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Journal Writing Through Life’s Passages: Moving

April 13, 2011
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I had been packing for weeks. The boxes were clearly labeled with their contents and which room they belonged in. Yet when the moving van arrived, every surface overflowed with items that still needed to be boxed, the pictures hung on the walls, and the still-full garage mocked us. Luckily, we were only moving a [...]

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Journal Writing Through Emotions: Disappointment

March 9, 2011
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“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. DISAPPOINTMENT is the opposite of optimism, hopeful anticipation, and joy. We feel disappointed when something we’ve hoped for or expected doesn’t occur. Perhaps you’ve worked for a reward — a promotion, a raise, an acknowledgement of some kind — that [...]

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Journal Writing Through Life’s Passages: Deciding to Start a Family

January 25, 2011
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WHETHER or not to start a family has never been a simple decision, but it’s more complicated today that it has ever been. If you’re facing this decision, journaling about it can help you gain clarity by sorting out the emotional and practical aspects of what it means for you personally. When I married at [...]

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Journaling Through Challenging Moments

January 14, 2011
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JOURNAL WRITING can help you move through challenging circumstances in life. For example, I recently endured an uncomfortable situation; in fact, I’m still dealing with it. But, if you are reading this it means that the situation is largely resolved. It was my own fault. I dropped my guard, like the day my iPhone was [...]

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Writing Through Gratitude: The 31-Day Gratitude Journaling Challenge

November 23, 2010
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This time of year is a great time to begin a gratitude journal. And since it takes at least three weeks to form a new habit, I’d like to challenge all of you would-be gratitude journal writers to a 31-day challenge. – The challenge is this: Each day, from December 1st through December 31st, write [...]

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Writing Your Way Through Sadness

November 2, 2010
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JOURNAL WRITING has many purposes, but it is probably best known for its ability to help us process emotions — especially emotions that we consider negative or painful. I believe that when we resist our emotions, avoid, suppress, or ignore them because they are negative or painful, they don’t go away but lodge in our bodies. On the other hand, writing through emotions allows us to fully feel them, process them, and move (or express) them through and out of our bodies, resulting in healthier emotional and physical states of being.

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Journal Writing Through Life’s Passages: Adolescence

October 5, 2010
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WHETHER you are a teenager or living with one, adolescence is no easy road to traverse. It’s is a time of confusion for everyone involved, including siblings. But journal writing can help. How exactly? Here are three valuable ways that journal writing can support you during this phase of life, as well as journaling prompts for teens, siblings, and adults.

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