Inked emotions (part 1)

You may be pleasantly surprised by the beautiful effects of free journalling. Here’s just a taste of what you can experience from this simple process:

1. Clarity around what you want to focus on in your day. 2. Introduces us to our authentic self. Get to hear and know you authentic self as you give yourself time and permission to listen to yourself. 3. Build your muscles - stretching exercise to be able to write more freely in other areas of your life too. 4. Soothing ritual that calms the nerves and creates a form of focused meditation. 5. Gratitude as you begin to notice what’s around you and track the changing seasons in your life. 6. Builds your creative muscle, seeing a blank page and then seeing how you can transform it into your own expression simply by following the process. 7. Practice being gentle with yourself and taking time to ask yourself what you need. 8. Draws you into the present moment. 9. Is a safe place to express your emotions - don’t have to dramatise them but feel them and allow them to flow through you and onto the page. 10. Reminds us how our feelings always change and shift, so we can be with them but not get too identified with them. This too, shall pass.

What You Might Find Yourself Journalling About

1. Your surroundings - Writing about your direct experience draws you into the present moment. I often begin my free journalling by simply describing what I can see, hear, or feel around me. It’s a great meditative process and helps to get your hand moving. 2. Your feelings - Free Journalling is a great way to process your whole range of emotions from joy, to frustration, sadness, boredom, freedom and delight. 3. Your desires - a great way to create a truly meaningful to-do list by asking yourself what you need right now, and what you deeply desire. 4. Your questions - By asking questions, you’ll open the way to tap into your inner wisdom and wise self. Sometimes solutions will become clear after a little while, but if you keep asking, it’s surprising how your inner guidance and intuition will kick in to help make you aware of your next steps.