To write or not to write

This article will briefly discuss the benefits of writing in form of journaling.

Journaling is a good way to help you learn about yourself, your feelings, and your behaviors.

Writing about your feelings can help you better understand your behavior: the act of writing down your thoughts and emotions help to bring them into focus allowing you clarify, understand, and express them more clearly so they don't remain buried inside of you. 

Writing about your feelings can help you better understand who you are: By writing about your feelings, you can gain insights into your personality, limiting beliefs and behavior patterns. If there is something that has been troubling you, consider taking some time out of your schedule to sit down and write uninterrupted about these feelings in a journal. This process may involve looking back through some old journals or papers written by previous versions(s)of yourself-past selves/selves from other lifetimes maybe? It's worth noting here though, that sometimes when doing this type of exercise, we find ourselves wandering off-topic quite quickly! What started out as simply wanting answers turns into something much bigger than expected...which isn’t necessarily a bad thing!

It helps you to solve problems.

Writing is an excellent way of solving problems. It is often said that the best way to solve a problem is to define it, and writing can help you define your problems so that they become easier to solve. Writing also allows you to see from different perspectives, which may help you produce better solutions. 

It can strengthen your immune system and help you sleep better

Writing can be an effective way to process and work through your feelings, both good and bad. It can help you identify patterns in your behavior and better understand the reasons behind it. Writing can also help reduce stress and improve sleep by reducing anxiety. A study published in the Journal of Psychosomatic Research found that writing about traumatic events for 20 minutes three times a day for three consecutive days improved participants’ sleep quality.

It helps improve memory.

Writing is a powerful memory aid. It has the ability to help you recall events more clearly, accurately, and quickly. Writing things down helps us remember things better because it forces us to think about what we're saying or doing. As a result, there's no room for guesswork or assumptions when we write something down—it challenges us to be intentional about our thoughts and actions.

Writing about your worries helps reduce anxiety.

Do you ever feel like no one understands what you’re going through? Do you feel alone and misunderstood, even by those who love you? If so, writing about your worries may be just the thing to help.

Writing is a safe way to express your emotions. You can write about whatever is on your mind at any given moment; there are no limits on what qualifies as material for a journal entry. When we write about our problems and concerns, we allow ourselves to work through them in a safe environment—and as long as we avoid sharing our entries with others, they remain our own little world where only we have access. This allows us to connect with our thoughts in ways that aren't always possible when talking face-to-face or over the phone because it strips away the social pressure involved in communicating openly with someone else: when there's no need for eye contact or physical proximity between writer and reader (or listener), we're free from worrying about whether other people will judge us harshly based on how vulnerable they find us while reading our words aloud!

Writing also clarifies thought processes by allowing writers time between their initial idea/interests and its final form; this creates distance between them which makes room for reflection upon previously unexplored areas within their mindsets--and now those ideas won't go unnoticed as there is something concrete representing them!

Writing about your feelings can help you to better understand them and can have a positive effect on health.

There are many ways that writing can help you to better understand your feelings. Writing about your feelings can help you to understand them, including:

Your emotions. If you write about sadness or anger or any relevant emotion and allow yourself to feel those emotions while writing, the experience can be cathartic—you could find yourself less upset when you finish the piece of writing.

Your thoughts. If a certain thought keeps coming up in your mind repeatedly, try writing it down on paper (or computer) as the simple act of expressing thoughts and feelings enable us to move forward by giving voice to these feelings. By the literal act of expressing how we feel, we are giving ourselves the opportunity to construct a meaningful personal narrative about whatever is "stuck", bringing clarity and coherence to an often-fractured storyline and permits us to place our experience into the context of our larger place in the world.

Your behaviors. Reducing Stress can have an extremely positive effect on your physical, mental, and emotional health. Writing (Journaling) is an incredible stress management tool, a great habit that lessens impact of physical stressors on your health that directly impacts your mental, emotional health and behaviors. Studies show that using effecting journaling tools over a prescribed period can lead to lower blood pressure, improved sleep, and positive support for liver and lung function.

Bottom Line.

Writing is a powerful tool for self-discovery and healing on every level - physical, mental, and emotional. I hear so much "I'm horrible at writing!" - you are not alone! I'm certainly no Brene Brown - I used to stare at a blank page for hours! First, thank you for reading this article. Now, take a breath and begin exactly where you are. Give yourself permission to begin. Again and again, if needed, without judgement, guilt, or shame. Only gratitude for exactly what shows up. 

Want to learn more about how embodiment tools such as writing can become an integrated part of your self discovery journey and daily self care routine? Get in touch!