Use Your Journal for Self Therapy
The benefits of keeping a journal are numerous and extensive. Everyone keeps a journal for a variety of reasons, from thankfulness to keeping track of their daily activities. Another fantastic advantage of keeping a journal is that you may use it for self-therapy.
This means that writing in your journal, much like talking to a therapist, can help you deal with challenging situations in your life. It is not a substitute for expert assistance, but it can be a valuable tool.
When You Need to Express Your Emotions
One of the main reasons people seek professional therapy is for this reason, so it’s only natural that you can utilize your journal for the same purpose. Write about how you’re feeling, vent your emotions, and attempt to come to terms with whatever you’re dealing with in your journal. Use your journal to pour all of your feelings and thoughts, get them out of your head, and work through them.
How to Deal with a Difficult Situation
Do you have a stressful or difficult situation in your life? This is precisely the time when you should be keeping a journal. Often, you’ll need a means to sort through the various ideas you’ve had about something. You’ll feel like you’re going around in circles if you keep everything in your thoughts, but you’ll never go anywhere.
Making a Tough Decision
Getting some perspective can sometimes be all you need to make a difficult or complicated decision. Simply by talking (writing) things out, a journal can assist you in achieving your goal. Whether you’re just writing about the decision and the route you’re considering, or constructing a pros and cons list, journaling can help you discover clarity on these types of decisions.
Discovering Your Life’s Next Steps
When you’re unsure about the direction of your life right now or what you want to focus on next, another similar approach to use a notebook for self-therapy is when you’re not sure what you want to focus on next. This isn’t something you learn in a single journal post, but rather through time.
Start writing in your journal every day about anything you’re thinking or feeling at the time, and be honest about how you feel about your life and what other interests you might have. Thanks to your journal, you will have an epiphany one day.
When It’s Time to Forgive Someone
Forgiveness is critical if you’re having trouble with a friendship or relationship due of something they did. The difficult aspect is determining when and how to forgive. Make a list of everything you need to know and write it down in your journal. Describe what occurred and why it was so upsetting to you. Write about why you want to forgive them and what’s keeping you from doing so right now. This alone may be enough to provide you with the clarity you require.
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Walt Disney once said, “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”. To be successful is to have no limitations, it is to work through all obstacles, to have extreme passion for life, and love for others, and this seems to be the underlying motto of Amber Drake’s life. Drake is a highly accomplished, world-renowned, and published book author, freelance writer and editor, inspirational speaker, an inspiring teacher, a well-reputed canine behaviourist, a canine cancer researcher, and the CEO of Canine Companions. As a child, she was keenly interested in the veterinary field and this interest paved way for her to be the successful businesswoman she is today. Starting with an Associate of Science degree in Biology in 2007 from Jamestown Community College, she has since expanded her knowledge horizon by acquiring a Bachelor of Science in Biology degree with courses from both SUNY Fredonia and Cornell University, followed by a Master of Arts Degree in Education (2011) from Ashford University, a Post-Master’s Educational Certification, and a Doctorate in ABD from the North Central University, Prescott Valley Arizona. Driven by her love for dogs, she regards her company, Canine Companions, as her greatest work-related accomplishment. She wrote the book, ‘Dog Talk: What Your Dog Wants You To Know’ as a comprehensive guide to understanding the behavior of dogs. She has since been involved in numerous writing jobs in the field, varying from writing about veterinary medicine for pet insurance companies to serving as the Co-founder and Vice President at Preferable Pups. She actively engages in content management, copywriting and research work, ghost-writing, and content marketing for organizations around the world. In addition to being an incredibly successful writer, canine behaviorist, and a CEO, she is an educator as well as an experienced curriculum developer. She is a Professor of Veterinary Medicine at Mentoray, where she teaches and develops curriculum. She is also an Adjunct Professor of Professional Sciences at Kaplan University and an Adjunct Instructor of Biology at Jamestown Community College (10+ years). Drake is a woman of many skills. She has been in the freelance content writing field for almost 7 years now with a vast amount of writing experience throughout the past ten years. She is a proficient copywriter, blogger, and has years of experience in content management and development, content creation proofreading, written communication, and correspondence. She has a number of certifications including, but not limited to, Canine Psychology, SEO, Content Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Snapchat Marketing, and Google AdWords. Drake is a woman of extreme passion with great love for her work as a canine behaviourist, writer, and college professor. You can read more about her on her website http:/www.AmberLDrake.org or connect with her on her Facebook page, www.facebook.com/specialistamberdrake.
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