10 Ways to Kickstart your Journaling Course
In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of developing a journaling practice and work through a variety of different exercises and prompts to get you started with a regular practice.
Course outline
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- Welcome & Introduction
- Benefits of journaling
- Before you begin
- After your journaling session
- Exercise 1. Stream of consciousness journaling
- Exercise 2. Lists journaling
- Exercise 3. Unsent letters
- Exercise 4. Conversations & Dialogue journaling
- Exercise 5. Visual journaling
- Exercise 6. Clustering & Mind maps
- Exercise 7. Captured moments
- Exercise 8. Rewrite your story
- Exercise 9. Gratitude journaling
- Exercise 10. Vision journaling
- Conclusion
Benefits of journaling
Research* has shown that expressive writing or journaling can provide a range of benefits to support your overall health and wellbeing including:
- Managing stress
- Processing emotions
- Improving memory
- Improving sleep
- Boosting the immune system
- Supporting physical and emotional healing
- Strengthening emotional intelligence
- Connecting with creativity