--- title: Mari's Life Matters Blog | CreateWriteNow (4) description: Discover how Journaling For The Health Of It® helps you with your Money, Health, and Self Matters in our monthly problem-solving columns. (4) --- [Skip to content](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/page/4#main-content) Close ** Click to close 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! Have a problem getting back into or staying with your Journaling Power Practice? CreateWriteNow provides 300+ unique, soul-searching journaling power prompts here that will inspire your Muse and jumpstart your word flow. Life Matters Blog | [Health Matters](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/tag/health-matters), [Life Matters](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/tag/life-matters) ## [Health Matters: Journaling for When You’re Worried About Your Health](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/health-matters-journaling-for-when-youre-worried-about-your-health) [Stacy Fisher](https://www.createwritenow.com/life-matters-blog/author/stacy-fisher) “You’re going to need a biopsy.” I hadn’t expected to hear those words. My head felt heavy as I tried to process the weight of what the radiologist had just said to me. It was just supposed to be a routine mammogram. Instead, I was facing a potentially life-changing diagnosis, and that realization created a tsunami-sized wave of anxiety within me. I waited for a full week for the biopsy. And then I waited another three days for my test results. During those fear-filled days that I spent waiting, I was grateful for the blank pages of my journal. There, I was able to unload my anxiety. There, I was able to release the range of emotions that bubbled up inside me. There, I was able to play out “what ifs” and “worst case scenarios”—just in case. And between my worries, I also managed to find glimpses of hope and gratitude on the pages as well. In the end, I received the good news I was hoping for: the area of concern turned out to be benign. But what I learned through that journey is that expressive writing can be an incredibly powerful tool when you’re worried about your health. 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