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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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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 beginner’s mind. That means being open to exploring and experimenting with new styles and methods until you find a one that feels right for you.

There are no hard and fast rules when it comes to journaling. You get to make it up as you go along.

What is Journaling?

First and foremost, journaling is a personal experience. What it is or isn’t is ultimately up to you

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Health Matters: Finding Your One Thing Through Journaling

Stacy Fisher

What is the “one thing” that, if you committed to doing it consistently, would have the biggest positive impact on your health?

Exercising? Eating Healthy? Scheduling that doctor’s visit you’ve been...

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Spiritual Matters: Live Your Obituary

Marie Higgins

When project managers begin a new project, they often begin with the end in mind. They are given a desired deadline and then the project manager breaks the time period down into individual tasks,...

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Financial Freedom Matters: Can Money Buy Happiness?

Michelle Cornish

When it comes to the question of can money buy happiness, most people would say yes. After all, money can provide security and comfort in our lives. But is that all there is to happiness--security...

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

Self-Love Matters: The Wiley World of Self-Sabotage

Billie Wade

Self-sabotage can derail your most prized endeavors and set you up for devastating, life-altering failure, damaged or destroyed relationships, a decimated reputation, and contribute to low...

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