Funny thing - I've journaled for over 30 years in some form or another, yet for many years I had no idea I was journaling.

Yup, I confess I always assumed journaling was the American phrase for keeping a diary.  I also figured that keeping a diary was for teenagers and in my 20s and 30s I was just doing a more grown up version of that because it had grown up words in it like - "job", "work", "finances" and other scary, stressful grown up things.

During the first lockdown I really started to research journaling in more detail, looking at the studies surrounding it and completing my Journal Therapy diploma, all of which opened up a much bigger world to me.  The subject of journaling is vast! Hence this blog, can't cover it all in one post so I'm breaking into little chunks - starting with what it actually is.

A diary and a journal are very similar in their forms and uses, but the main difference is - 

A diary is a factual recording of your life.  A place to record...

Ever thought about journaling to help you with your business?

When people talk about journaling, it's common to automatically relate it to personal thoughts.  The benefits to journaling for your mental health, healing past hurt or trauma and using it to explore your emotions are well known.

However, journaling is also a powerful tool to use when it comes to running a business or support your career progression.  There are many benefits to using a journal for this, many that overlap with benefits when used for personal life too.

• Helps you to work through and overcome any negative beliefs, thoughts and mental blocks
• Helps raise your awareness on your thoughts, emotions and behaviours. The more you know about yourself, the more your confidence in yourself will grow
• Helps to inspire new ideas 
• Helps you to sleep better – debrief each night and lose the chatter of what you need to do!
• Boosts motivation – as you see your progress, you will feel motivated to...

Hi everyone and welcome to The Journal Vibe blog!  I’m Claire and I’m the founder of The Journal Vibe, so I thought I’d start off with a little story about my journey that has brought me here and to share a bit more about me. 

I started keeping a diary when I began senior school at 11 years old.  I recently found an old one from 1991 when I was 14 years old and it’s full of teenage woe and angst.  I didn’t write every day, but I found it was a great way to rant about the unfairness of life, school, friends, family and unrequited love!  I could be truly honest in the pages of these books; it was quite liberating.  Writing got me through some tough times without me even realising.  I probably would’ve exploded without that space to rant my way through those teenage years of hormones, life following my parents divorce and all the politics of school.

When I read back through that old diary, it all came flooding back...