Writing As A Spiritual Practice For Your Own Support

Have you ever kept a diary, or written in a journal?

In challenging times like these, writing can be a very powerful tool and practice for your own foundational support.

Often, when I meet with clients or have students in a class I’m teaching, I’ll give an assignment where I’ll ask people to do some journaling.

Sometimes, I’ll ask them to answer a particular question.

For example: “What do you really want”

Or here’s another question: “What is this experience trying to teach you?”

Another assignment I’ll give is to ask you to do stream of consciousness writing.

Julia Cameron, in her book The Artist’s Way, teaches about the morning pages, where you write down three pages non-stop of stream of consciousness writing.

You allow all the thoughts and feelings experience to come up without lifting up your pen, non-stop until you reach three pages.

You just let out whatever wants to be let out. And it can be surprising what emerges.

I had a student in one of my recent workshops who shared how he had been journaling for a few days. He decided…