Expert Interviews

Welcome to our Member Only library of past interviews with leading journaling experts and creative writers. New interviews will be added regularly.

Journaling to Stimulate Your Imagination

Interview with Kimberly Wulfert, PhD. During this interview, you will learn:   Why using your imagination matters What happens in your brain and mind when you use yourself as the reference point vs imaginary writing 7 easy ways you can use journaling to activate your imagination What results can occur when you intentionally journal to ... Read More >>

2021-05-30T05:17:51-07:00May 30th, 2021|

From Journaling to Penning a Memorable Memoir

Interview with Thea Khama, Author of Rough Diamond In this inspiring interview, Thea Khama shares the techniques she’s used, and how journaling to memoir has contributed to her personal brand, social standing and releasing the creative force within! During this interview, we explore… Soulful storytelling and memorable memoir at its best How self-healing and self-awareness ... Read More >>

2021-03-28T17:58:16-07:00March 28th, 2021|

Creative Journaling for Family Self-Care

Interview with Nicolle Nattrass In this interview, learn how to use journaling with the tender hearts in our lives, our children. Nicolle Nattrass, an addiction counselor (CAC II) and playwright (PGC), shares how she used journaling to help her son and her family recover from a traumatic car accident in 2013 and what led her ... Read More >>

2021-02-28T14:06:27-08:00February 28th, 2021|

Journaling for Whole Person Self-Care

Presentation by Lynda Monk, Director, IAJW.org Have you ever wondered how to journal for self-care? Do you want to deepen your journaling practice into a self-caring and self-loving act?  In this presentation, learn about self-care as a self-loving and empowering way of life. Self-care is not just something that we do.  Rather self-care is a ... Read More >>

2021-01-29T14:59:03-08:00January 29th, 2021|

Writing to Awaken

Writing To Awaken: The Life-Changing Power of Asking Big Questions Writing is an unparalleled tool for cultivating personal insight through the time-honored practice of self-inquiry. In this interview, bestselling author Mark Matousek (Sex Death Enlightenment, Writing To Awaken) will talk about how to use reflective writing as a path of self-knowledge, and free yourself of ... Read More >>

2020-12-21T20:19:13-08:00December 21st, 2020|

Crossing the Covid Threshold – Your Transition Journal

Interview with Leia Francisco Are you in transition overload? Do you want strategies and writing tools to help you navigate these transitions?  Are you feeling a bit of fear about what’s ahead in your world?  If so, you have plenty of company. Covid has affected work and life around the world, and those changes have created ... Read More >>

2020-11-20T19:24:15-08:00November 20th, 2020|

Inspirations for Your Creative Muse

  Interview with Judy Reeves, Author & Writing Teacher Do you long for Inspiration for Your Creative Muse?  Do you want to write more creatively and expressively in your journal?  Do you ever feel creatively stuck or blocked? This inspiring interview is especially for you! Sometimes the noise of the outside world can drown out ... Read More >>

2020-11-02T09:55:10-08:00October 30th, 2020|

From Journal to Memoir

Interview with Sheila Bender Sheila Bender, writing teacher, author and Journal Council expert, speaks from her memoir writing experience and how journal entries can expedite memoir writing and what kind of entries become invaluable. During this interview, you can learn… What memoir is in contrast to autobiography What short memoir is in contrast to book-length ... Read More >>

2020-09-28T17:21:57-07:00September 28th, 2020|

Writing to Heal Trauma with Emelie Hill Dittmer

Interview with Emelie Hill Dittmer (please note there is a 20 second time delay at the start of this video, thank you!) In this interview, Emelie explains the step-by-step trauma sensitive writing method and how this gentle way of discovering and writing our past is deeply healing on a profound level, but also how blending ... Read More >>

2020-08-20T13:23:49-07:00August 20th, 2020|
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