Benefits of Journaling

Journaling has been shown to be an effective way to deal with stress, manage anxiety and depression, and improve wellbeing. It is a powerful and therapeutic mindfulness exercise that can act as an outlet for troubles, worries, and fears. The act of simply writing down our strong emotions can help to process and lessen the intensity of them. 

Journaling can help with:

• Organizing your thoughts

• Identifying and addressing negative thoughts and behaviours 

• Recognizing triggers 

• Goal setting and tracking 

• Becoming more aware of symptoms 

• Shifting to a more positive mindset through identifying positive aspects of life 

Here are some journaling prompts to help you get started! 

• Write down things in your life you are grateful for. 

• Talk about your day.

• Write a list of your coping mechanisms. 

• Describe your goals. Write down the meaningful goals that you have been or would like to work towards. 

• Describe a place where you feel most relaxed and peaceful.