Episode 112 - The Joy of Journaling

Published: Feb. 13, 2022, 2:12 a.m.

“My book should smell of pines and resound with the hum of insects … ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Welcome to another Fireside Friday here at Mountain Zen Den.  Come on in…

Today we share one of our favorite Personal Growth tools – Journaling.

aka – Scribing, memoir writing, keeping a diary…

Ideas include:

  • Why Journal?
  • To slow down and observe and record your thoughts
  • To better Listen
  • For Healing (A cathartic exercise)
  • To better understand yourself and the world
  • To share your view of the world
  • To record favorite quotes, authors and passages
  • To remember how you were feeling
  • To become a better, more honest and authentic writer
  • To leave a Memoire or Legacy
  • What kind of journal should I get?
  • How to journal (We share a few tips and ideas)
  • Keeping a Gratitude Journal
  • A few of our personal journaling practices

“The eye was placed where one ray should fall, that it might testify of that particular ray… ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Links to a few recommended books:

A Life in Hand (Creating the Illuminated Journal) by Hannah Hinchman

The Magic by Rhonda Byrne