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All Our Journal Writing Articles

IAJW Member Spotlight Interview with Genevieve Chye

March 15th, 2022|0 Comments

IAJW Member Spotlight Interview with Genevieve Chye Our IAJW Member Spotlight Interviews are a way to introduce our amazing members within our global journaling community to our Museletter readers and to fellow journal writers worldwide. Every journal writer has their own unique experience with why and how they journal. These interviews are intended to share … Read More >>

Valentine’s Journal Entry – A Love Story: Me & My Mom

February 14th, 2022|Comments Off on Valentine’s Journal Entry – A Love Story: Me & My Mom

One of the greatest love stories of my life, is the love I share with my dear mom, Marion Monk.  This is a photo of us together during one of her last visits here before she was unable to travel anymore due to her decline with Alzheimer’s disease.  One of the things I have always … Read More >>

The re-launched IAJW is celebrating our 4th year anniversary!

February 12th, 2022|Comments Off on The re-launched IAJW is celebrating our 4th year anniversary!

It is important in life, relationships and business to celebrate our milestones, to pause and look back, dream forward and give thanks.  That is what I have been doing within the IAJW this past month as we celebrate our 4th anniversary since I re-launched the IAJW and took over leadership of our organization from the … Read More >>

Melancholic Alchemy by Stephanie Needham

February 11th, 2022|Comments Off on Melancholic Alchemy by Stephanie Needham

Melancholic Alchemy By Stephanie Needham   It’s not so much what makes my heart sing, It’s more about the warm glow I long to feel as the spark inside me blooms. I am a woman too often burdened with heavy, this may be the melancholic star I was born under- family of origin sent me … Read More >>

How to Use Journaling to Open to Greater Possibilities for Your Life

January 17th, 2022|Comments Off on How to Use Journaling to Open to Greater Possibilities for Your Life

How to Use Journaling to Open to Greater Possibilities for Your Life by Eric Teplitz The rapid rate of change in our world can be disorienting and anxiety-producing. Moreover, we are always changing, as well. Our bodies change, our health can change (for the better or worse), our desires and priorities change, our relationships change … Read More >>

  • Paula Hagar IAJW Member Spotlight Interview

Journal to Be Seen & Heard – IAJW Member Spotlight Interview with Paula Hagar

December 14th, 2021|0 Comments

IAJW Member Spotlight Interview with Paula Hagar Our IAJW Member Spotlight Interviews are a way to introduce our amazing members within our global journaling community to our Museletter readers and to fellow journal writers worldwide. This month, our interview is with Paula Hagar. She has been journal writing for 55 years and I invited her … Read More >>

  • Duncan Elsey Heron at James Bay

Heron – James Bay, Prevost Island by Duncan Elsey

November 22nd, 2021|Comments Off on Heron – James Bay, Prevost Island by Duncan Elsey

This is a beautiful example of journaling in nature.  It is also an example of how journaling can become poetry, and how meaningful self-reflection is possible through stories and words… Heron – James Bay, Prevost Island by Duncan Elsey A heron skims the calm grey water, chasing its own reflection across the mirror flat surface. … Read More >>

Hearts are Waiting by Eric Maisel, PhD + Journal Prompts

November 16th, 2021|Comments Off on Hearts are Waiting by Eric Maisel, PhD + Journal Prompts

A note from Lynda Monk, Director, IAJW.org As a journal writer, you are engaging in creative self-expression that can support your heart work and well-being.  We are living in challenging and changing times.  This is being felt at both the individual and collective levels in society.  We need Hope.  Encouragement. Inspiration. Optimism. We need to … Read More >>

  • Tale of Two Socks

A Short Tale of Two Socks plus Journal Prompts

October 31st, 2021|Comments Off on A Short Tale of Two Socks plus Journal Prompts

By Lynda Monk Recently I was folding some laundry and found two mismatched socks.  I went on the hunt for the missing socks.  I looked back in the dryer to make sure they weren’t there.  I rummaged through all the clean laundry to see if I just missed them.  I went to my sock drawer … Read More >>

  • Richard Bliss Interview

Finding Your Voice Through Journal Writing

October 30th, 2021|Comments Off on Finding Your Voice Through Journal Writing

IAJW Member Spotlight Interview with Richard Bliss Richard Bliss is a dedicated member of our IAJW community.  He lives in the United States in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. The following is a recent interview with him… Why did you join the IAJW?  In my busy life I felt that journal writing, something I was … Read More >>