Where’s The Journaling?

My journaling journey was inspired by an intense and urgent need to heal. I had become aware of a significant disconnect in my life.  I wondered why I had made some of the life choices that led me to feel so miserable. This unhappiness, confusion, and desire to figure out how to create different outcomes and experiences led me to explore counseling.  During counseling, I learned so much - more than I could have imagined. A successful therapeutic intervention inspired more curiosity and a desire to understand myself on a deeper level, deeper than the technical constructs of family of origin and cognitive distortion.

Fortunately, I was introduced to a 3-year spiritual deepening program.  After some consideration regarding my fears about getting to know myself, I signed up.

During this program I learned many different modalities to go deeper, to heal, to grow personally, and connect with my higher self.  The program encouraged its participants to write about our experiences. However, the program did not provide a specific product, process or instructional session to teach us how one might utilize writing or journaling as a way to go deeper, to express the inexpressible, to feel safe with our words and experiences. It was here that I wondered, where’s the journaling?

Admittedly, I have not been a lifetime journaler - though my mother was. Through the years, my journaling has been intermittent at best. Writing when something was on my mind, expressing grief, despair and joy.  I have loved journals, their beautiful covers, the feel of the textured paper and the earthy smells. And at the same time, I have felt dread. The dread of going there - where I didn’t want to go, feeling the fear and fatigue of addressing more of my own issues. Because these real and persistent barriers have existed for me, I was extremely excited when introduced to Prom[p]t.  I saw it as an opportunity to remove my writing barriers.

For me, journaling with Prom[p]t provides a safe space where I can let go of the expectations and fears - that I have to journal about a specific, heavy, and perhaps morose topic.  I am able to relax my mind and get some of that crap out of my subconscious that unwittingly clutters my mind and rules over my behavior in unproductive and unhealthy ways. It’s been a relief, to change my perspective on journaling. I feel lighter - more open, curious and present when journaling with Prom[p]t.

What has your journaling journey looked like? What has been your Prom[p]t journaling experience so far?

Love,

Sara