Healing and hypnotherapy Volume 4, Special Mega Annual Issue , 15 June 2020 | Page 60

How to Start Journaling For Mental,
Emotional and Spiritual Growth
Journaling is possibly one of the most simple but profound tools out there for
enhancing your well-being on every level (mental, emotional, physical, and
spiritual).
In fact, journaling is such a useful practice that I recommend it non-stop in the
articles I publish throughout this site and to those I mentor privately. When it
comes to self growth and spiritual maturation, journaling is probably one of
the top five practices I recommend to everyone, no matter how good a person
is at writing or not.
Thankfully, you don’t have to be particularly good at writing to benefit from
journaling. Not only that, but you don’t even have to worry about things like
grammar or spelling – none of those fussy details matter at all. What does
matter is the attitude and intention you bring to journaling. Are you interested
in growing and learning more about yourself? Great! The desire to learn is the
entire point of journaling. Therefore, as long as you’re sincere about
discovering more about yourself, you’ve already succeeded! When it comes
to journaling, there’s nothing to master but your own ability to be self-aware.
But understandably, journaling doesn’t come naturally to everyone. So if
you’re struggling to get motivated, I’ll share with you some of my best advice
in this article.
What is Journaling?
Journaling is the practice of writing down your thoughts and feelings for the
purposes of self-analysis, self-discovery, and self-reflection. As one of the
oldest forms of self-help in the world, journaling is about exploring one’s own
thoughts, feelings, impulses, memories, goals, and hidden desires through
the written word. As such, journaling is often prescribed by therapists,
counsellors, and spiritual mentors as a powerful way of developing more selfunderstanding
and compassion.