Playing with Poetry Workshop with Beth Jacobs, PhD On March 1st, Beth Jacobs offered an inspiring Playing with Poetry online workshop in our IAJW journaling community. One of the activities in this workshop involved reading the SPECIAL PLATES poem by Rumi. The invitation after that, was to write our own poem inspired by the ... Read More >>
Story, Dialogue Journaling & Body-Centered Journal Prompts I have been tending to a very sore back the past couple of weeks. My back has been a part of my body that often speaks to me. This has been true most of my life. One New Year's Day, when I was ... Read More >>
About this Journaling Example Every month in our IAJW Journaling Community, we have a Writing Alone Together (WAT) Circle. This is a time to come together with fellow journal writers from around the world and do what we love, which is to grow and care for ourselves through expressive writing. Our WAT circles ... Read More >>
Day One Podcast Interview I was recently interviewed by Kristen Wright, the host of Day One Podcast. We talked about all things journaling, including the benefits of personal writing. If you want 2025 to be the year that you create, sustain and/or deepen your journaling practice this interview is for YOU! You can ... Read More >>
Congratulations to Bertita Graebner who is our IAJW Member of the Month for September 2024! A message from Lynda Monk, Director, IAJW.org Bertita (also known as Tita) is being acknowledged as our IAJW Member of the Month because of her long-term and consistent presence in our journaling community. Tita is ... Read More >>
The Artfulness of Artists Speaking By Eric Maisel Art in the Bagel Shop Many years ago—maybe forty—I had a small show of abstract pastels up at the bagel shop across the street from where I was living. It stayed up a long time because, well, there was no urgency to take it down. Other ... Read More >>
Congratulations to Martha Goff who is our IAJW Member of the Month for August 2024! A message from Lynda Monk, Director, IAJW.org Martha Goff is being acknowledged as our IAJW Member of the Month because of her engaging presence in our journaling community. Martha attends the majority of our IAJW ... Read More >>
Introduction I was recently on a co-working session with Duncan Elsey, my fabulous IAJW team member. Duncan is our web guy, tech genius, and he is someone I trust with all my evolutions and growth in the IAJW. He is a strategic thinking partner and also a friend. We often wander off into various ... Read More >>
Personal Story - My Lost & Found Journal I was recently at a meeting at our local library, where I love to work from time to time. I was there for a late in the day meeting on Friday afternoon, and I had lots of things at the meeting - ... Read More >>
Journaling Context I recently attended a one-day writing retreat here on Salt Spring Island, BC, where I live. I was supposed to be at a Celebration of Life that day, for a friend who died of a heart attack suddenly and unexpectedly. He was 56 years old, only one year ... Read More >>