I have experienced many benefits of journaling. It can truly improve your mental and physical health. I have been journalling, gratitude journaling, morning page journalling, and more since I was a preteen. I use it to process issues like relationships, pain, grief, trauma and loss, dream analysis, decision-making, goal setting, learning, and creative flow and inspiration for my speeches, books, and songs It is something I recommend to my coaching clients.
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ask them to journal what they notice related to what we are working on in our
coaching and to track interpersonal issues so they have specific experiences to
use in coaching. I have them journal about what they notice in the TV shows,
and movies they watch related to coaching. FYI one of the areas I coach on is
body language so they typically have, among other assignments a weekly
assignment to watch one aspect of body language, like handshakes, or “leave-taking”
behavior.
