Words from the Heart

Mari L. McCarthy, journaling therapy specialist and author, owns Create Write Now , a website dedicated to all things journaling. The site includes hundreds of journaling prompts, personal journaling stories, interviews, a blog, and many other resources. Mari has published nine books to date; her most recent ebook is Help for the Holidays: 7 Days of Journaling to Ho! Ho! Ho!   Mari is our special guest writer today, sharing with us ideas on how to use the gift of memories through words to create special holiday journals.      Readers are invited to leave a message for an opportunity to win your choice of either an ebook of Dark Chocolate for a Journaler's Soul, a Dark Chocolate T-Shirt, or Mari 's Most Musefull Journaling Tips (8 1/2 x 11 Spiral Bound). Welcome, Mari!  Thanks for sharing your thought with us today.   Special Holiday Journal Ideas When we're looking forward to a ritual or special occasion that's upcoming soon, we may wish for ...

Mari McCarthy is on a blog tour, of which Words from the Hearts just so happens to be part.      Mari is talking about the fears that are universal to all of us at one time or another and how to help ourselves heal through journaling.      Journaling is, as many of you know from the many posts here on the subject, a marvelous means of finding balance in your life on many different levels.  Mari's new book, Your Money Matters! Use Journal Writing Therapy to Get Financially Fit Now, is a great example of how journal writing can permeate all aspects of life.    Great news, Mari is offering an e-book to some lucky reader.  Simply leave a comment, I will pull a name out of the hat on Thursday 9/8/11.  The winner will be notified via email. Thank you, Mari for sharing your thoughts and wisdom with us. Some say that fear is the opposite of love. Certainly, feeling fear is usually unpleasant, unless you're getting a kick ou...