Healing and hypnotherapy Volume 4, Special Mega Annual Issue , 15 June 2020 | Page 61

Primarily, journaling is about exploration: exploring who you are, what you
think, how you feel, and the way in which you process life’s daily events. As a
byproduct, more clarity and insight is gained about your mind and emotions,
leading to heightened self-awareness. The more self-aware a person is, the
more well-adjusted, grounded and balanced they will feel, despite what is
going on around them. Therefore, journaling helps us to find inner stability
and gives us the ability to untangle ourselves from self destructive forms of
behaviour and negative thought patterns.
18 Benefits of Journaling
For something so simple, there are an amazing number of benefits linked to
journaling. These benefits are both subjective (personally felt) and objective
(scientifically proven).
Here’s are some of the many benefits:
• Strengthens your immune system and leads to better physical health
(source)
• Improves emotional intelligence (the ability to perceive and understand
emotions)
• Soothes anxiety and increases feelings of calmness (source)
• Promotes individuation (the maturing of the self/identity)
• Enhances mental health (source)
• Helps you to deal better with depression (source)
• Encourages spiritual growth and integration
• Reduces symptoms related to panic, PTSD, and addiction
• Increased self awareness self-understanding, and self-compassion
• Improves your ability to communicate with others (source)
• Increases happiness (source)
• Promotes mental clarity and problem-solving skills
• Helps you to deal with stress and intrusive thoughts more effectively
(source)
• Increases creativity
• Improves your work efficiency (source)
• Can help to improve your IQ (source)
• Speeds up emotional recovery after romantic breakups (source)
• Promotes emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual healing