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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!

Life Matters Blog | Self Matters, Life Matters, Self-Love Matters

Self-Love Matters: Self-Intimacy and Five Ways to Nourish It

Billie Wade

The words “intimate” and “intimacy,” conjure up scenarios of sexual or at least romantic relationships. What about a relationship with yourself? Sexual? Possibly. Romantic? Could be. Selfish? Not at all. There is so much more. Just how well do you know yourself? Our society and culture bombard us with rules about who we should strive to be, what constitutes a life of happiness. Who do you want to be? We all are universally unique. Feelings, preferences, and emotional expression are part of the human experience. They manifest in myriad ways with everyone. Developing a vibrant life of self-intimacy can transform your relationship with yourself and with others.

What is self-intimacy?

Life Matters Blog | Health Matters, Life Matters

Health Matters: 25 Reasons to Journal

Stacy Fisher

Why do people journal? The reasons are endless and usually very personal.

Every night my grandmother used to write one or two sentences about what she did that day in her pocket calendar. Then, she’d...

Life Matters Blog | Life Matters, Spiritual Matters

Spiritual Matters: Co-Create with Spirit

Marie Higgins

There is a massage technique called Sweeping that I use at the end of every massage. It is done with positive intentions towards the end goal that the body releases things like worries, stresses and...

Life Matters Blog | Money Matters, Life Matters, Prosperity Matters, Financial Freedom Matters

Financial Freedom Matters: How Does Stress Impact Financial Freedom?

Michelle Cornish

When it comes to financial freedom, many people aren’t aware of the impact stress can have on achieving this goal. While it may be easy to see the impact finances have on stress, the opposite is...

Life Matters Blog | Self Matters, Life Matters, Self-Love Matters

Self-Love Matters: Happiness - To Pursue or Not to Pursue

Billie Wade

Pursuit of happiness is of global proportions. Everywhere you turn, or even if you do not, there is the promise of yet another way to reach happiness. Yet, when you try to get there, the prize feels...

Life Matters Blog | Health Matters, Life Matters

Health Matters: Journaling for Beginners

Stacy Fisher

If you’re new to journaling, you may be wondering where to get started. Many people feel awkward at first, or struggle with finding things to write about.

One helpful approach is to embrace a...

Life Matters Blog | Life Matters, Spiritual Matters

Spiritual Matters: Recognize Movement by Looking Back

Marie Higgins

One of the reasons I have come to love journaling is that there is so much value in the looking back. That’s where the magic happens! I’ve been journaling since 2009 and it has made such a huge...

Life Matters Blog | Money Matters, Life Matters, Prosperity Matters, Financial Freedom Matters

Financial Freedom Matters: What Does Financial Freedom Mean to You?

Michelle Cornish

What does financial freedom mean to you? This is a question that many people ask themselves. The answer isn’t always easy and can be different for everyone. For some, financial freedom might mean...

Life Matters Blog | Self Matters, Life Matters, Self-Love Matters

Self-Love Matters: You Are Not an Imposter; You Are the Real Deal!

Billie Wade

Does this post’s title send chills up your spine, give you a headache, or roil your stomach? You are not alone. Many people have moments of Imposter Syndrome in which they feel an intense sense of...