The power of journaling is magical and the people that have experienced the power behind journaling will know exactly what I mean. I started my journaling journey back in 2017. It seems so long ago but a lot has happened in a short space of time. Back then I was lost, broken, and unsure of my path in life. I knew something had to change but I didn't know how.

I filled my lunch breaks with shopping because I was being suffocated by my job, shopping brought me joy at the time but really I was filling an empty void inside myself with things.

I walked past the stationery section in a shop and a black journal instantly jumped out at me. It was black and gold and on the front were the words "Trust Your Path". The words instantly resonated with me, it was like starting back and understanding what was missing in my life. I was lost, I had no path and my compass had somehow broken. I purchased it, it was nothing more than a lined notebook, but the words on the front I truly believed in. I believed in them more than myself, I wrote trust your path at the top of every page as a reminder to trust in life's bigger journey. I was plagued by fear and was so scared of getting "life" wrong that I had actually built myself a prison rather than a palace.

I was giving energy to all the wrong things in my life, alcohol, toxic people and just generally putting value where it shouldn't have been focused. I lost my gratitude but I also lost my vision and myself. I could no longer see what I wanted in the future or how I really felt. I lost my identity and I was nothing more than a hollow void, my head was no longer connected to my body and eventually, this spiraled until I hit rock bottom.

My journaling had helped me weed some of the toxic people out of my life, the ones that seem to stand by and be cheerleaders but actually, they are waiting for my demise and to see me fall. My feelings were jumbled up and all over the place, and journaling allowed me to gain clarity and understand the person I actually am. Not the person that other people tell you you are or tell others you are. I became more confident and able to love every part of life again.

I got my life back and this time it was different, my life was full of peace, joy, love, and feeling content. It was beautiful. I believe I wouldn't have reached this level of awareness and understanding about myself and my life if it wasn't for journaling. Journaling allows you to reflect inwards, it's like holding a mirror up and it's a mirror that you can't escape. In my case some of it was painful and it can be hard but I look back now and see that I was getting cracked open this was not my end but my rebirth.

If I hadn't let my words flow over the pages in my journal and make sense of everything I was feeling and thinking I think I still would be stuck. Of course, I am speaking from my own experience and it is different for everyone but there is true power in words. The subconscious holds the key to our programming and limiting beliefs that have been placed on us and are generations old. I wanted to see more freedom in my life so I have had to program my mind around the beliefs I hold. 

Journaling has been my way of getting everything I don't want to feel out of my mind. It has been a space and tool for coping with the uncomfortable. It has been a tool for gratitude and writing down what I actually want to see in my life, to set intentions and goals. To change how I see the world and feel every morning when I wake up.

The power of journaling can definitely change your life.

Going from a personal perspective to a business perspective, I have seen both sides of how much power journaling and journals can have. It's like a ripple effect that takes place, vibrations get lifted and people start looking at life with a more positive outlook. This is one of the reasons I decided to offer my bespoke journal service. Where I design and publish journals for businesses to sell.

It helps businesses get their powerful messages out into the world and help people and that ripple effect gets larger. I thought if journaling helped my life so much it could be so powerful for everyone. I have created journals for businesses around the world and seeing the feedback has been amazing. It lights me up inside to know that if just one person in their darkest moment has found a journal I have designed and it helped them that it is one heck of a beautiful thing,

If you want to start journaling here are some prompts for you I also have my very own Trust Your Path Journal that I sell in the shop.

1) What are you grateful for today and why?

2) How do you feel today and why?

3) Who are you and what values do you hold?

4) What's your big dream?

5) What is one thing you can do today to start to step into your dream life?

I hope this has helped you on your journaling path!