Words, Words, Words

Recently, I’ve had a few clients asking for guidance on journaling, so I created a document to share.

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Journal Prompts

Journaling can provide us with the space to reflect on our inner landscape and, whether using a prompt or free writing, allow us a physical repository for what we no longer can or want to hold.

Use these prompts to start or as a springboard for other explorations.

If journaling begins to feel like simply another task, or we find ourselves writing to impress some imagined audience, it’s okay to take a break or find another outlet. These words are yours. No one else is owed anything from them.

1. What is something about today (a conversation, a reaction, something else) that stood out? What within me connected with or disconnected from this moment?

2. What last made me want to cry? Did I allow myself to do so, or did I pull back from the moment? What do I think drove my decision to engage the emotion or not?

3. What last made me happy? Did I allow myself to embrace the experience, or did I reject it in any way?

4. What is grace, and how do I give and receive it?

5. When was the last time I internally corrected myself? What was I correcting? Would I correct a friend in the same way?

6. What do I believe the purpose of relationship (platonic, romantic, familial, or otherwise) is?

7. Write a letter to anyone throughout time.

May your writing reveal a deeper level of who you are.