August 8, 2023 • 21 mins
077. Today we're discovering the power and art of journaling. It can change your whole entire life and mindset!
Picture this: a quiet space, a favorite pen in hand, the blank page before you inviting self-expression and exploration. A place where you find yourself, where you become whole, piecing together the fragments of life.
I share my personal insights from my own growing relationship with journaling. We'll explore together how this simple act has not only shaped my podcasting journey but also brought me closer to my true self and to my faith.
Plus, we delve into the concept of 'wholeheartedness' and how journaling can make us wholehearted individuals.
Intrigued? There's more. I'll open my life and journal to you in an upcoming online 'journal discovery' class. We will navigate the intimate process of developing a disciplined journaling practice and break through any barriers that may prevent your freedom in self-exploration.
So, if you're ready to harness the transformative power of journaling and cultivate a deeper sense of self, don't miss this episode. Your journey to self-discovery awaits.
Intro 00:01:01 practice of journaling 00:02:01 self-express and document your life 00:02:44 stream of conscious journaling 00:05:36 the ultimate me time 00:07:02 What does it mean to be wholehearted? 00:09:57 courage and resiliance 00:13:19 journaling benefits 00:17:30 it's not a quick fix 00:19:17 grow your faith, intuition, trust and clarity 00:20:22 Closing
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Marijanel (00:00):
Hello and welcome to the show Today.
I'm really excited about thetopic.
It's something near and dear tomy heart that I've talked about
many times in the past, and Iwant to light a fire in you for
a daily practice that I have hadfor 25 years or so, if not more
, and something that means a lotto me because I think it saved
(00:24):
my life when I was a teenager.
I think it was one of the maincatalysts that kept me on the
straight and narrow and helpedme to mature healthily and
become what I feel is awholehearted person, or at least
a whole person.
That's becoming a little betterevery day.
Welcome Marijanel show.
So glad you're here.
Let's get started with today'sepisode, and that is wait for it
(00:50):
.
The practice of journaling.
In the past, I've released aseries in the audio apps here on
the podcast about journalingand how it saved my life.
I told a little bit more of thestory and also a few of my tips
and tricks and best practicesin the area of conscious flow
journaling.
Now, there's a lot of differentkinds journaling out there, but
conscious flow is my favoriteand most practice form of
(01:12):
journaling.
I'm going to share with you whytoday?
And light a fire in your belly,because I call this journaling
yourself whole.
What do I mean by that?
I have talked in the pastepisodes about finding our place
to shine, coming intoconfidence, resting in the
seasons and coming into our timeto shine and worth, our deepest
(01:37):
place of self-worth and knowingthat foundation.
I liked I likened it to afoundation of knowing our
self-worth and building ouroutside structure of success on
that worth.
This is speaking ofwholeheartedness.
Wholeheartedness to me is justthe depth of becoming our
(01:58):
authentic self.
I'm gonna touch on that in justa minute, but here, coming back
to the power of pen to paper,you might think to yourself oh,
this is kind of old-fashioned.
I mean, we live in the digitalage.
Yes, you can self-express anddocument your life through voice
memos and, if you know, writingis just really hard for you due
(02:18):
to attention challenges orwhatever environment you live in
.
I encourage you to self-expressany which way you can.
If that's through a digitalmeans of typing in the notes on
your iPad or whatever you canimagine, go for it.
This is more than just pen topaper and you can choose to take
(02:38):
what I share with you today andapply it in any medium.
But I am personally passionateabout preserving the very
special significance of pen topaper because, as I mentioned,
in today's digital age keyboardsand touchscreens and all of
this digi, digi, digi tech stuffis all around us it's our
primary tools of communicationand expression.
(03:01):
And yet the act of writing,where you put that muscle and
that that meaningful intentioninto the ink that flows on the
paper, it holds such a specialsignificant and is actually
scientifically known tostimulate and affect our brain
in ways that are just soincredibly unique and powerful.
(03:24):
It engages our senses in everyway, and so I'm personally very
passionate about that pen topaper expression.
And so today I'm going to bereferring to pen to paper and
referring to conscious flowjournaling.
Some of you may have heard itcalled stream of conscious
journaling.
I call it conscious flow, butit's essentially where you just
(03:45):
let it all out.
Whatever you're thinking orfeeling comes out onto the paper
in no particular order, and youdon't censor or edit or
critique or judge it.
It's just what it is and in theend it's beautiful.
It's just a beautifulself-expression of you, and
sometimes it's hard to breakthrough those barriers to let
(04:07):
yourself be free enough toreally conscious flow journal.
But that's part of what I amaiming to through Marijanel
mentorship is help you toestablish the discipline of
journaling, but also help youbreak through the barrier so you
can use it in the most freeestself exploring way possible, and
(04:28):
so one of the ways I'm going todo that.
You're all somewhat aware, ifyou followed the show for a
while, that I have beendeveloping some journal
resources and I've been veryvague and mysterious about
exactly what those are.
But I can announce to you inyou know, in full disclosure,
today that I am filming what isan online class that I'm calling
a discovery.
(04:49):
It's going to be a journaldiscovery that I'm going to host
online and take you through,first of all, the journey and
and all the tools to developyour journaling practice.
But I'm going to let you intomy own life and my own journal
in a very vulnerable way so thatnumber one, you can get to know
me, but also so that you cansee how real one can really be
(05:12):
and hopefully it inspires you tobecome authentic and real in
your own journaling practice.
I am actually filming thatclass, that discovery, this week
.
I have the filming date set,the crew is setting up and I'm,
you know, going to get my hairtouched up and everything, and
then, by the time that thispodcast airs, that class will be
(05:33):
being edited and I will havemore information on my website
of how and where to find thatresource.
But meanwhile, while I'm workingon all of that good stuff, I
wanted to get here on thepodcast and light the fire and
remind you of you and the valueof you and journaling yourself
(05:56):
whole, and so I can't reallyshare with you the power of the
tool of journaling withouttalking about you, because it is
ultimate me time.
It's ultimate you time and youcan go for pedicures, you can
take a nice hot bubble bath, youcan treat yourself to your
favorite Starbucks or treat orwhatever is special for you, but
(06:21):
the ultimate me time is whereyou get to know yourself.
Okay.
So for me that has been aprocess of having a morning
ritual.
For me, it's the morning itmight not be for you where you
get real and open and honest andlet it flow out however it
comes out, and that is myultimate me time where I feel
(06:47):
like I have become a wholeperson, or every day I'm
becoming more whole through theprocess of journaling and so
that component of it becomingwhole.
What does it mean to bewholehearted?
Even and you know it's that tome.
(07:07):
I would describe that as beingin a state where you live your
most authentic life possible,where you live with courage and
vulnerability and where you showup embracing your one's true
self.
Now, where can you evencultivate that?
I mean, are we all thatspiritually or emotionally in
tune that we're just gonna knowourselves that good?
(07:28):
Or do we do it by verballytalking it out with a good
friend?
Yes, that happens to me a lotof times.
Through deep and insightfulconversations I learn things
about myself and I'm like, ooh,I'm gonna apply that or I'm
gonna learn that.
But I need to say, the best wayI've ever had these personal aha
moments has been me showing meand that happens between the
(07:55):
pages in the safe, private placeof a journal and that whole
heartedness that I speak of ismarked by someone connecting to
their emotions and knowing theirvalues, knowing their truest
heart's desires.
So see, inside of you there'screated this deep knowing and
(08:18):
desire of what you want in lifeand your purpose and your
destiny.
It's in there and a lot oftimes, through the environments
we grow up in or whatever'shappening in circumstances and
past traumas or whatever.
We lock it all in and suppressit, and maybe we've even been
told untruths that say thingslike oh, you won't amount to
(08:40):
anything or that dream you haveis stupid, that happens, and we
shut it all down and lock itinside.
And the power of journaling isthat that can come out and begin
to flourish on the pages, butalso you can begin to sort it
out and understand yourselfbetter.
(09:01):
And so some of the keycharacteristics of knowing a
whole hearted person, orspotting one, would be the
authenticity the whole heartedindividual embraces their true
selves, living in alignment, asI mentioned, with those core
values, beliefs and desires.
Knowing my beliefs has beenincredibly pivotal for me, even
(09:23):
starting the mentorship programs, and even for knowing where I
wanna go with my entrepreneuriallife or with even impersonal
relationships, because I know mybelief system and I'm in tune
with it and then able to setthose boundaries.
Several episodes back I talkedabout boundaries and going with
(09:45):
your intuition.
If you don't know any of that,you'll be wishy-washy in the
wind and, trust me, I've beenthere before.
But developing yourself throughthe practice of journaling
helps you to come into thatplace where you no longer
compromise your authenticity,you no longer question your
(10:05):
value system and you cancultivate a deep sense of self
acceptance and self love throughthis practice.
It helps you to take courage,and this is another trait of
being whole and beingwholehearted, because you cannot
be whole without courage,because you have to step into
that vulnerable place to takerisks and face the challenges
(10:28):
head on with bravery, to dothings afraid and to just, you
know, pursue, to pursue thedreams without backing down.
And whole individuals tend tohave their um, they've let go of
their judgments and failuresand regrets and everything in
order to pursue their dreams.
(10:48):
So these are like someindicators that just show you
what it's like to be whole, andthey also carry emotional
resilience.
So what I mean by that is to bea whole, a wholehearted person
requires emotional resilience,which means you're able to
navigate and process theabundance.
And then you're able tonavigate the abundance and the
(11:09):
abundance of the emotions thatyou have in the world, and
you're able to navigate thatwithout getting overwhelmed or
shutting down.
And, trust me, we all know howmany different uh, the
overwhelming sense of emotionsand decisions that are out there
in the world today.
It can be very, very confusing.
(11:32):
And the art of journaling reallyhelps us to begin to label
things and list things andunderstand what's on our mind
and what's bothering us, even,and then to sort it and be able
to make decisions based on ourcore values and beliefs.
And you know, I feel that weare so decision fatigued I also
(11:54):
I'm going to be sharing in theupcoming class about a strategy
that I call the decision sessionhaving a journal time session.
It is just about how, um whereI teach, how I make decisions by
journaling, and it is so, uh,you know, transformative in the
sense that when you are decisionfatigued and you can't sort out
(12:15):
your thoughts and you're justlike I don't know what to do,
you can journal yourself.
Through that, you can journalyourself whole, and so these
tools are really invaluable.
You can grow so muchself-compassion.
That's another mark of awholehearted person is the
self-compassion, because youknow yourself and you begin to
(12:35):
forgive yourself and you beginto show grace on your own
mistakes and understand yourselfbetter and like where it's all
coming from.
And there another mark is justliving in the present.
The wholehearted person reallyembraces the now and they let go
of the past regrets and thefuture, anxieties and just lives
here and now, in the richnessof life as it unfolds.
(13:00):
And so some of those are someof the traits or the marks of
being whole which I trulybelieve that the practice and
art of journaling can bring thatforward in your life.
It can help you to cultivatethe whole heart that you're
looking for.
But some other journalingbenefits, just a little bit more
(13:21):
practical, is that it it reallydoes help you to become
reflective and that broadens anddeepens even your relationships
.
And I find, personally I'm ableto identify patterns in my life
and see things that are like,perhaps like negative
personality traits that I'm ableto just like, put some self
(13:44):
work into.
And it really has been, as Imentioned, that I attribute
journaling as a way that my lifeas a teenager was really just,
you know, changed around andtransformed, saved my life.
That relates to emotionalhealing.
Journaling can be such apowerful tool for emotional
(14:05):
healing.
It doesn't replace therapy orcounseling.
It never replaces that, butwhat it can be is another outlet
to compliment and harmonizewith your counseling and therapy
, that it helps you to reallysort through even what you're
learning and how you're growingand it releases your pent up
(14:28):
emotions helps you to processthe trauma.
It's a tool and navigate thosechallenging experiences, and so
through journaling, you canexplore all these emotions in a
safe place.
So you might be saying,Marijanel hey, , what if I don't
feel safe?
What if I feel like someone'sgoing to read my journal?
What if I feel, like you knowwhat, I don't even feel safe for
myself, like maybe I'm going tojudge myself, I'm not going to
(14:50):
like my handwriting, I'm notgoing to be happy with what I
wrote.
And you have fears.
Those are really natural and inmy upcoming class I'm actually
going to address those one byone.
If you hop back into theprevious audio sessions that I
have here on the podcast, I doactually address some of those
here in the audio, but comingforward, I'm going to have some
(15:10):
really pointed tips and toolsfor how to address all those
fears and those obstacles thatare holding you back.
For me personally, one of thebest things that my journaling
practice has helped me with isto develop my creativity.
Now there are some reallypractical hands on tangible ways
(15:31):
that you can apply creativityto your journaling.
For example, you can doodle anddo art and collage and do
creative writing inside of yourjournal.
But me being one of the mosthighly creative individuals ever
and I wake up every day with azillion ideas and I love to do
art I don't do a lot of art inmy actual conscious flow journal
(15:55):
.
I do sketch things once in awhile and I draw little symbols,
but I actually and I actuallydon't even do a lot of creative
writing.
I might write a story here orthere or document something, but
I actually just make a bigjumbled mess of thoughts and let
myself be free.
And what's interesting is thatalone has still helped to
(16:19):
cultivate and grow my creativityand self expression in a way
that I just can't even put thatbenefit into words.
I can't express to you howpowerful of a tool it has been
for me to discover new insightsand possibilities in my life.
It has really helped me to findmy voice.
(16:39):
Even as I have been developingmy voice here on the podcast
over the last couple of years,you will hear a significant
difference from the very firstepisodes till now of the
strength of my voice and what'scoming out of me now.
And I will tell you that allalong this journey I have
journaled.
I have an entire journal justfor podcasting and all of the
(17:03):
podcasting challenges that I runinto and ways that I'm thinking
of changing or growing the showand finding myself and what I
hope to do better, and it's ajumble of whatever comes out of
me, but it has helped me to growforward as a podcaster.
In conclusion of today, ifthere's anything that I want to
(17:23):
leave you with, it's that I wantto light the fire, spark your
interest of grabbing that pen topaper and letting yourself
journal yourself whole, becausethis is essentially an
invitation to a transformationfor you.
But it's not a quick fix, andI've said this time and again
(17:43):
that in my mentorship programs.
I don't know how to offer aquick fix because life for me
has never happened quickly.
Seasons don't happen quicklyfor me.
Yes, there's times ofacceleration, or a burst of
something that's been waitingfor a while will come forward
like wow, that happened fast,but in a different context.
I'm talking about this here.
(18:04):
What I'm talking about is slow,deep growth, where I've spoken
about those roots of a tree thatare growing deeply underneath
the soil and you don't seeanything tangible on the outside
and someone might just walkpast that sprout and think
nothing's happening.
But the roots are growing deep.
That is the process and journeyof self-discovery through
(18:27):
journaling as well.
It's a quiet, safe place foryou to begin to peel back the
layers and understand you anddevelop you.
You're going to begin to findout who you really are and what
you really think about yourvalues and beliefs.
You're going to begin toreflect on your past experiences
.
And here's this, I didn'tmention this yet You're going to
(18:48):
learn to integrate andimplement all of those life
lessons and difficult times intogrowing forward.
You're going to implement itinto better things.
You're going to learn to setintentions and engage in
creative practices inside ofthat journal, and so this is an
invitation to that, just here onthe podcast, and make sure that
(19:09):
you hop on my newsletter listand follow me for more.
But meanwhile I encourage you tojust grab that pen, like you
don't have to wait for my classor some other you know big
epiphany to start journaling.
Here's a couple quick tips.
Make sure you love the pen.
Make sure you love the way thatink is flowing.
For me it has to be a gel pensharpie and it has to be like
(19:31):
0.7 or bigger, because I need itjust to flow and not to be too
skinny.
Maybe that's that my eyes, youknow, are going at the age of 46
, where I need it.
You know like I need it to bethicker and bigger and I write
bigger these days.
But whatever it takes for youto begin this practice, do it.
(19:51):
Go by yourself the mostbeautiful journal that inspires
you and put it somewhere whereit's like right in front of your
face all the time, and don'tdelay picking it up and writing,
even if it's like when you'rebrushing your teeth.
You know like you're brushingyour teeth and you got to write
in the journal.
Just do what it takes to beginthe practice and as you begin
(20:11):
the practice, you're going tosee yourself journal yourself
whole.
It is the ultimate you time.
It is the ultimate me time.
It is the ultimate place whereyou can grow your faith,
intuition, trust and clarity.
It's the birthplace of ideasand I'm so excited to invite you
into this part of my walk andjourney through journaling.
(20:35):
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(20:57):
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forward to sharing more with youabout the power of journaling
and releasing the upcoming class.
Meanwhile, keep on in the fullpotential of you.
Hello and welcome to the show Today.
I'm really excited about thetopic.
It's something near and dear tomy heart that I've talked about
many times in the past, and Iwant to light a fire in you for
a daily practice that I have hadfor 25 years or so, if not more
, and something that means a lotto me because I think it saved
(00:24):
my life when I was a teenager.
I think it was one of the maincatalysts that kept me on the
straight and narrow and helpedme to mature healthily and
become what I feel is awholehearted person, or at least
a whole person.
That's becoming a little betterevery day.
Welcome Marijanel show.
So glad you're here.
Let's get started with today'sepisode, and that is wait for it
(00:50):
.
The practice of journaling.
In the past, I've released aseries in the audio apps here on
the podcast about journalingand how it saved my life.
I told a little bit more of thestory and also a few of my tips
and tricks and best practicesin the area of conscious flow
journaling.
Now, there's a lot of differentkinds journaling out there, but
conscious flow is my favoriteand most practice form of
(01:12):
journaling.
I'm going to share with you whytoday?
And light a fire in your belly,because I call this journaling
yourself whole.
What do I mean by that?
I have talked in the pastepisodes about finding our place
to shine, coming intoconfidence, resting in the
seasons and coming into our timeto shine and worth, our deepest
(01:37):
place of self-worth and knowingthat foundation.
I liked I likened it to afoundation of knowing our
self-worth and building ouroutside structure of success on
that worth.
This is speaking ofwholeheartedness.
Wholeheartedness to me is justthe depth of becoming our
(01:58):
authentic self.
I'm gonna touch on that in justa minute, but here, coming back
to the power of pen to paper,you might think to yourself oh,
this is kind of old-fashioned.
I mean, we live in the digitalage.
Yes, you can self-express anddocument your life through voice
memos and, if you know, writingis just really hard for you due
(02:18):
to attention challenges orwhatever environment you live in
.
I encourage you to self-expressany which way you can.
If that's through a digitalmeans of typing in the notes on
your iPad or whatever you canimagine, go for it.
This is more than just pen topaper and you can choose to take
(02:38):
what I share with you today andapply it in any medium.
But I am personally passionateabout preserving the very
special significance of pen topaper because, as I mentioned,
in today's digital age keyboardsand touchscreens and all of
this digi, digi, digi tech stuffis all around us it's our
primary tools of communicationand expression.
(03:01):
And yet the act of writing,where you put that muscle and
that that meaningful intentioninto the ink that flows on the
paper, it holds such a specialsignificant and is actually
scientifically known tostimulate and affect our brain
in ways that are just soincredibly unique and powerful.
(03:24):
It engages our senses in everyway, and so I'm personally very
passionate about that pen topaper expression.
And so today I'm going to bereferring to pen to paper and
referring to conscious flowjournaling.
Some of you may have heard itcalled stream of conscious
journaling.
I call it conscious flow, butit's essentially where you just
(03:45):
let it all out.
Whatever you're thinking orfeeling comes out onto the paper
in no particular order, and youdon't censor or edit or
critique or judge it.
It's just what it is and in theend it's beautiful.
It's just a beautifulself-expression of you, and
sometimes it's hard to breakthrough those barriers to let
(04:07):
yourself be free enough toreally conscious flow journal.
But that's part of what I amaiming to through Marijanel
mentorship is help you toestablish the discipline of
journaling, but also help youbreak through the barrier so you
can use it in the most freeestself exploring way possible, and
(04:28):
so one of the ways I'm going todo that.
You're all somewhat aware, ifyou followed the show for a
while, that I have beendeveloping some journal
resources and I've been veryvague and mysterious about
exactly what those are.
But I can announce to you inyou know, in full disclosure,
today that I am filming what isan online class that I'm calling
a discovery.
(04:49):
It's going to be a journaldiscovery that I'm going to host
online and take you through,first of all, the journey and
and all the tools to developyour journaling practice.
But I'm going to let you intomy own life and my own journal
in a very vulnerable way so thatnumber one, you can get to know
me, but also so that you cansee how real one can really be
(05:12):
and hopefully it inspires you tobecome authentic and real in
your own journaling practice.
I am actually filming thatclass, that discovery, this week
.
I have the filming date set,the crew is setting up and I'm,
you know, going to get my hairtouched up and everything, and
then, by the time that thispodcast airs, that class will be
(05:33):
being edited and I will havemore information on my website
of how and where to find thatresource.
But meanwhile, while I'm workingon all of that good stuff, I
wanted to get here on thepodcast and light the fire and
remind you of you and the valueof you and journaling yourself
(05:56):
whole, and so I can't reallyshare with you the power of the
tool of journaling withouttalking about you, because it is
ultimate me time.
It's ultimate you time and youcan go for pedicures, you can
take a nice hot bubble bath, youcan treat yourself to your
favorite Starbucks or treat orwhatever is special for you, but
(06:21):
the ultimate me time is whereyou get to know yourself.
Okay.
So for me that has been aprocess of having a morning
ritual.
For me, it's the morning itmight not be for you where you
get real and open and honest andlet it flow out however it
comes out, and that is myultimate me time where I feel
(06:47):
like I have become a wholeperson, or every day I'm
becoming more whole through theprocess of journaling and so
that component of it becomingwhole.
What does it mean to bewholehearted?
Even and you know it's that tome.
(07:07):
I would describe that as beingin a state where you live your
most authentic life possible,where you live with courage and
vulnerability and where you showup embracing your one's true
self.
Now, where can you evencultivate that?
I mean, are we all thatspiritually or emotionally in
tune that we're just gonna knowourselves that good?
(07:28):
Or do we do it by verballytalking it out with a good
friend?
Yes, that happens to me a lotof times.
Through deep and insightfulconversations I learn things
about myself and I'm like, ooh,I'm gonna apply that or I'm
gonna learn that.
But I need to say, the best wayI've ever had these personal aha
moments has been me showing meand that happens between the
(07:55):
pages in the safe, private placeof a journal and that whole
heartedness that I speak of ismarked by someone connecting to
their emotions and knowing theirvalues, knowing their truest
heart's desires.
So see, inside of you there'screated this deep knowing and
(08:18):
desire of what you want in lifeand your purpose and your
destiny.
It's in there and a lot oftimes, through the environments
we grow up in or whatever'shappening in circumstances and
past traumas or whatever.
We lock it all in and suppressit, and maybe we've even been
told untruths that say thingslike oh, you won't amount to
(08:40):
anything or that dream you haveis stupid, that happens, and we
shut it all down and lock itinside.
And the power of journaling isthat that can come out and begin
to flourish on the pages, butalso you can begin to sort it
out and understand yourselfbetter.
(09:01):
And so some of the keycharacteristics of knowing a
whole hearted person, orspotting one, would be the
authenticity the whole heartedindividual embraces their true
selves, living in alignment, asI mentioned, with those core
values, beliefs and desires.
Knowing my beliefs has beenincredibly pivotal for me, even
(09:23):
starting the mentorship programs, and even for knowing where I
wanna go with my entrepreneuriallife or with even impersonal
relationships, because I know mybelief system and I'm in tune
with it and then able to setthose boundaries.
Several episodes back I talkedabout boundaries and going with
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your intuition.
If you don't know any of that,you'll be wishy-washy in the
wind and, trust me, I've beenthere before.
But developing yourself throughthe practice of journaling
helps you to come into thatplace where you no longer
compromise your authenticity,you no longer question your
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value system and you cancultivate a deep sense of self
acceptance and self love throughthis practice.
It helps you to take courage,and this is another trait of
being whole and beingwholehearted, because you cannot
be whole without courage,because you have to step into
that vulnerable place to takerisks and face the challenges
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head on with bravery, to dothings afraid and to just, you
know, pursue, to pursue thedreams without backing down.
And whole individuals tend tohave their um, they've let go of
their judgments and failuresand regrets and everything in
order to pursue their dreams.
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So these are like someindicators that just show you
what it's like to be whole, andthey also carry emotional
resilience.
So what I mean by that is to bea whole, a wholehearted person
requires emotional resilience,which means you're able to
navigate and process theabundance.
And then you're able tonavigate the abundance and the
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abundance of the emotions thatyou have in the world, and
you're able to navigate thatwithout getting overwhelmed or
shutting down.
And, trust me, we all know howmany different uh, the
overwhelming sense of emotionsand decisions that are out there
in the world today.
It can be very, very confusing.
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And the art of journaling reallyhelps us to begin to label
things and list things andunderstand what's on our mind
and what's bothering us, even,and then to sort it and be able
to make decisions based on ourcore values and beliefs.
And you know, I feel that weare so decision fatigued I also
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I'm going to be sharing in theupcoming class about a strategy
that I call the decision sessionhaving a journal time session.
It is just about how, um whereI teach, how I make decisions by
journaling, and it is so, uh,you know, transformative in the
sense that when you are decisionfatigued and you can't sort out
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your thoughts and you're justlike I don't know what to do,
you can journal yourself.
Through that, you can journalyourself whole, and so these
tools are really invaluable.
You can grow so muchself-compassion.
That's another mark of awholehearted person is the
self-compassion, because youknow yourself and you begin to
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forgive yourself and you beginto show grace on your own
mistakes and understand yourselfbetter and like where it's all
coming from.
And there another mark is justliving in the present.
The wholehearted person reallyembraces the now and they let go
of the past regrets and thefuture, anxieties and just lives
here and now, in the richnessof life as it unfolds.
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And so some of those are someof the traits or the marks of
being whole which I trulybelieve that the practice and
art of journaling can bring thatforward in your life.
It can help you to cultivatethe whole heart that you're
looking for.
But some other journalingbenefits, just a little bit more
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practical, is that it it reallydoes help you to become
reflective and that broadens anddeepens even your relationships
.
And I find, personally I'm ableto identify patterns in my life
and see things that are like,perhaps like negative
personality traits that I'm ableto just like, put some self
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work into.
And it really has been, as Imentioned, that I attribute
journaling as a way that my lifeas a teenager was really just,
you know, changed around andtransformed, saved my life.
That relates to emotionalhealing.
Journaling can be such apowerful tool for emotional
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healing.
It doesn't replace therapy orcounseling.
It never replaces that, butwhat it can be is another outlet
to compliment and harmonizewith your counseling and therapy
, that it helps you to reallysort through even what you're
learning and how you're growingand it releases your pent up
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emotions helps you to processthe trauma.
It's a tool and navigate thosechallenging experiences, and so
through journaling, you canexplore all these emotions in a
safe place.
So you might be saying,Marijanel hey, , what if I don't
feel safe?
What if I feel like someone'sgoing to read my journal?
What if I feel, like you knowwhat, I don't even feel safe for
myself, like maybe I'm going tojudge myself, I'm not going to
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like my handwriting, I'm notgoing to be happy with what I
wrote.
And you have fears.
Those are really natural and inmy upcoming class I'm actually
going to address those one byone.
If you hop back into theprevious audio sessions that I
have here on the podcast, I doactually address some of those
here in the audio, but comingforward, I'm going to have some
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really pointed tips and toolsfor how to address all those
fears and those obstacles thatare holding you back.
For me personally, one of thebest things that my journaling
practice has helped me with isto develop my creativity.
Now there are some reallypractical hands on tangible ways
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that you can apply creativityto your journaling.
For example, you can doodle anddo art and collage and do
creative writing inside of yourjournal.
But me being one of the mosthighly creative individuals ever
and I wake up every day with azillion ideas and I love to do
art I don't do a lot of art inmy actual conscious flow journal
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.
I do sketch things once in awhile and I draw little symbols,
but I actually and I actuallydon't even do a lot of creative
writing.
I might write a story here orthere or document something, but
I actually just make a bigjumbled mess of thoughts and let
myself be free.
And what's interesting is thatalone has still helped to
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cultivate and grow my creativityand self expression in a way
that I just can't even put thatbenefit into words.
I can't express to you howpowerful of a tool it has been
for me to discover new insightsand possibilities in my life.
It has really helped me to findmy voice.
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Even as I have been developingmy voice here on the podcast
over the last couple of years,you will hear a significant
difference from the very firstepisodes till now of the
strength of my voice and what'scoming out of me now.
And I will tell you that allalong this journey I have
journaled.
I have an entire journal justfor podcasting and all of the
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podcasting challenges that I runinto and ways that I'm thinking
of changing or growing the showand finding myself and what I
hope to do better, and it's ajumble of whatever comes out of
me, but it has helped me to growforward as a podcaster.
In conclusion of today, ifthere's anything that I want to
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leave you with, it's that I wantto light the fire, spark your
interest of grabbing that pen topaper and letting yourself
journal yourself whole, becausethis is essentially an
invitation to a transformationfor you.
But it's not a quick fix, andI've said this time and again
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that in my mentorship programs.
I don't know how to offer aquick fix because life for me
has never happened quickly.
Seasons don't happen quicklyfor me.
Yes, there's times ofacceleration, or a burst of
something that's been waitingfor a while will come forward
like wow, that happened fast,but in a different context.
I'm talking about this here.
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What I'm talking about is slow,deep growth, where I've spoken
about those roots of a tree thatare growing deeply underneath
the soil and you don't seeanything tangible on the outside
and someone might just walkpast that sprout and think
nothing's happening.
But the roots are growing deep.
That is the process and journeyof self-discovery through
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journaling as well.
It's a quiet, safe place foryou to begin to peel back the
layers and understand you anddevelop you.
You're going to begin to findout who you really are and what
you really think about yourvalues and beliefs.
You're going to begin toreflect on your past experiences
.
And here's this, I didn'tmention this yet You're going to
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learn to integrate andimplement all of those life
lessons and difficult times intogrowing forward.
You're going to implement itinto better things.
You're going to learn to setintentions and engage in
creative practices inside ofthat journal, and so this is an
invitation to that, just here onthe podcast, and make sure that
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you hop on my newsletter listand follow me for more.
But meanwhile I encourage you tojust grab that pen, like you
don't have to wait for my classor some other you know big
epiphany to start journaling.
Here's a couple quick tips.
Make sure you love the pen.
Make sure you love the way thatink is flowing.
For me it has to be a gel pensharpie and it has to be like
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0.7 or bigger, because I need itjust to flow and not to be too
skinny.
Maybe that's that my eyes, youknow, are going at the age of 46
, where I need it.
You know like I need it to bethicker and bigger and I write
bigger these days.
But whatever it takes for youto begin this practice, do it.
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Go by yourself the mostbeautiful journal that inspires
you and put it somewhere whereit's like right in front of your
face all the time, and don'tdelay picking it up and writing,
even if it's like when you'rebrushing your teeth.
You know like you're brushingyour teeth and you got to write
in the journal.
Just do what it takes to beginthe practice and as you begin
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the practice, you're going tosee yourself journal yourself
whole.
It is the ultimate you time.
It is the ultimate me time.
It is the ultimate place whereyou can grow your faith,
intuition, trust and clarity.
It's the birthplace of ideasand I'm so excited to invite you
into this part of my walk andjourney through journaling.
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A click that makes YouTube sayI'm here, pay attention
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It helps the show to get known.
It's a great way to support apodcast that you love.
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All of my links are in thedescription box below.
You can find @Marijanel onInstagram and I so so look
forward to sharing more with youabout the power of journaling
and releasing the upcoming class.
Meanwhile, keep on in the fullpotential of you.
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