These 20 journal prompts can help you reduce stress, process emotions and feel more in control—plus tips from therapists on how to get started.

Journaling is widely recognized as a healthy practice that benefits your mental health. Research shows that writing down thoughts and feelings can decrease stress and increase empathy, focus, and ...

Every New Year, I like to make promises to myself: This year I will go to the gym more often, we say. Or, this year I will stop texting Kyle. Or, if you're a writer-type, there's a good chance that ...

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Though running and writing at the same time may be physically impossible (or at least difficult), there’s good reason to incorporate journaling into your wellness routine. According to a 2005 study ...

Visual journaling (aka art journaling) has a long history in the field of art therapy, particularly as an approach to assist recovery from trauma or loss and as a form of stress reduction. Carl Jung ...

No one was more surprised than poet Maggie Smith that writing herself a daily pep talk during the unraveling of her 18-year marriage actually helped her feel better. Those little missives, ...