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[Question 3] In The Words - Overcoming Challenges
Describe what is currently challenging you, the lessons you learnt last time you faced something similar and how you plan to overcome it on this occasion. Reading this question, you might be thinking "But I wouldn't be in *this* situation if I'd already been here before and knew how to move through it." Hard truth: no matter how "once off" and world-ending our problems may seem in the heat of it, there's a tool/revelation/way our old self used in this familiar feeling last time to get through and maybe it's time to employ it again... if it's healthy. Whether it's the...
6 Ways To Get The Most Out of Your Journaling Practice
When you don't know where, why or how to start with your journaling practice you might like to try these 6 things... -- 1. Set aside time that feels good to you. When it comes to journaling, there's no special frequency formula for best results. Perhaps the start of every week or the end of the month works better than a daily commitment for you... It doesn't have to be an all or nothing method; it's simply determined by what feels manageable and beneficial for you. Like any new habit that is stretching you beyond your comfort zone and re-wiring...
Self Awareness & Why We Made: In The Words - A Guided Journal
In The Words - A Guided Journal was created to be a mirror; to reflect something pivotal back to the person who uses it via the questions/prompts designed to review the past, acknowledge the present and consider the future. We get it - not everyone is ready to shine a spotlight on themselves like that, or to even go all in on an experience they hope or know they'll learn something new from, because learning something new is the process of exposing yourself to new thoughts, situations, feelings and that's about as confronting as realising you never really knew someone. (Hint:...
Here's To 2023 & Finding All That's Yours
This is the exact spot I came to so many times throughout 2022. Whether it was post run to stop and admire the day, to journal and process something on my mind, read a book in the sunshine or to take a sunrise dip and spend a moment taking it all in. This place served me well and again today it was right where I needed to be. If you don't have a place you go to disconnect and reconnect, I highly recommend you find one in 2023 and if you already do - promise yourself that you won't stop...
Journal Prompts for Mid Year/End of Year Reflection
What is something I did this month or in recent months that felt natural/easy and in alignment? What issue or concern did I have at the beginning of the month/year that worked itself out? What is something I still have time to do that could positively impact the way I get to end my year? What will be my biggest motivator for the month/months ahead? What will I do just for me this month and next? What has helped get me through this year to date?(Routines, Resources, People, Experiences) How do I feel about...