Can journalling support my wellbeing and help get me out of my head?
I’ve been journaling since I was a teenager not that I realised what I was doing at the time. Some days it was a few simple lines that almost felt like poetry and other days it would be an unstoppable riff of words, emotions and thoughts that tumbled onto my page…
Journaling for me is a release; my thoughts become words as I write them on a page; words I can see and read that are no longer swirling around in my head.
What you think and what you see are two different things.
It’s as simple as that.
You can release your thoughts by transforming them into words.
We spend a lot of time in our heads, (this comment 1,000000% includes me!)
We do a lot of thinking, listing, and deciding up there but we also spend a lot of our time judging, criticising and doubting ourselves too.
There are days when I think my thoughts are a scene from Tom & Jerry (possibly showing my age) because they feel like they are racing around in my head chasing and crashing into one another.
Am I wrong?
I didn’t realise at the time how much journaling was helping me when I was a teenager, I was bullied and had lost my Dad by 13 so I honestly just needed a place to put the thoughts and feelings I was storing in my body.
It’s only in reflection that I recognise the power and healing those little notebooks gave me.
There are some things I am not ready to voice or even know how to comprehend and that is why journaling has been so supportive.
The thoughts we have in our minds, the experiences, bad days and sh*tty comments we go over and over in our heads eventually show up as physical sensations in our body; a stomach ache, neck or back pain, a migraine we’ve never had before, or a rubbish nights sleep.
Our thoughts cross the bridge into our bodies reminding us that body-mind are one and the same.
If we can learn to change our thoughts we can change how we are feeling but first, we need to acknowledge what it is we are thinking, and recognise how it is impacting our well-being.
I am a self-confessed over-thinker and worrier, and this makes me a pretty good advocate for self-care and reconnecting us all back to our bodies!
I reach for my journal most mornings and sometimes in the evening too, because I know how much it supports me, but don’t get me wrong there are days when I’m not in the mood and times when I stare at the page wondering what the hell to write! It’s those days I close my journal and place my hands on my belly and breathe; I tune in and check in on how I’m feeling.
This practice opens the door to my intuition and compassionate self and has become my daily ritual.
Although I’ve always journaled I appreciate for some people it's a new thing. Maybe you want to learn how journaling can support your well-being, or perhaps you’re curious to deepen your practice and explore new ways to connect to yourself. This year I released my first-ever journal and after a lot of overthinking and procrastinating I finally have a workshop to share too!
‘Reflecting, Releasing, Riffing’ might have been on my mind for a while but it didn’t manifest itself until I started to journal on it.
Now isn’t that ironic?
Together, from the comfort of your home, we will explore practices that have supported my well-being and rituals that have guided me through the most challenging of times. You will Reflect, Release and Riff as I guide you through journalling sequences, gentle breath-work and visualisation to help you reconnect to yourself.
This is happening on Wednesday 7th December @ 7pm, online so you can create a personal sanctuary as you experience this with me. For £29 you’ll join me for the 2-hour workshop and receive a spiritual workbook, a specially curated playlist and the recording, which you’ll have forever access to! If you are searching for more calm, connection and creativity in your life, this is for you.
One last share from me; journaling helps when you have lots on your mind because it gives your thoughts a place to go.
Sending big love my friend,
Becki
