6 Reasons Why Journaling is Good for Your Mental Health
And why your therapist keeps recommending you try it. Picture of a green journal with a gold charm lying closed on a table next to a gold penProphsee. As a therapist, my favorite thing to do with my clients is to assign homework. I realize that makes me sound like an evil teacher twirling my mustache and cackling over the despair of my students, but it's not that dramatic.
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When I think about Scotland, I remember the first book I ever read that introduced me to this stunning country. I was thirteen, scouring the romance shelves of Barnes and Noble with my mother, picking out my next novel, when I stumbled across A Garden in the Rain by Lynn Kurland.
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Image of a woman sitting on her couch working on an iPad while her cat sits beside her.Photo by Helena Lopes on Unsplash. This pandemic-driven phenomenon is the long-awaited mindset shift from “living to work” to “working to live.” Employees — especially in the United States — are shifting their priorities from helping their companies make millions off their hard work to spending more time with their families and taking better care of themselves.
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