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The Power of Journaling to Change Your Life
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items I’ve always been one to carry a notebook. Journaling for me has taken many forms. Here’s a list of tools to get you started exploring the world of Journaling for creativity, mental health and recovery
Sections
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Books on Journaling
Journaling encouragement on Youtube/Podcasts
Journaling Notebook Options
Books on Journaling
These books point to many different methods of getting ideas and thoughts on paper
This book focuses on xpressive writing - writing about an event in your life several times - and learning from it
Opening Up by Writing It Down (3rd Ed)
Julia Cameron introduced the world to Morning Pages - 3 long hand pages written first thing in the morning
The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Ed.
This is one of Julia Cameron’s most recent books where she goes a bit deeper into her recovery practice of Journaling - listening prayer - and morning pages too
Living the Artist's Way: Intuitive Path
A relatively new book - Father Bill W comes at journaling from an AA perspective. And calls it “two way prayer journaling”
The Power of Two Way Prayer: Addiction Recovery & Spiritual Growth
A simple way to get started journaling - using bullet points and short thoughts to just get things out of your head. You can get much more in depth with this method though
The Bullet Journal Method: Track, Order, Design
You can now do mind mapping on a device - but doing your mind mapping on paper can be very beneficial
How to Mind Map: Ultimate Thinking Tool
Kleiderer suggest so many different methods of journaling in this book - many types to explore
Write It Down, Make It Happen: Know & Get It
Journaling encouragement on Youtube/Podcasts
There is more and more research about the benefits of writing down your thoughts on paper. Here’s are some great resources
Huberman talks about expressive writing and how to do it, and his experience with it in this episode
A Science-Supported Journaling Protocol to Improve Mental & Physical Health
This video talks about gratitude journaling , expressive writing and reflective reframing
The #1 Journalling Method for Brain Health You Need to Know | Dr. Arif Khan
Yes, the research says it does!
Does Journaling Actually Work? (Journaling 101)
Journaling Notebook Options
Sometimes it’s as easy as grabbing a notebook and just starting here are several options to get you going
The paper in this notebook is a heavier unlined paper. It can hold all sorts of marks not just writing. The soft cover also makes it a nice carry
A5 Lay Flat Softcover Sketchbook, 160 Pages
A simple easy cheap solution to getting started with journaling
A Composition notebook
Sometimes you need prompts to get your mind going. This helpful workbook has great prompts to help motivate your journaling
The Mindfulness Journal: Daily Practices & Prompts