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January Is National Journaling Month

By Diana Raab December 30, 2020

I’ve been journaling since the age of 10, when my mother gave me a journal to help me cope with the death of my grandmother, who’d been my caretaker. Little did I realize that my mother’s seemingly simple gesture would set the stage…

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The New Benefits of Journaling: 7 Ways Diaries and Journals Have Grown Up and Gone Digital

By Judi Jacobs August 07, 2018

While you might equate journaling to a high school summer assignment, there have been studies that show multiple benefits beyond improved writing skills. Research indicates that daily journaling promotes stress relief, managing anxiety, increased productivity and more. Read More

Do We Need a Mission Statement After 50?

By Leslie Moon March 24, 2024

In my work with my community of women who are redefining after 50, I recently put together a mini workshop where we developed our personal mission statements for this stage of our lives. Interestingly, as I set out to research and get some…

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How to Share Your Life Story in Book Format with Question Prompts

By Beverly Bowers March 22, 2024

Last year my oldest son gave me a gift for my birthday that turned out to be not only a gift to me, but a special gift for him, his brother, for their children, and hopefully for their grandchildren. Every week over the course of a year I was sent a question about myself…

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Breaking Free: The Pitfalls of Labels, Levels, and Righteousness

By Diane Bruno March 18, 2024

If you are anything like me, you recall a time when lively debate was not only welcomed but celebrated – a time when the exchange of ideas was seen as the perfect avenue for growth, learning, and understanding. Each of us possesses a unique…

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8 Steps for Decluttering Your Mind

By Joanie Marx March 15, 2024

Spring cleaning has been viewed as a tradition and ritual for thousands of years, with the earliest roots found in Jewish, Middle Eastern and Chinese cultures. For these cultures, and now here in the United States, spring cleaning corresponds…

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Get Your Best Ideas Before You Get Out of Bed: A 5-Step Process to Creativity

By Barbara Greenleaf March 02, 2024

There are many routes to creativity and – contrary to what we were told as children. Whether you call it thinking outside the box, originality, or dynamic problem-solving, creativity is simply a way of approaching puzzling situations and coming up…

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The Stories of Our Lives – Capturing Hidden Meaning in Our Memories

By Patricia Crisafulli February 29, 2024

I crept to the end of the diving board at the community swimming pool and jumped. My seven-year-old body plunged into water far deeper than I expected. Popping to the surface, I thrashed frantically – I didn’t know how to swim…

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Is It Possible to Stop Anxiety?

By Jane Kennard February 24, 2024

Is anxiety ruining your life? Is anxiety like a wrecking ball in your mind? Perhaps, like many of us, you live with overwhelm and worry, less sleep because of a chaotic mind, stress and turmoil. You just want to be free of the constant anxiety…

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7 Essential Practices of Self-Love (VIDEO)

By Joanie Marx February 13, 2024

We all want more love in our lives. But what are we prepared to let go of to make room for the love we seek? To answer that question, we will want to reframe how we perceive self-love. For it is through a new understanding of what self-love…

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