Gorman

If you google “how to improve my writing skills,” you’ll come across tons of big promises.

Want to know the truth?

There is no magic trick or hack that can turn a bad writer into a journalist.

...

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Benefits of Journaling for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress

Sandra Larson

Probably most of us used to have a private diary during the teenage years. The reason why so many teenagers keep a diary is that it is a way to share all the thoughts, fears, and worries without...

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The Life-Changing Benefits of Daily Journaling

Isabell Gaylord

There are a lot of reasons why people journal. From dream journals to travel journals and prayer journals to gratitude journals, we keep certain journals for certain areas of our lives.

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Four Techniques to Deepen Your Journal Writing Practice

Tara C. Pray

One of the many benefits of cultivating and sustaining a journal writing practice is that over time you begin to know and connect with yourself in a deeper way. I've maintained a journal writing...

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Easy Ways to Get Your Self Care Every Day

Michelle Cornish

Self-care is everywhere. It seems like taking care of yourself has become a trend, but self-care isn't just a buzzword, it's a necessity. Neglecting your happiness can cause stress, feelings of...

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A Different Kind of Journaling

Jodi Graber Pratt

I had not journaled for many years before I experienced September 11, 2001. I was in New York City at the World Trade Center, standing between Building 7 and the North Tower when the first plane flew...

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Journaling Dreams for Personal Growth

Pamela Cummins

Journals have been a gigantic part of my personal and spiritual growth journey that began back in 1989. Whether that’s to be used as: a diary, for emotional release, my business thoughts, debating my...

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Mary Rechkemmer-Meyer

March 23, 2020

Journaling to Become My Authentic Self

As I lay in bed waking up that morning in April of 2017, knowing that something was horribly wrong, the thought kept coming to my mind: They meant it...

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Journaling: The Gift of Self-Discovery-featured

Billie Wade

March 19, 2020

Journaling: The Gift of Self-Discovery

Journaling has been a transformative vehicle in my life since age twelve when I penned my first words of adolescent angst in my little white...

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8 Ways To Improve Your Writing Skills And Land A Perfect Journalist Position-featured

Michael Gorman

March 16, 2020

8 Ways To Improve Your Writing Skills And Land A Perfect Journalist Position

If you google “how to improve my writing skills,” you’ll come across tons of big promises. Want to know the truth? There is no magic trick or hack...

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Benefits of Journaling for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress-featured

Sandra Larson

March 9, 2020

Benefits of Journaling for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress

Probably most of us used to have a private diary during the teenage years. The reason why so many teenagers keep a diary is that it is a way to share...

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The Life-Changing Benefits of Daily Journaling-featured

Isabell Gaylord

March 2, 2020

The Life-Changing Benefits of Daily Journaling

There are a lot of reasons why people journal. From dream journals to travel journals and prayer journals to gratitude journals, we keep certain...

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Four Techniques to Deepen Your Journal Writing Practice-featured

Tara C. Pray

February 27, 2020

Four Techniques to Deepen Your Journal Writing Practice

One of the many benefits of cultivating and sustaining a journal writing practice is that over time you begin to know and connect with yourself in a...

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Easy Ways to Get Your Self Care Every Day-featured

Michelle Cornish

February 24, 2020

Easy Ways to Get Your Self Care Every Day

Self-care is everywhere. It seems like taking care of yourself has become a trend, but self-care isn't just a buzzword, it's a necessity. Neglecting...

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