Refresh with Dawn Herring: #JournalChat Live Facebook Discussion with Special Guests, Madeline Sharples, Debra DiPietro and Kelly Epperson; Your Journaling: Mind Magic Part I

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Welcome to this ‪#‎JournalChat‬ Live Double Feature Event! We already enjoyed a fab Twitter chat two days ago as we discussed journaling for some mind magic.

Today begins our three day event, featuring our special guests, Madeline Tasky Sharples, Debra DiPietro and Kelly Epperson Simmons. as our journaling panel. Our focus on this Tuesday is using our Journals to Relieve Stress, and our journaling resource is by Madeline.

How I Relieve Stress

When it comes to how to relieve stress, there may be subtly unique things that work differently for everyone. Some methods, however, are pretty fool proof.

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Madeline Tasky Sharples Hello Dawn Herring and everyone. I'm so happy to be with you today.

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Debra DiPietro Hello Madeline Tasky Sharples

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Madeline Tasky Sharples Dawn, am I in the right place?

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Dawn Herring Of course, you're in the right place, Dear Madeline! Thrilled to have you with us today to discuss relieving stress with our journals! Welcome to you, Debra, as well.

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Here is our discussion question for today's ‪#‎Journalchat‬ Live Session:
How does journaling help us release angst and other negative emotions? How does journaling help us relieve stress so we can get realigned and live a more empowered life?

For me, journaling is an empowering tool to unload my angst, recognize my emotional state, and determine what positive change needs to take place for my greatest well being.

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Madeline Tasky Sharples That's exactly how I see it. I've been journaling regularly since my son was diagnosed as bipolar and continued after his suicide. Journaling has been a huge help.

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Glenda Taylor Journaling helps me corral my thoughts, instead of the continuous looping that occurs, then I can deal with issues!

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Dawn Herring It's amazing to me how much journaling has been such an empwering catalyst for you in dealing with such a loss, Madeline. I appreciate your place in our journaling community as a voice of hope and support for others as well in dealing with mental illness.

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Madeline Tasky Sharples I also find journaling is a good way just to put all your thoughts out there. I don't think there's a right way.

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Dawn Herring Welcome to #JournalChat Live, Glenda! Yes, I know what you mean with the looping. Just get it down so it's out! What a relief.

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Madeline Tasky Sharples Thanks so much, Dawn Herring. I appreciate you as well. You got me back to journaling every day. That has been so helpful. It really jumpstarts my writing day.

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Dawn Herring No, it's just your way, Madeline. There are helpful techniques that I use, but no way is any better, it's just what works for you.

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Glenda Taylor Once that weight i lifted, I can start writing out solutions!

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Dawn Herring That's wright, Glenda. It really is a process, isn't it? But it's fabulous.

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Madeline Tasky Sharples Yes, so true, Glenda. I sometimes rant, I sometimes just report or make lists or declarations. There are so many ways to journal.

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Glenda Taylor Theres's something about connnecting with others that journal, even if it's a different process or method that is encouraging in our practice...

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Madeline Tasky Sharples I also find journaling such a calming force. I like to call it a healing balm.

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Glenda Taylor Rant, yes!!

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Glenda Taylor me too!

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Kelly Epperson Simmons Madeline Tasky Sharples healing and calming, yes. Gets the clutter out of me.

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Jill Winski I really liked how you pointed out in your article, Madeline, that the page doesn't judge you! That's one of the most stress-relieving things about journaling for me.

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Kelly Epperson Simmons I just learned of a site called Stigma Fighters. They might be interested in an article from you Madeline Tasky Sharples

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Glenda Taylor I agree, Madleine, it is claming!

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Madeline Tasky Sharples Once I write in my journal, then I'm ready to move on with the rest of my day.

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Dawn Herring Welcome back to #JournalChat Live as special guest, Kelly. And yes, getting the clutter out. I love that. Makes us feel lighter, right?

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Madeline Tasky Sharples Thanks, Jill Winski. The main thing to remember is that it is our page, no one else's so we're free to write anything down on it. Plus we can write without that little critic on our shoulder.

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Dawn Herring Welcome back, Jill! My journal is the perfect place to be myself even when I'm complaining.

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Madeline Tasky Sharples Yes. and I complain a lot, Dawn Herring. Where else could I do it. It is also my place to grieve. I couldn't do it anywhere else.

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Madeline Tasky Sharples After my son died I couldn't even grieve in front of my husband, so the blank page took it all. What a blessing I was able to journal.

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Dawn Herring What would we do if we couldn't write it all down and get it off our chests? We spare so many of such things by getting it down in a private place with no regrets.

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Madeline Tasky Sharples It's amazing to me how much stress journaling - and other creative activities - reduces stress. I think it's a proven healer for stress. I know because with my tinnitus I can hear my stress level going up and down.

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Glenda Taylor True, Dawn ~ I guess we spare our closest people from hearing it when we've been able to unload it in our journal ~ a huge belssing for them, I'm sure!!

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Madeline Tasky Sharples Plus, it saved me. When I was so grief stricken any time I showed my emotions my husband thought I was having a breakdown. Journaling became my best way to get it all out.

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Kelly Epperson Simmons You are so right. The safety on the pages.

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Madeline Tasky Sharples Nowadays, I write digitally. And I keep it all locked up on my computer. It works perfectly for me.

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Dawn Herring Exactly, Glenda. I don't want to rant or complain to my family members unless I need support or answers to questions they can help me with. My journal is such a vital support on a daily basis.

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Madeline Tasky Sharples I think, Dawn, that's what we call the magic of journaling. Plus we can do it anywhere, any time.

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Dawn Herring It can be a challenge when we need to cry or release our stress tangibly since our loved ones can get concerned, so journaling is the perfect process to help us get back to center and calm.

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Madeline Tasky Sharples Yep, that sure worked for me -- it still does, Dawn.

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Dawn Herring Exactly, Madeline. It amazes me sometimes how magical and powerful it is.

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Madeline Tasky Sharples I know. Most days I don't have any agenda, and it just comes pouring out. It's magical.

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Glenda Taylor I had not htought of it as 'magical'...

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Dawn Herring You know, I don't plan what I'll do in my journal either. I just start and if I decide to ask a question, I do. If I decide I want a mind map, I make one.

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Madeline Tasky Sharples Glenda, I think magical is a term Dawn Herringuses. And I like it.

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Dawn Herring Glenda, Magical is a kind of descriptive word that helps us recognize when we can use a tool for positive change and transformation. Something that gives us power over challenge.

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Madeline Tasky Sharples Perfect description of magical.

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Dawn Herring When I first came up with Mind Magic, I was writing in my journal! And it felt perfect for the purpose!

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Madeline Tasky Sharples I think it works because it takes away all our constrictions. We write and that's it. There's no rules to it.

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Glenda Taylor So what about mind mapping? I haven't done that...

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Dawn Herring I love that, Madeline. Restriction keeps us stuck, so journaling helps us get unstuck!

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Debra DiPietro There is something very freeing when we write in the privacy of our own journals. Our real voice comes out because we are only doing this for ourselves, nobody else. That is enormously stress relieving I find.

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Madeline Tasky Sharples Yes. Freedom is the keyword here.

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Debra DiPietro This is a good message for the people pleasers of the world (including myself). When we write we don't have to worry about what anybody thinks of it.

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Dawn Herring I so agree, Debra. Freeing is key. Our real voice...that we may not recognize without giving space for it.

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Dawn Herring Good point, Debra. We don't have to please anyone in our journals!

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Madeline Tasky Sharples And we don't even have to judge ourselves. Just write, don't even bother editing because no one else will see it. Keep those fingers moving.

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Madeline Tasky Sharples That reminds me. The very act of writing can be calming. Sometimes I pound on the keys and that relieves stress.

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Dawn Herring No we don't need to judge ourselves, Madeline. As a matter of fact it's important not to.

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Sue Ekins Journaling gives me clarity on questions and issues. Sometimes I think I know where I stand on something but once I start writing, I'm much more clear on where I really stand on that issue.

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Madeline Tasky Sharples It's so unlike other writing that we prepare to submit to other readers. That's why I like journaling so much. It's all my own.

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Madeline Tasky Sharples Thank you, Sue Ekins.

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Dawn Herring Yes Sue we all need clarity especially when we feel stressed! Journaling helps us figure out what's really wrong, sometimes in a way we didn't know. Truth comes out which can help bring positive change.

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Madeline Tasky Sharples I love that factor. We get to the truth in our journals. We have no reason to lie to ourselves.

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Glenda Taylor Madeline Tasky Sharples do you ever get stuck?

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Dawn Herring Getting to the truth I think is the most vital part of journaling especially in stressful situations. I don't want to be living with illusion; I want to know exactly what I'm dealing with, and journaling helps me do just that!

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Glenda Taylor I agree 100% Dawn! In fact journlaing helps me detail what is in black & white...

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Madeline Tasky Sharples Not a lot. Sometimes I feel I have nothing to say, but once I get started I explode. A good technique for getting unstuck is to write,"I'm keeping my fingers moving," over and over until you come up with somethng to write again.

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Madeline Tasky Sharples That's the importance of telling the truth in journaling. Plus it's so freeing.

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Glenda Taylor So you sit at the keyboard to write even if you're not 'feeling it'?

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Madeline Tasky Sharples Yes. Sometimes I proscrastinate a bit, but I always get to it. I know the benefits. They are guaranteed.

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Madeline Tasky Sharples And most of the time I have an issue that gets me started.

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Dawn Herring Don't we all have issues that get us started, right?

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Sue Ekins And sometimes if we're resisting journaling, that's when we really need to do it. Because we're really resisting facing an underlying issue!

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Madeline Tasky Sharples Our lives are so complicated. We all need a place to go. The blank page is mine.

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Madeline Tasky Sharples So right, Sue. I know myself so well. The more I resist, the more it persists. So I write.

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Dawn Herring Those underlying issues are just waiting to be revealed in the journaling page, aren't they? Great point, Sue.

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Glenda Taylor Isn't that a paradox ~ 'resisting journalng' when it's our passion? kinda funny, kinda sad... guess just sit down & do it, right?

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Dawn Herring Yes, it can be paradoxal, Glenda. But I always sit down and right; I wouldn't not want to. I love it so much. And it loves me too.

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Madeline Tasky Sharples I feel the same way. That's why journaling relieves stress.

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