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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 Your Weight Loss Journey

Stacy Fisher

Nearly half of all US adults attempt to lose weight every year, but only a small percentage are successful. The weight loss journey is often long and frustrating, and that’s because there are many factors that contribute to how our bodies regulate weight.

Having spent more than 20 years as a registered dietitian, I’ve guided countless numbers of clients along their weight loss journeys. Those who have been most successful share some common characteristics: they are willing to change their daily habits, they are open to experimenting with new strategies, they are committed to working through challenges, and they are extremely self-aware.

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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...

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Self-Awareness: How You Can Use Uncertainty as a Life-Changing Tool

Kara McDuffee

Self-awareness is our ability to identify our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It’s all about understanding who we are and how we fit in the world. As such, it’s one of the most important...

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Self Matters: How Setting Boundaries Can Lead to Your Greatest Freedom

Billie Wade

I believed for many years that if I were “nice” to other people and pleased them enough, they would like me and be “nice” to me, even love me. The strategy backfired every single time. People were...

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Health Matters: Diabetes Self-Management: How Journaling Can Help

Stacy Fisher

As a registered dietitian and certified diabetes care & education specialist, I’ve worked with clients for the past 20 years to help them create healthier habits, and I know just how uncomfortable...

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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...

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Money Matters: How to Create a Personal Financial Plan for the Future

Emily Andrews

Creating a plan for the future of your finances is essential, whether you are earning a modest salary or you are making big bucks and looking to put some aside for the future. Those who fail to...

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Self-Awareness: A Deadly Misconception that Might Be Hurting Your Self-Insight More Than Helping It

Kara McDuffee

Self-awareness is our ability to identify our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It’s all about understanding who we are and how we fit in the world. As such, it’s one of the most important...

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Self Matters: You Say What to Your Self!!

Billie Wade

How you talk to yourself whether in your own voice or someone else’s affects your feelings, the way you live, your relationships, your decisions, and your self-care. Negative self-talk contributes...