#JournalChat Live Facebook Discussion with Special Guests, Madeline Sharples, Debra DiPietro and Kelly Epperson; Your Journaling: Mind Magic Part III

Dawn Herring

Yesterday at 3:26pm

Madeline shares in her article, "[Journaling] gave me a way to organize my fears, pain, and thoughts."

When we're stressed, fear is a huge formidable force until we shrink it down to size through writing it all down. It helps us validate our pain because we have a place to express it fully. And organizing our thoughts is helpful so we don't feel overwhelmed by our circumstances, taking it one moment at a time.

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  Madeline Tasky Sharples I think the magic word here is freedom. Journaling gives us that as well. There's not a lot of freedom like that out there.

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  Dawn Herring Indeed, Madeline. Being free to express what we need to any time we need to.

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  Madeline Tasky Sharples That's also so important. Whereever we age, we can journal. Even if I don't have my laptop with me, I can still scribble on a piece of paper. It's so easy and freeing.

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  Madeline Tasky Sharples And like we said before, there really aren't any rules. We have some tips as I expressed in my article, but I'm sure everyone who journals has their own way to do it.

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  Sue Ekins I like that you do digital journaling. I do that too most of the time. But I alway write in a journal longhand. They both work for me.

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  Dawn Herring Wow, Sue, you do both. Kudos to you! So you get the benefits both ways.  I don't journal on the computer.

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  Madeline Tasky Sharples I started writing digitally after I left a journal on an airplane. I just feel my computer is safer.

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  Sue Ekins Madeline Tasky Sharples, You've faced a parent's worst nightmare. You're a good role model for how to work through our hard times as best we can. I'm sure it will never "go away" but you've learned to deal with it.

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  Sue Ekins Thanks Dawn. You do more art journaling than I do. I do it occasionally--sort of a collage.

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  Madeline Tasky Sharples So right, Sue. It doesn't go away. But I've found ways, including journaling, my other writing, meditation, and working out to deal.

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  Dawn Herring Yes, I art journal at least a couple or few times per week, including watercolor, collage, and stamping/stenciling. It's another way to artistically express myself through color, image, and text.

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  Dawn Herring That shows, Madeline, how you use journaling as part of your lifestyle of well being. Great example to us all. 

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  Madeline Tasky Sharples Thanks so much Dawn. It all really keeps me going.

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Dawn Herring

Yesterday at 3:29pm

Glenda asks about Mind Mapping.

You take a word or phrase and write it on the page and put a circle around it. Then you write any word or phrase that comes to mind with no editing or questioning it. This process can help you see elements that you may not realize are there in association with that word and can give you deeper insight into what you are seeking after.

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  Madeline Tasky Sharples That's a good technique for our writing projects too.

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  Glenda Taylor thank you, Dawn

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  Dawn Herring My pleasure, Glenda.  Oh, it works for many things,Madeline. I sometimes use it to understand what a word means to me, especially if it keeps getting my attention. It can be very fun and rewarding!

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