After showing you all my vision journal in my Facebook Live - Many Journals. I have had a few questions about my Overwhelm Page.

This is part of my process of working through my emotions. It allows me to be creative and work out some of my overwhelm on the paper.  As you can see you do not need to be a brilliant artist to be creative. This was done with coloured pencils and pens in my vision journal. 

I have a bit going on at the moment – moving into our new home that took five years to build, co-ordinating all the extra bits that need to be done, working full-time, blogging on The Journal Hub and studying for my Masters Certificate in Life Coaching.  Throw in a burst pipe and flooded lounge room (rental property), add in some family drama and you have a recipe for overwhelm. 

Well actually, I have taken most of it in my stride and it is mainly due to the work I did on this page a few months back when I was feeling very overwhelmed.  This is why...

Journaling has become a popular form of self-discovery; helping people to identify what they want and more importantly how to get it.  Through journaling you can discover more about yourself and your goals than you ever thought possible.  Journaling will provide insights into your mind and thought patterns that you would never notice otherwise.  It then provides you with a tool to help you retrain your mind to help you achieve your goals and dreams.  But you can’t achieve them if you don’t know what they are.

The number one reason to Journal for Self Discovery is to live a fulfilled life.

Helping you identify with your inner thoughts and feelings

One of the main ways journaling helps with self-discovery, is it enables you to identify with your inner thoughts and feelings.  Understanding yourself is key to living a happy, more fulfilled life.

Journals allow you to write freely and openly.  You’re free from judgement, allowing you to...

My morning routine consists of waking up at 5.30am, going down stairs putting on the kettle, letting the cat and dog outside, a 10 minute meditation (thank you Calm App), make my cup of tea, then 40 minutes of writing.  Then the day really begins but this time is just for me.

You probably already have a morning routine but just haven’t noticed it.  Maybe the alarm goes off and you hit snooze a few times, then run around getting the kids ready for school and yourself ready for work.  Maybe you have time for breakfast or not, perhaps you feel like you are on a constant treadmill of running behind schedule.  Maybe you feel like you’ve a whole day’s work before you even head out the door and your thinking “You want me to add more to my morning!”.

Finding what works for you

I came across the concept of having a morning routine after ready Hal Elrod’s “The Miracle Morning” it is a good book that describes the benefits of...

As promised a short blog post about how I have set up my journal for 2021.  Let me start with the lessons I learnt from my 2020 journaling experience. 

As per usual my January journal was spectacular – a visual masterpiece (based on limited artistic skills) with regular daily entries, February wasn’t too bad, March had some bits and the rest of the year was fairly hodge podge without any real system.  

The problem was I never seemed to find the time to set up the month in advance and once the month had started I didn’t really see the point. 

So, the lessons learnt were as follows:

• I like a monthly double page spread for each month – these need to be set up ahead of time.
• I make better and more regular use of a weekly spread rather than a daily spread (note my journal is used purely for personal use, not for my day job)
• I prefer to track weekly rather than daily or monthly
• I needed a journal with thicker pages

So how have I set up my...

As we begin the new year and people are preparing their new journals (ahh is there a better feeling than opening a fresh blank page in a new journal!) a lot of you are thinking about what you want to achieve in the new year.  We often like to allocate a word or phrase to the year that gives us some focus and sets our intentions for the 12 months ahead.  This becomes our Mantra. 

What is a Mantra?

The word Mantra is derived from two Sanskrit words—manas (mind) and tra (tool). Mantra literally means “a tool for the mind.”  Historical Mantra’s have been used during meditation to raise vibration through the repetition of the sound or phrase.

Your Mantra should be a word that resonates with you, an affirmation, a war cry or a go-to phrase to repeat when you are not feeling inspired. 

Do you need a Mantra?

Of course not, but once I tell you the benefits of having and repeating your mantra, you may be asking yourself how you...

It’s no secret I love to journal.  It provides a creative outlet, helps me organise my life and my thoughts which in turn, improves my mental health and helps me achieve my goals.  However, those are just a few of the benefits of journaling.

Below are 15 of the top reasons to start journaling today.

Spark your Creativity

Sitting down with pen and paper and just writing whatever comes to you is essential to promote and enhance your creativity.  Writing in a personal journal that no-one else will see, giving you a freedom of expression that does not occur during conversation or writing for someone else.  It will reveal your processes, how you think, learn, create and use intuition.  You will find yourself planting seeds of ideas that will flourish.

Achieve your goals

Achieve your goals and bring your vision to life. Studies have found that you become 42% more likely to achieve your goals and dreams, simply by writing down your goals on a regular basis. I...