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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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How To Grow in Confidence and Achieve Professional Goals Through Career Journaling

Miles Oliver

To succeed in your industry and reach your professional goals, you need to have some degree of confidence. Confidence can help you in many ways and put you into new scenarios that will elevate your career, but you need to get there first. You can build confidence in many ways, from returning to school to networking with others, but if you really want a solid stepping stone, start a career journal. This is a place where you can write all of your accomplishments and get material for future positions.

Here’s more about the importance of confidence for professionals and entrepreneurs, how to

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How Journaling Helps New Parents Navigate Early Parenthood

Miles Oliver

Becoming a parent is one of the most rewarding experiences you’ll have in your lifetime. But, anyone who already is a parent will be quick to tell you how exhausting it can be. Sometimes, it can even...

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How To Turn a Journal Into a Book

David Costello

Our journals often capture raw emotions, private reflections, and unique insights about life, making them a treasure trove of potential content for a book. The transition from a journal to a book not...

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Growing Up Old-School Catholic (and daring to write about it!)

Regina Buttner

When I was a kid in the 1970s, I attended a Catholic grammar school in my hometown of Syracuse, New York. For eight years, the nuns pounded their yardsticks on the classroom floors, drilling their...

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Unmasking the Art of Interviewing From Traditional to Tech-driven Methods

Monica Kolan

Job interviews are crucial to the hiring process since they aid in determining a candidate's abilities, background, and appropriateness for a particular position.

To adequately evaluate these...

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Discovering Healing Through Journaling: An Exclusive Interview with Mari L. McCarthy from Create Write Now

Sarah Kirton

Sarah Kirton from MysticMag sat down and interviewed our own Mari L. McCarthy. The interview was originally published on the MysticMag website on June 2, 2023 with the title "Journaling For The...

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Tips for Writing with ADHD

Naomi D. Nakashima

Living with ADHD can be an everyday battle. When I got diagnosed with ADHD 2 years ago (at 45), it felt huge. On the one hand, I didn’t know what that would mean for my writing moving forward. Most...

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Using Journaling as a Tool for Coping With Stress & Anxiety

Miles Oliver

Stress is an unfortunate part of everyone’s life in one way or another. Stressors at work, at home, within the self, or in relationships lead to physical and mental symptoms, such as increased heart...

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Disconnect and Recharge: Professional Advice for a Digital Detox of Yourself and Your Living Space

Denisse Garcia

This article was originally published on the website Porch on May 24, 2023 with the title Unplug: Expert Tips to Digitally Detox Yourself and Your Home and is republished with permission.

The...