8 things I did that made journaling feel actually helpful.

<p>💿 *Get my best practical ideas in your inbox (free)⇢*→ Sign up: https://www.muchelleb.com.au/newsletter-signup☁️ *Join the Intention Community (it&#39;s replaced the Intention app)! ⇢*→ _Every month, two brand-new tools (meditations, worksheets, videos, etc) drop, usually built around a recent video - so that you can take what you’ve learned and do something with it._→ Join: https://intentioncommunity.circle.so/🪞 *Organise your Life with the Calm Productivity Notion Pack. ⇢*→ _&quot;This notion pack is amazing!! I feel like it’s changing my life already and I’ve never been so impressed by a product.&quot; Alice Joyce_→ Get the pack: https://shop.muchelleb.com.au/products/the-calm-productivity-notion-pack💛 *If you liked this video, you&#39;ll probably like... ⇢*→ The Behaviour Change Playlist _(when you want to start a new habit or change)_ : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW3yd6NHmEVqXsWO6qv2AytfUtVeVf6f7🍧 *I post more of this kind of thing on Instagram ⇢*→ Follow me: http://instagram.com/muchelleb🎧 *Prefer Spotify? ⇢*→ I&#39;m over there too: https://open.spotify.com/show/2HqznNA2v9McYirvqmUVvO?si=024ac78820b24443💭 *Video timeline ⇢*00:00 Intro</p><p>00:37 Put in less work</p><p>01:30 Thoughtful commentary does not a useful journal make</p><p>03:27 Instead of using journaling prompts</p><p>04:07 BW Mode</p><p>05:25 Venting isn&#39;t the answer</p><p>06:05 Drop the rules</p><p>07:19 Don&#39;t reopen ur wounds</p><p>09:27 Lock it down🔗 *You think this video just fell out of a coconut tree? It exists in the context... ⇢*</p><p><br></p><p>Most of this video is just... years of experience with journaling (with a lot of giving up on journaling, trying again, noticing what worked and noticing what didn&#39;t. But there are always sooo many smart people that have influenced me along the way. In this video, that includes:</p><p>🔗 Judd Brewer talks a lot about the &quot;emotional juice&quot; of memories in the context of anxiety - I looove that wording and using it a few times in this video.</p><p>🔗 The idea of &quot;dropping a question into your mind like you&#39;re dropping a pebble into a pond&quot; is from a book with a one-word title - unfortunately I can&#39;t remember the name of it! If it comes to me I will add here. </p><p>🔗 &quot;Sentence starters&quot; is something I got into after reading &quot;Unlocking The Emotional Brain&quot; - this book is... amazing, life-changing lol and has nothing to do with journaling at all, but also has everything to do with journaling for me: https://amzn.to/4z3Ib7S</p><p><br></p><p>🔗 The idea of memories holding emotional juice was also something that came from using &quot;imagery rescripting&quot;, more on that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2qPNirHniQ</p><p><br></p><p>🔗 The research on venting &quot;Don&#39;t ignore your negative emotions, but don&#39;t dwell on them&quot;: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/happy-together/202309/do-you-vent-because-you-think-its-good-for-you-think-again </p>