Mari's Journaling Power Blog | CreateWriteNow

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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The Power Of Birth As Mother And Creative

Kate Brenton

Although different, birth requires the same surrender from mothers as creatives. I found this truth rising quietly as I sat attempting to write my first book, while my young son slept in his room.

The energy to create asks for the space to grow. It needs dedicated time and a high diet of nutrition or inspiration. These are the minimal components necessary to fortify the life of an idea. For a creative, taking in content that feeds your inspiration, and protecting your calendar from busyness are necessities. Leaving blank space, where you re-align with your self and let the world drop away helps bring creativity to form.

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How to Self-Motivate

Melanie Faith

There are days when writing has momentum and flow, and it feels like riding a speedy bike with nary a hill in sight. Many other days, of course, are the opposite, and that bike has a wobbly (or...

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Protecting Your Business from Different Risks

Sally Giles

As a new business owner, everything is exciting and new. What you might not know is that there are inherent risks that come with owning a business. Failure to plan for these risks is detrimental not...

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How Journaling Can Improve Your Writing Skills

Kristen Bray

Writing is an essential skill for anyone looking to improve their communication skills. And one of the best ways to improve it is by journaling. It can help you process your thoughts and feelings,...

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Surviving the Holidays Made Easier With Tips and Knowledge

Marcel Gemme

The holidays are a busy time of year. Post-pandemic, everyone is getting back to normal and living life again. It is time to celebrate with friends and family, but being safe about it should be in...

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Writing Is The Best Personal Growth Tool

Leon Collier

Writing has been around since 3400 bc, but some sources date it even earlier. In ancient times, those who knew how to read and write were considered superior beings and higher in the social hierarchy...

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The Great Book of Journaling Review

Mary Ann Moore

This review originally appeared on https://maryannmoore.ca and then re-published on https://iajw.org. It is re-published here with permission. Mari L. McCarthy contributed to The Great Book of...

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Think, Speak, Feel, Write - Manifest Your Authentic Life

Lynda Faye Schmidt

“Life’s challenges are the sandpaper that smooths out our rough edges, to reveal the masterpiece God created us to become.” -The Holding & The Healing Companion Journal

I decided to create a guided...

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Why Do We Write?

Donna DeNomme

I’ve been curious about when this human expression of writing first emerged. I remember studying The Epic of Gilgamesh (written c.2150-1400BCE) about the semi-mythic King of Uruk, an early tale which...