The journaling prompts in this post are inspired by pulling the oracle card Faith from the Self-care Card Deck by Cheryl Richardson. The message of the card is: Have faith. Faith grows when you act without knowing the end result. There are so many things I want to do. My journal is full of ideas, …
As the saying goes, a picture paints a thousand words and there are simple ways to use images as journaling prompts that can provide great inspiration on those days when you find it hard to put pen to paper. If you type “journaling prompts” into Google, you’ll get pages and pages of prompts to choose …
The journaling prompts in this post are inspired by the oracle card Answering the Call from the Native Spirit Oracle Cards by Denise Linn. The message of the card was: You’ve been called. If you’ve been waiting for your life to shift, the waiting is over. Your true and authentic life is happening. If you’ve …
Some days you open your journal and you know exactly what to write. You may not consciously know what you’re going to say, but as soon as you put pen to paper, you write what needs to be said. It may be half a page, or it may be seven pages. Either way, you’re able …
Sometimes I use an oracle card as an image journaling prompt. These journaling prompts were inspired by pulling the oracle card Wisdom from the Self-Care Cards deck by Cheryl Richardson. The message of the card is: Let go of the need to control. Trust in the wisdom of a divine plan. Journaling prompts to …
After reading Solange’s letter to her teenage self, I decided to do the same and write a letter to my younger self. This is what I said: A Letter to My Younger Self My letter is to the 17-year-old me. I’ve written my letter as advice on how to navigate my late teens and …
Getting started with journaling can be daunting. Especially when you have a brand new notebook and you’re faced with crisp blank pages. Where do you start? What do you say? What don’t you say? You can of course just put pen to paper and see what flows, but sometimes even that can be a struggle. …
Dear diary, Today was a fairly productive day. I delivered the presentation, which was positively received and completed most of my to-do list. Bob annoyed the hell out of me and it took everything for me not to cuss him! He is just so inept and I really have no idea how he got the …
Anyone who knows me or who I’ve spoken with about anything remotely related to self-care and personal development will tell you that I swear by journaling. I truly believe that if I hadn’t discovered journaling and maintained a journal practice, I would have engaged in some form of reckless or self-destructive behaviour. Journaling was a …
Do you ever find yourself in a full-blown conversation, only to realise that that conversation is actually happening in your own head? I’m a self-confessed “over-thinker” so this happens to me on a regular basis. Years ago, my tendancy to over-think was crippling at times. I found it impossible to make decisions and spent hours, sometimes …