This is a powerful time of year to use your journal to set your goals, intentions and highest hopes for the new year and new decade. I am not much for New Year's resolutions, but rather I like to nourish a regular journaling to manifest practice all year long. The cusp of a new year ... Read More >>
By Juneous Pettijohn, IAJW Member From the pages of his journal... 10/20/ 2018 Journal Entry If I can describe my life with one word, it will be COURAGE. I chose this word because my life has been centered around this word. I describe my life as "Courage in Three Acts." Act 1: Running away from ... Read More >>
Do you ever feel like you are going in circles in your journal, writing about the same old thing all the time? Do you feel recharged and replenished after you write in your journal or do you sometimes feel bored and uninspired? Journal writing can stir lots of ideas and emotions, self-expression is cathartic! Journal ... Read More >>
Writing is not just an activity of the mind (thinking), but rather it involves the heart (emotions), spirit (essence) and the body (physical) parts of the self as well. Allow your whole self to inspire your writing. The urge to create comes from within. John Lee, author of Writing from the Body: For Writers, Artists, and ... Read More >>
Many mornings I walk around my Florida yard--to see if new transplants are adapting to their new locations, checking on the potted plants that they are sufficiently moist, watering some newly planted bamboo, and visiting my avocado, mulberry, grapefruit and mango trees to make sure that they are happy. It's not a daily routine, but ... Read More >>