November 23, 2010
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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November 2, 2010
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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