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Spiritual Matters: The Most Important Question

If you use your journal like I do, you use it for everything, scribbling down various thoughts, desires, heartaches, happenings, and everything in between, including action items and gratitude lists. Let’s focus on this last one: gratitude lists.

For me, the practice of creating gratitude lists started during a stressful time. I wasn’t sleeping well, waking up in the middle of the night, insomnia for months. Upon sharing my issue, the resulting recommendation was to come up with a list of ten things I was grateful for, and even more specifically, the items had to come from the day that had just passed. So it began, but first just mentally, a list of ten items for which I was grateful, counting on my fingers in the middle of the night.

But it didn’t end there, because I still woke up and stayed awake, the insomnia continuing. Not able to come up with another solution myself, the same person said, “Well, then make it thirty-six things.” Thirty-six things? That seemed impossible, especially during such a stressful time. But I tried it anyway.

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Spiritual Matters: Out of Balance, Into Balance

When I journal, it is often about what’s on my mind and what is happening with my body. What’s always included are my conversations with God* about these writings. As a result, my writings are a...

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Relationship Matters: Personal Authenticity in Your Relationships

Relationships form the bedrock of who you are and how you show up in the world. From birth throughout life, relationships with those around you influence you. How you perceive yourself relative to...

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Spiritual Matters: Journaling with Gifts

This week I ran out of pages in the journal I have been using for a few months. When this happens, it can be a worthwhile practice, before packing the journal away, to look at patterns, to consider...

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Spiritual Matters: Spirit in the Round

I believe God*/Spirit wants to be in our lives, and we can do this easily, with an attention on being spiritual and asking Spirit into our process. If we believe ourselves to be spiritual persons...

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Relationship Matters: Healthy Relationships 101

Relationships come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and meanings. You may most often think of romantic or marital when someone mentions relationships. But there is a whole gamut along the relationship...

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Financial Freedom Matters: Money Impacts Americans' Mental Health - 8 Steps To Financial Security

It's no secret that money can be a major source of stress in a person's life. But did you know that it can also have a significant impact on your mental health? According to a recent study, an...

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Spiritual Matters: The Spiritual Benefits of Journaling

This article originally ran October 28, 2022 on the Spirituality & Health site 

Feel relaxed and connected after spending time writing down your thoughts and feelings? You have unknowingly tapped...

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Spiritual Matters: Journaling in the Biggest Big Book

I’ve learned that the manual for Alcoholics Anonymous is known as the “Big Book,” and I understand one of the reasons why: it has helped millions arrive at and live in recovery. That’s pretty...

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