How to Start Journaling for Mental Health ✍🏽

Whether you're new to journaling or looking for ways to support your mental health, in this video we're going to explore the concept of mental health and why journaling is such a transformative practice to enhance emotional well-being and self-awareness.

Discover different journaling techniques such as Clustering, Positive Affect Journaling, and Expressive Writing to help you process emotions, reduce stress, and cultivate positivity.

Lastly, I also provide simple and actionable steps to help you start journaling for mental health right away.

0:00 Journaling for mental health
1:00 What is mental health
2:09 Why is journaling good for mental health
3:43 Journaling ideas for mental health
6:26 Positive Affect Journaling
8:16 Expressive Writing
10:01 How to start journaling for mental health

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[AnaJuma]

It's good to be back! Thank you for being here.
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[Cungnhaututap]

Such a beautiful voice. I once hosted a writing therapy workshop before, but hearing what you're sharing is so healing. Many thanks ❤

[Love-Runs-Blind]

Seeing you after such a ling time. You are amazing. Theres so much to learn from you and I live your poetry’s

[ahmedismail]

Thank you so much ..I have found your video in the wright time 🙏🙏❤❤ I am new here
, pleasure to be one of your friends and followers ❤

[andreg]

I had no idea there were so many techniques. Sometimes I do something similiar to clusters where I make associations around a word. Its interesting to see what peoples journaling preferences are.

My journals are visually atrocious and I seldom ever read my old entries. I only save my poems and songs. Thats what I cherish the most. My songs.. they are like beautiful fire which burns me. I obsess over them and It can be exhausting bombarding myself with negative emotions.

However, I worry sometimes we give the brain all the credit and not the soul. I see my soul/heart as a place. Like a garden of sorts. I have to water plants and pull weeds. Sometimes feeling pain is like a game of tag. What we dont take the time to feel might hunt us down later. So yea, I'm a crazy artist making offerings for the Gods in exchange for peace 🤣 And its tough but thankfully I am rewarded with grace.

Why does anyone make art? Are some people destined to wrestle with demons on that holy battleground we call the human soul? On my most optimistic days I wonder.. If an artist wins the battle. If we can muster an alliance with the shadows. If we can save our inner world from destruction and transform it into strength and beauty.. Maybe. Just maybe it could have a similar effect on the outer world.

And of course.. Welcome back 😊 we missed you ❤️

[johnorr]

One of my journals contains a few of my original tartan designs to include all the associated technical data. Otherwise, my journals are just a place to put all my mental vomit.