Mari's Journaling Power Blog | CreateWriteNow (55)

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!

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Self Growth

Smart Ways to Shake Off Elements in Your Life That Hold You Back

Mari L. McCarthy

We’ve all heard the phrase, “you are what you eat,” but have you realized that you become what you think? It’s true. The power of thought – positive and negative – is remarkable.

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Journeys

What about my journals after i die?

Tara C. Pray

What will happen to my journals after I die?

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

How to Ensure That the Most Important Things in Your Life Get the Most Attention

Mari L. McCarthy

Being frazzled every day can seem like a standard-operating procedure for many of us as we get pulled in different directions by family, friends, co-workers, and the myriad obligations that seem to...

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Journeys

Art Therapy: Combining Art & Writing into Deeply Personal Art Journals

Linda Grandes

From the time we were in elementary school, many of our teachers introduced us to and encouraged us to keep journals. For the most part, we were given daily prompts and then a period of time during...

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Self Growth

How to Keep Low-Value Activities from Ruining Your Life

Mari L. McCarthy

When it comes to prioritizing time, most men will admit they’re the worst. Between what they want to do and what they need to do, men often find that time gets away from them and they wind up not...

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Journeys

Remove the Taxing Influences of Bad Relationships

Joan Porte

How I Released Toxic Relationships with Mari

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

3 Smart Steps to Build Your Self-Esteem and a Positive Outlook

Mari L. McCarthy

Human beings are fragile creatures. Despite the outward appearances some might project, we are all susceptible to the slings and arrows of insults, belittlement, and just plain cruelty. As children,...

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Journaling Journeys

Reinventing Myself Through Journaling

Belinda Witzenhausen

My Story: I was introduced to journaling at a young age, my mother was an avid artist, reader and writer, I guess she passed her love of those pursuits onto me. Being an only child and not having...

Mari's Journaling Power Blog | Health

6 Tried and True Methods to Get Control of Your Health

Mari L. McCarthy

Every day we are bombarded with health-related articles and news stories – the latest diet trends; what we should and shouldn’t be eating and drinking; how, when, and where to exercise; warning signs...

Smart Ways to Shake Off Elements in Your Life That Hold You Back-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

May 2, 2019

Smart Ways to Shake Off Elements in Your Life That Hold You Back

We’ve all heard the phrase, “you are what you eat,” but have you realized that you become what you think? It’s true. The power of thought – positive...

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What about my journals after i die?-featured

Tara C. Pray

April 29, 2019

What about my journals after i die?

What will happen to my journals after I die?

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How to Ensure That the Most Important Things in Your Life Get the Most Attention-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

April 25, 2019

How to Ensure That the Most Important Things in Your Life Get the Most Attention

Being frazzled every day can seem like a standard-operating procedure for many of us as we get pulled in different directions by family, friends,...

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Art Therapy: Combining Art & Writing into Deeply Personal Art Journals-featured

Linda Grandes

April 22, 2019

Art Therapy: Combining Art & Writing into Deeply Personal Art Journals

From the time we were in elementary school, many of our teachers introduced us to and encouraged us to keep journals. For the most part, we were...

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How to Keep Low-Value Activities from Ruining Your Life-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

April 18, 2019

How to Keep Low-Value Activities from Ruining Your Life

When it comes to prioritizing time, most men will admit they’re the worst. Between what they want to do and what they need to do, men often find that...

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Remove the Taxing Influences of Bad Relationships-featured

Joan Porte

April 15, 2019

Remove the Taxing Influences of Bad Relationships

How I Released Toxic Relationships with Mari

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3 Smart Steps to Build Your Self-Esteem and a Positive Outlook-featured

Mari L. McCarthy

April 11, 2019

3 Smart Steps to Build Your Self-Esteem and a Positive Outlook

Human beings are fragile creatures. Despite the outward appearances some might project, we are all susceptible to the slings and arrows of insults,...

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