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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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Financial Freedom Matters: Can You Still Be Prosperous Without the Cash?

Michelle Cornish

Spoiler: Yes, of course you can!

Let’s dig into this. If you have heard anything about manifesting your dream life, you know that getting into the energy of how you’ll feel once you have whatever it is you are dreaming of is super important. This is how it’s possible to feel prosperous even before you have the money to back that feeling up. There’s more to it than that though.

What does it truly mean to be prosperous?

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Financial Freedom Matters: How Can We Use the Snowball Effect in Personal Finance?

Michelle Cornish

Here in the Pacific Northwest, it is getting to be that time of year where it won’t be long before that flaky white stuff starts to fall. In my household, we always seem to announce the first...

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Financial Freedom Matters: Are You Making Progress Toward Your Financial Goals?

Michelle Cornish

We are officially over two-thirds of the way through 2021, and the fall is a great time to check-in on your financial goals. Even if you didn’t set any goals at the beginning of the year, taking a...

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Financial Freedom Matters: Do you feel financially secure?

Michelle Cornish

How To Create Financial Security Today

I’ve been thinking about security a lot lately, although maybe not in the way you might think. After a crazy heat wave earlier this summer, the area where I...

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Financial Freedom Matters - What if You're a Victim of Fraud?

Michelle Cornish

If you read the title of this post and wondered what journaling has to do with being a victim of fraud, I can attest that it is a very important step in the healing process. Often, victims of crimes...

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Financial Freedom Matters - How Can You Change Your Financial Habits?

Michelle Cornish

The toughest part of creating healthy new habits to replace the old habits that are no longer serving us well is allowing ourselves to change. As Mari discusses in 7 Days to Money Mastery, making a...

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Financial Freedom Matters - Do You Need a Money Checkup?

Michelle Cornish

I recently caught myself having a pity party for my lack of funds and realized my attitude was only making the situation worse. It was to the point where I found myself saying things like, “What’s...

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Money Matters: Why is Money an Emotionally Charged Topic?

Michelle Cornish

Today’s post is something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. I find it interesting that, like many taboo topics, discussions about money can get heated rather quickly. The topic of money can be...

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Money Matters: How to Start Over With Your Personal Finances

Michelle Cornish

The good news when it comes to your personal finances is that you have the opportunity to start over whenever you want. Sometimes starting over means rebuilding after claiming bankruptcy, but it can...